The green lacewings of Pakistan (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): a faunal review with new records of genera and species
Author
Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
0000-0003-2590-5781
kakojan112@gmail.com
Author
Liu, Xingyue
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-09-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5180.1.1
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Genus
Italochrysa
Principi, 1946
Diagnosis
Italochrysa
can be generally recognized by their larger and robust bodies (forewing length: 19.5–24.0 mm) and brownish bodies with yellow markings. It can be distinguished by the quadrangular intramedian cell in the forewing (
Figs 1C
,
4
) and the male genitalia with one pair of long parameres (
Fig. 7F
). Although
Italochrysa
is closely related to
Evanochrysa
Brooks & Barnard,
1990
in having a quadrangular intramedian cell, it can be distinguished by the presence of parameres in male genitalia and the absence of pregenitale in female genitalia.
Notes
Italochrysa
currently includes nine species in
India
(see
Brooks & Barnard 1990
;
Ghosh 2000
) and three species in
Pakistan
:
I. lefroyi
(Needham)
,
I. aequalis
(Walker)
, and
I. everetti
(van der Weele)
. In this study, we revised the Pakistani
Italochrysa
species
based on new materials and the
paratype
photographs of
I. lefroyi
from the Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC). However, the identity of
Italochrysa
species
in the subcontinent has remained obscure and it may include more unknown species in the region. Thus, the recent finding of
I. aequalis
and
I. everetti
from
Pakistan
is of great interest. This genus was not listed in the former catalogue from
Pakistan
(
Hassan
et al.
2019
).
Key to
Italochrysa
species
from
Pakistan
1 Wings hyaline, unmarked (
Fig. 5
)........................................................................ 2
– Forewing with a dark brown spot at distal margin of icu3 cell (
Fig. 4
)......................
I. everetti
(van der Weele)
2 Legs pale yellow, except femora with a median dark spot (
Fig. 6F
)..............................
I. aequalis
(Walker)
– Legs pale yellow, unmarked (
Figs 11A–B
).................................................
I. lefroyi
(Needham)