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Subfamily Chrysopinae - Typical Green Lacewings

Stripe-horned Green Lacewing - Lateral - Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis

Lacewing(?) on Golden Alexanders - Chrysopa oculata

lateral close-up higher res - Eremochrysa

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)

Numbers

14 genera* in 3 tribes in our area; 60 genera in 4 tribes worldwide

* Genus not yet in the guide: Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982 (1 sp., FL)

Identification

Belonopterygini: very short prothorax (broader than its length by 1.5 times) and proportionally larger eyes, often bluer in appearance than in other tribes.

Chrysopini: elongate prothorax, antennae comparable to body length (apart from Ceraeochrysa), most species lack a darkened pterostigma (apart from some Eremochrysa)

Leucochrysini: elongate prothorax, antennae significantly longer than body length, most species have a darkened pterostigma (apart from L. arizonensis)

Contributed by v belov on 5 November, 2011 - 12:09pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 11 June, 2021 - 1:21am

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