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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Typical Green Lacewings (Chrysopinae) » Chrysopini » Apertochrysa » Apertochrysa macleodi

Species Apertochrysa macleodi

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green lacewing - Apertochrysa macleodi

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 Apertochrysa
Species macleodi (Apertochrysa macleodi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apertochrysa macleodi (Adams & Garland, 1983)(1)
Dichochrysa macleodi (Adams & Garland, 1983) - unavailable name(2)
Pseudomallada macleodi (Adams & Garland, 1983)
Mallada macleodi Adams & Garland, 1983
Mallada slossonae Garland, 1982
Orig. comb.: Mallada macleodi Garland, 1982

Explanation of Names

Apertochrysa macleodi (Adams & Garland, 1983)(1)
named after Ellis G. MacLeod, an American entomologist and Chrysopidae researcher

Range

Canada: ON; United States: AZ, KS, MD, TX(3)

Works Cited

1.Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966, a new senior synonym of Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995
Laura Breitkreuz, Peter Duelli, & John Oswald. 2021. Zootaxa 4966 (2): 215–225.
2.Opinion 2254 (Case 3399) Dichochrysa Yang, 1991 (Insecta, Neuroptera): generic name not conserved
ICZN. 2010. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67: 261-262.
3.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.
Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 22 June, 2021 - 6:30am
Last updated 11 August, 2021 - 1:04am

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