Chrysopinae

Chrysopinae is a subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. They are the nominate taxon and largest member of the green lacewing family (Chrysopidae), containing about 60 genera.

Chrysopinae
Chrysopa perla (Chrysopini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Chrysopidae
Subfamily:	Chrysopinae Esben-Petersen, 1918
Diversity
About 60 genera

Members of the genus Chrysoperla and the genus Chrysopa in this subfamily are common in Europe and North America. Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids; some of these species have been used in biological pest control, as has the Australian Mallada signatus.[1]

Genera

The genera are divided into four tribes:[2]

Italochrysa italica (Belonopterygini)

Chrysoperla larva (Chrysopini)

Ankylopterygini Navas, 1910 Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864 Parankylopteryx Tjeder, 1966 Retipenna Brooks, 1986 Semachrysa Brooks, 1983 Signochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990 Belonopterygini Abachrysa Banks, 1938 Belonopteryx Gerstaecker, 1863 Calochrysa Banks, 1943 Chrysacanthia Lacroix, 1923 Chrysaloysia Navas, 1928 Dysochrysa Tjeder, 1966 Evanochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990 Italochrysa Principi, 1946 Nacarina Navás, 1915 Nesochrysa Navás, 1910 Nodochrysa Banks, 1938 Oyochrysa Brooks, 1985 Stigmachrysa Navás, 1925 Turnerochrysa Kimmins, 1935 Leucochrysini Berchmansus Navás, 1913 Cacarulla Navas, 1910 Gonzaga Navás, 1913 Leucochrysa Banks, 1950 (including Nodita) Neula Navás, 1917 Nuvol Navás, 1916 Santocellus Tauber & Albuquerque, 2008 Vieira Navás, 1913

Chrysopini Anomalochrysa McLachlan, 1883 Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966 Atlantochrysa Hölzel, 1970 Austrochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1928 Borniochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990 Brinckochrysa Tjeder, 1966 Ceraeochrysa Adams, 1982 Ceratochrysa Tjeder, 1966 Chrysemosa Brooks & Barnard, 1990 Chrysocerca Weele, 1909 Chrysopa Leach in Brewster, 1815 Chrysoperla Steinmann, 1964 Chrysopidia Navás, 1911 Chrysopodes Navás, 1913 Cunctochrysa Hölzel, 1970 Eremochrysa Banks, 1903 Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1920 Himalochrysa Hölzel, 1973 Kostka Navás, 1913 Mallada Navás, 1925 Meleoma Fitch, 1855 Nineta Navás, 1912 Parachrysopiella Brooks & Barnard, 1990 Peyerimhoffina Lacroix, 1920 Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982 Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995[3] Rexa Navás, 1920 Suarius Navás, 1914 Tumeochrysa Needham, 1909 Ungla Navás, 1914 Yumachrysa Banks, 1950

Some Chrysopidae are of presently unknown relationships. Of these genera, some are suspected to be Chrysopinae, namely:

• Tibetochrysa Yang, 1988
• Xanthochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991
• Yunchrysopa Yang & Wang, 1994

Footnotes

1. New (2002), Shelton, [2011]
2. Wikispecies (version of 30 October 2009)
3. "Opinion 2254 (Case 3399) Dichochrysa Yang, 1991 (Insecta, Neuroptera): generic name not conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (3): 261–262. 2010. doi:10.21805/bzn.v67i3.a4.

References

• New, T. R. (2002): Prospects for extending the use of Australian lacewings in biological control. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48(Supplement 2): 209–216. PDF fulltext
• Shelton, Anthony [2011]: Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America – Chrysoperla (= Chrysopa) carnea, C. rufilabris (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Retrieved 2011-FEB-02.