The green lacewings of Pakistan (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): a faunal review with new records of genera and species
Author
Hassan, Muhammad Asghar
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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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Italochrysa lefroyi
(
Needham, 1909
)
(
Figs 11
,
53
)
Nothochrysa lefroyi
Needham, 1909: 203
.
Type
locality:
India
(Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya),
Pakistan
(
Punjab
).
Nothochrysa lefroi
Needham, 1909
.
Ghosh, 1990: 351
(misspelling).
Diagnosis and notes
Italochrysa lefroyi
(
Fig. 11
) is hitherto only known from
India
and
Pakistan
(
Needham 1909
).
Ghosh & Sen (1977)
,
Brooks & Barnard (1990)
, and
Ghosh (1990
,
2000
) listed a record of this species from
India
. Its Pakistani record is missing in
Hassan
et al.
(2019)
. Taxonomically this species is remarkably similar to
I. aequalis
and the only differences between these two species are in the coloration of legs (a character too weak to sustain the species): wholly yellowish brown in
I. lefroyi
(
Fig. 11A
), but unfortunately, the mid and hind legs are missing in the
paratypes
of
I. lefroyi
for comparison with
I. aequalis
, in which dark bands are present on each femur. However, this difference may be of individual variation. Thus, the taxonomic status of this species should be clarified either based on type specimen or newly collected materials from the type localities in
Pakistan
or
India
.
Distribution
Pakistan
.
Punjab
(Faisalabad), –– India (Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya,
Punjab
) (
Needham 1909
;
Ghosh & Sen 1977
;
Brooks & Barnard 1990
;
Ghosh 1990
,
2000
; Oswald 2022).