CHRYSOPIDAE Schneider, 1851

GARLAND, J. A. & KEVAN, D. K. MCE., 2007, Chrysopidae of Canada and Alaska (Insecta, Neuroptera): revised checklist, new and noteworthy records, and geo-referenced localities, Zootaxa 1486 (1), pp. 1-84 : 12

FAMILY CHRYSOPIDAE Schneider, 1851

Chrysopina Schneider, 1851: 35. Type genus: Chrysopa Leach, 1815 ; original designation.

Chrysopidae Schneider, 1851 ; Newman 1853: cc [ending in -idae].

The family Chrysopidae includes fossils, and all Recent species ( Nel et al. 2005) A global genus-level revision of the family was fulfilled by Brooks and Barnard (1990), who arranged 75 genera, 11 subgenera, and approximately 1200 described species or subspecies into three subfamilies, as follows: Apochrysinae , Chrysopinae , Nothochrysinae ( Brooks and Barnard 1990; Brooks 1997). Two of these subfamilies are represented in Canada: i.e., Chrysopinae , and Nothochrysinae ; in Alaska, only the Chrysopinae .