Subfamily Chrysopinae Schneider, 1851

Chrysopinae comprises six extant genera and 24 species in Pakistan: Apertochrysa (8 spp.), Chrysopa (6 spp.), Chrysoperla (3 spp.), Italochrysa (3 spp.), Suarius (3 spp.), and Tumeochrysa (1 sp.).

Key to genera of Chrysopinae from Pakistan

1 Forewing with three regular series of gradate crossveins (Fig. 1A)............................ Tumeochrysa Needham

– Wings with two regular series of gradate crossveins (Fig. 1B).................................................. 2

2 Intramedian cell (im) of forewing nearly trapeziform (Figs 1C, 4)............................... Italochrysa Principi

– Intramedian cell (im) of forewing nearly oval-triangular (Fig. 1D)................................................3

3 Basal inner gradates meeting Psm in forewing (Fig. 1E)....................................................... 4

– Basal inner gradates not meeting Psm in forewing (Fig. 1F).................................................... 5

4 Head largely unmarked, except narrow dark brown spots on gena and clypeus (Figs 2A, D); basal crossvein between Rs and M present on distal margin of im cell (Fig. 1E) or beyond im cell............................. .. Chrysoperla Steinmann

– Head with dark brown spots on frons and vertex (Figs 2B, E); basal crossvein between Rs and M present on subdistal margin of im cell............................................................................... Chrysopa Leach

5 Scape yellow, with or without dark brown stripe; tibial spurs ratio on each leg (0-1-1) (Figs 3H–J); fifth and six cells beneath Rs in hindwing elongated (Figs 3C–D); tignum and gonapsis present in male genitalia (Figs 2G–H)................... 6

– Scape yellow, with dorsal and lateral longitudinal dark stripes (Fig. 2C); tibial spurs ratio on each leg (0>2>2) (Figs 3E–G); fifth and six cells beneath Rs in hindwing short (Figs 3A–B); tignum and gonapsis absent in male genitalia... Suarius Navás

6 Dorsal arm of apodeme on male tergum 9 + ectoproct extending to dorsal margin of callus cerci; gonapsis usually W, X, or Yshaped (Yang et al. 2005: figs 179 D–E, 189F).................................................. Mallada Navás

– Dorsal arm of apodeme on male tergum 9 + ectoproct not extending to callus cerci (Fig. 30G); gonapsis with four distinctive shapes (Breitkreuz et al. 2021a: figs 1A–D), but all types with a pair of lateral wings, connected to a single anteriorly-directed rod................................................................................. Apertochrysa Tjeder