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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

Genus Apertochrysa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

any way to tell which Green Lacewing? - Apertochrysa sierra

Pseudomallada? Aug 20, 2017 - Apertochrysa perfecta

Apertochrysa luctuosa? - Apertochrysa luctuosa

Chrysopa timberlakei? - Apertochrysa luctuosa

Chrysopidae - Apertochrysa perfecta - female

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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966(1)

Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995

Dichochrysa Yang, 1991 (unavailable, suppressed by ICZN(2))

Navaasius Yang & Yang, 1990 (unavailable, homonym of Navasius Esben-Petersen, 1936, an antlion species)

Explanation of Names

Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966(1)

from the Latin apertō ('open, uncovered, exposed') + -chrysa (referring to green lacewings)

from the genus Chrysopa, derived from the Latin chrys-, after the ancient Greek χρυσός‎, ('gold') + ōps ('face'), referring to the family's golden eyes

Numbers

4 spp. in our area(3), ~165 total(4)

1. Apertochrysa luctuosa (Banks, 1911): AZ, CO, IN, NE, NM

2. Apertochrysa macleodi (Adams & Garland, 1982): widespread but uncommon (Canada: ON; United States: AZ, KS, MD, TX)

3. Apertochrysa perfecta (Banks, 1895): western (Canada: BC; United States: AZ, CA, CO, KS, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)

4. Apertochrysa sierra (Banks, 1924): AZ, CA, OR, WA

Identification

Many species are noted for the brownish tint to their wing venation.

Species are distinguished as follows:(5)

1a. Broad black stripes on vertex converging as loops around scapes, thorax with narrow black stripes .... A. luctuosa

1b. Head unmarked apart from genae and labrum, thorax with at most paired spots .............................. 2

2a. Labrum black except medially light brown or green, pronotum lacking spots .................................... A. macleodi

2b. Labrum entirely black, pronotum with paired spots ....................................................................... 3

3a. Pronotum with cinnamon-brown spots, often indistinct .................................................................. A. perfecta*

3b. Pronotum and mesoscutum with black spots, wings with black spots at costal base ........................... A. sierra*

* Can form sterile hybrids in laboratory conditions, apparently undescribed.

Range

Holarctic(4); in NA, mostly western, but with a few records as far east as IN & MD(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.

4.	Kymachrysa, a new genus of Nearctic green lacewings (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, Chrysopini) Tauber C.A., Garland J.A. 2014. ZooKeys 437: 87-108.

5.	A review of the genus Mallada in the United States and Canada, with a new species (Neuroptera Chrysopidae) Phillip A. Adams & J. Allan Garland. 1981. Psyche A Journal of Entomology 89(3-4).

Contributed by v belov on 12 April, 2009 - 2:49pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 8 September, 2024 - 1:57pm

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