Semachrysa Explained
Semachrysa is a genus of green lacewing found from Japan to Australia along the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. 20 Semachrysa species have been described between 1914 and 2012. 15 of them - one of which was new - have been included in a recent taxonomic study:[1]
- Semachrysa claggi (Banks, 1937)
- Semachrysa contorta Brooks, 1983
- Semachrysa cruciata (Esben-Petersen, 1928)
- Semachrysa dammermanni (Esben-Petersen, 1929)
- Semachrysa decorata (Esben-Petersen, 1913)
- Semachrysa hyndi Brooks, 1983
- Semachrysa jade Winterton & Guek & Brooks, 2012
- Semachrysa matsumurae (Okamoto, 1914)
- Semachrysa minuta Brooks, 1983
- Semachrysa nigribasis (Banks, 1920)
- Semachrysa papuensis Brooks, 1983
- Semachrysa picilabris (Kimmins, 1952)
- Semachrysa polysticta Brooks, 1983
- Semachrysa sagitta Brooks, 1983
- Semachrysa wallacei Brooks, 1983
Further members include:
- Semachrysa guangxiensis Yang & Yang, 1991[2]
- Semachrysa phanera (Yang, 1987)[3]
- Semachrysa polystricta Yang & Wang, 1994[4]
- Semachrysa pulchella Tsukaguchi, 1995[5]
- Semachrysa yananica Yang & Yang, 1989[6]
Notes and References
- Winterton . S. . Guek . H. P. . Brooks . S. . A charismatic new species of green lacewing discovered in Malaysia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): The confluence of citizen scientist, online image database and cybertaxonomy . 10.3897/zookeys.214.3220 . ZooKeys . 1–11 . 2012 . 22936863 . 3426877 . 214 . free . 2012ZooK..214....1W .
- Yang, X.-K.; Yang, C.-K. 1991: Four new species of lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Acta entomologica sinica, 34(2): 212-217. abstract and pdf
- Yang, X. 1997: Catalogue of the Chinese Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Serangga, 2(1): 65-108.
- Yang, J.; Wang, X. 1994: The golden eyes of Yunnan with descriptions of some new genus and species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University, 9(2): 65-74. abstract and pdf
- Tsukaguchi, S. 1995: Chrysopidae of Japan (Insecta, Neuroptera). Published by the author, Aioi-cho 6-14-102, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo, 662 Japan.
- Yang, C-k.; Yang, X. 1989: Fourteen new species of green lacewings from Shaanxi Province (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Entomotaxonomia, 11(1-2): 13-30. abstract and pdf
