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Apertochrysa

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Apertochrysa
Apertochrysa prasina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Chrysopidae
Subfamily: Chrysopinae
Tribe: Chrysopini
Genus: Apertochrysa
Tjeder, 1966
Diversity
183 described species
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Navasius Yang & Yang, 1990
  • Dichochrysa Yang, 1991
  • Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995

Apertochrysa is a genus of green lacewings in the family Chrysopidae. There are 183 described species in the genus.[2]

Taxonomy

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This genus was originally described in 1990 by Xing-ke Yang and Chi-kun Yang under the name of Navasius. The name was a junior homonym of Navasius Esben-Petersen, 1936, a species of antlion, so a replacement name of Dichochrysa was proposed by Yang in 1991.[3] However, a ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature instead maintained priority of the name Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995, thereby renaming the species previously described under the name of Dichochrysa.[1] Further taxonomic work in 2021 by Breitkreuz, Duelli, and Oswald synonymized those genera under Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966.[2]

Distribution

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Apertochrysa is a subcosmopolitan genus.[2] The majority[clarification needed] of species are known from the Palearctic region, particularly from the continents of Asia and Africa.[4]

Apertochrysa sp. larva

Species

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The following 183 species are currently classified under Apertochrysa:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Opinion 2254 (Case 3399) Dichochrysa Yang, 1991 (Insecta, Neuroptera): generic name not conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (3): 261–262. 2010. doi:10.21805/bzn.v67i3.a4. S2CID 80717626.
  2. ^ a b c d e Breitkreuz, Laura; Duelli, Peter; Oswald, John D. (2021). "Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966, a new senior synonym of Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysopinae: Chrysopini)". Zootaxa. 4966 (2): 215–225. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.8. PMID 34186621. S2CID 235505041.
  3. ^ Xingke, Yang (1994). "The revision on species of genus Dichochrysa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China". Entomotaxonomia. 17 (Suppl): 26–34. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ Kang-zhen, Dong; Li Wen-zhu; Cui Jun-zhi; Yang Xing-ke (2004). "Three new species of Dichochrysa (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China, with a checkist of Chinese Dichochrysa" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 67–74. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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