Species Chrysoperla comanche - Comanche Green Lacewing

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

Tiny Yellowish Bug - Chrysoperla comanche

Chrysoperla comanche? - Chrysoperla comanche

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)

Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings and Allies)

Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)

Subfamily Chrysopinae (Typical Green Lacewings)

Tribe Chrysopini

Genus Chrysoperla (Common Green Lacewings)

No Taxon (pudica-group)

Species comanche (Comanche Green Lacewing)

Explanation of Names

Chrysoperla comanche (Banks, 1938)

comanche = from the Comanche Nation, whose territory in the southwest included the present-day states of New Mexico, Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northwestern Texas. Various species from this part of the desert southwest are named in honor of this native tribe.

Identification

Distinguished by its western range, broadly red-striped genae ('cheeks'), green cross veins, and pointed hind wingtips.

This species may be mistaken for C. rufilabris due to its extensively red genae. However, C. comanche is found in the desert southwest, primarily outside the range of C. rufilabris, and may be separated by inspecting the wings for black cross-veins.

Range

Southern United States: AZ, CA, CO, NM, TX(1)(2)

Life Cycle

Remarks

Reports of this species in British Columbia (1) were investigated by Garland (1985) and were determined to be misidentified members of the carnea-group.(2)

Works Cited

1.	Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.

2.	Identification of Chrysopidae in Canada, with Bionomic Notes (Neuroptera) J.A. Garland. 1985. Canadian Entomologist 117: 737-762.

Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 24 November, 2020 - 6:49pm
Last updated 29 January, 2024 - 10:30pm

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