Chrysopa phyllochroma Wesmael, 1841

Wang, Maozhi, Lai, Yan, Zhang, Dong & Liu, Xingyue, 2025, The green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Tuha Basin, Xinjiang, northwestern China, with two new species and new record to China, Zootaxa 5722 (4), pp. 509-526 : 513

Chrysopa phyllochroma Wesmael, 1841 New record to the Tuha Basin

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Chrysopa phyllochroma Wesmael, 1841: 209 . Type locality: Belgium ( Brabant : near Brussels).

Chrysopa tenella Brauer, 1851: 7 . Type locality: Austria ( Wien: Prater ).

Chrysopa pusilla Brauer, 1851: 5 . Type locality: Belgium ( Brabant : near Brussels).

Chrysopa labbei Navás, 1910: 39 . Type locality: Russia (Baikal: Olkhon).

Chrysopa magnicauda Tjeder, 1936: 24 . Type locality: Belgium ( Brabant : near Brussels).

Chrysopa electra Hölzel, 1965: 458 . Type locality: Belgium ( Brabant : near Brussels).

Diagnosis. Medium-sized. Body mostly greenish. Head greenish, with black markings present on gena, lateral clypeus, vertex, and inter-antennal frons; scape greenish, pedicel marked black, flagellum yellowish brown distally. Black markings or stripes present on lateral portion of pronotum, black markings present on prescutum, scutum of mesothorax and scutum of metathorax, but sometimes absent ( Yang & Yang 2005). Wing veins mostly greenish, forewing with costal crossveins black at intersection to subcostal veins, sometimes green distally, other crossveins black basally, annal veins black basally; hindwing with costal crossveins marked black or partially black. Male genitalia with gonacornua short; entoprocessus short, expanded; mediuncus separated from gonarcus, short.

Material examined. 2♂, CHINA, Xinjiang, Turpan, Toksun County, Bostan Town , Yengi Kariz Mairis ( Ȓ 坎 儿Dz买mẽ), 42.7213°N, 88.4856°E, 86 m, 18.VII.2023 (L), Zhichao Zhou, Xiaoning Zhang, Zijun Liu, Huaiyu Liu ( CAU) .

Distribution. Widespread from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions ( Oswald 2024).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Green lacewings from Tuha Basin, habitus. A. Chrysopa formosa, female; B. Chrysopa phyllochroma, male; C. Chrysopa viridana, male; D. Chrysoperla nipponensis, male; E. Plesiochrysa bonbona sp. nov., male; F. Suarius fangwengi sp. nov., male; G. Suarius trilineatus, female. Scale bar = 1 mm.