Apochrysa leptalea (Rambur)

Winterton, Shaun L. & Gupta, Ankita, 2020, Review of the green lacewing genus Apochrysa Schneider (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Zootaxa 4729 (3), pp. 329-346 : 336

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scientific name	Apochrysa leptalea (Rambur)
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Apochrysa leptalea (Rambur) View in CoL

( Figs 7A View FIGURE 7 , 9C View FIGURE 9 )

Hemerobius leptaleus Rambur, 1842: 429 View in CoL .

Apochrysa leptalea ( Rambur, 1842) View in CoL — Schneider, 1851; Kimmins, 1952; Tjeder, 1966; Brooks & Barnard, 1990; Winterton & Brooks, 2002.

Osmylus picteti Navás, 1912b: 748 .

Common name. ‘Fine delicate lacewing’.

Diagnosis. Forewing with few small irregular markings midway along inner and middle gradate series; hind wing with larger ovoid spot midway along inner gradate series and smaller spot on cross-vein further along gradate series, darker venation and faint suffusion in end-twigging marginally along the posterior part of hind wing; both wings with three gradate series; forewing RA with RA-RP cross-veins simple, lacking interconnecting cross-veins; basal half of forewing with irregular cross-veins connecting RP branches; inner-most gradate series of hind wing sharply curved anteriorly at midpoint in a distinct sigmoid shape; hind wing with distinct ovoid marking midway along inner gradate series; end-twigging present along most of posterior margin of both wings.

Comments. Apochrysa leptalea is in the group of Afrotropical species characterised by a hind wing with the inner-most gradate series arranged in a sigmoid shape with a distinct ovoid marking mid way along the gradates, and the posterodistal margin having suffuse infuscate shading. These characters, along with the presence of three gradate series in both wings differentiates A. leptalea from other Apochrysa species. Apochrysa leptalea is known from southern South Africa. The holotype of H. leptalea is housed in the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique—Bruxelles. The type of O. picteti is listed by Navás as “ Cabo de Buena Esperanza”.

References

Brooks, S. J. & Barnard, P. C. (1990) The green lacewings of the world: a generic review (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 59, 117 - 286.

Kimmins, D. E. (1952) A revision of the Apochrysinae (Fam. Chrysopidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12, 5 (58), 929 - 944. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935208654370

Navas, L. (1912 b) Insectos Neuropteros nuevos. In: Verhandlungen des VIII Internationalen Zoologen-kongresses, Graz, 15 - 20 August 1910. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 746 - 751.

Rambur, M. P. (1842) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Nevropteres. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret. Fain et Thunot, Paris, 534 pp.

Schneider, G. (1851) Symbolae ad monographiam generis Chrysopae, Leach. Hirt, Vratislaviae, 178 pp.

Tjeder, B. (1966) Neuroptera-Planipennia. The Lace-wings of Southern Africa. 5. Family Chrysopidae. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebec, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life. Vol. 12. Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm, pp. 228 - 534.

Winterton, S. L. & Brooks, S. J. (2002) Phylogeny of the Apochrysinae green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Apochrysi- nae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 95, 16 - 28. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / 0013 - 8746 (2002) 095 [0016: POTAGL] 2.0. CO; 2

Figures

FIGURE 7. Apochrysa spp.: A. Apochrysa leptalea (Rambur); B. Apochrysa voeltzkowi (Weele) (photos: Laura Breitkreuz).

FIGURE 9. Wings of Apochrysa spp.: A. Apochrysa cognata (Kimmins) (after Kimmins, 1953: fig 4); B. Apochrysa evanida Gerstaecker (drawn here from type image); C. Apochrysa leptalea (Rambur) (after Kimmins, 1952: fig. 7); D. Apochrysa lutea (Walker) (after Kimmins, 1952: fig. 2) (Note: figures not to scale and vestiture omitted).