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Chrysopa 
Chrysopa pallens Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Neuroptera Family: Chrysopidae Subfamily: Chrysopinae Genus: Chrysopa
Leach in Brewster, 1815Species See text
Synonyms Odontochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991
Chrysopa is a genus of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera.
Members of this genus and the genus Chrysoperla are common in much of North America, Europe and Asia. They share similar characteristics and some species have been moved from one genus to the other and back again.[1] Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids and members of this genus have been used in biological pest control.
William Elford Leach first described this genus in 1815 in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia.[2]
Species
- Chrysopa abbreviata
- Chrysopa chi Fitch, 1855 [3]
- Chrysopa coloradensis Banks, 1895 [3]
- Chrysopa dorsalis [4]
- Chrysopa excepta Banks, 1911 [3]
- Chrysopa formosa [4]
- Chrysopa incompleta Banks, 1911 [3]
- Chrysopa intima [4]
- Chrysopa lezeyi [4]
- Chrysopa nigra [4]
- Chrysopa nigricornis Burmeister, 1839 [3]
- Chrysopa oculata Say, 1839 [3]
- Chrysopa pallens [4]
- Chrysopa perla [4]
- Chrysopa pleuralis Banks, 1911 [3]
- Chrysopa quadripunctata Burmeister, 1839 [3]
- Chrysopa slossonae Banks, 1924 [3]
- Chrysopa viridana [4]
References
- ^ Michael S. Engel & David A. Grimaldi (2007). "The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates 3587: 1–58. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5880/1/N3587.pdf.
- ^ H. Steinmann (1964). "The Chrysopa species (Neuroptera) of Hungary" (PDF). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 56: 257–266. http://www.smmi.hu/termtud/neurohu/pdf/85.pdf.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Chrysopa Leach in Brewster, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=666146. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Chrysopa". UniProt taxonomy. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/76806. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
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