Apochrysa salomonis (Kimmins)

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Nobilinus salomonis Kimmins, 1951: 780 .

Synthochrysa salomonis (Kimmins, 1951) — Kimmins, 1952; Brooks & Barnard, 1990.

Apochrysa salomonis (Kimmins, 1951) — Winterton & Brooks, 2002.

Common name. ‘ Solomon Islands delicate lacewing’. Diagnosis. Forewing spot round, located on inner gradate series close to main stem branch of RP; hind wing pterostigma with small distinct spot, and small dark spot midway along inner gradate series, otherwise with dark suffusion along inner-most and middle gradate series; forewing with three gradate series, hind wing with two gradate series; forewing RA area with RA-RP cross-veins simple (rarely forked), lacking interconnecting cross-veins; basal half of forewing with irregular cross-veins connecting RP branches, lacking in hind wing; forewing innermost gradates series broadly curved, angled strongly at mid point; middle (shorter) gradate series of hind wing only slightly curved (not connected to inner gradate series basally); end-twigging only present along posterior margin in distal half of both wings.

Comments. Apochrysa salomonis is similar to the other Oceania species, A. cognata and A. montrouzieri; these were previously placed together with A. evanida in the genus Synthochrysa . Kimmins (1951) originally placed this species in Nobilinus . Apochrysa salomonis can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the dark, round spots on the inner gradate series of both wings, as well as three gradate series in the forewing and two gradate series in the hind wing. Apochrysa salomonis is known from Guadacanal, Solomon Islands. The holotype specimen is housed in the Natural History Museum, London.