Chrysopinae

Chrysopinae
Chrysopa perla (Chrysopini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Chrysopidae
Subfamily:	Chrysopinae Esben-Petersen, 1918
Diversity
About 60 genera

Chrysopinae is a subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. They are the nominate taxon and largest member of the green lacewing family (Chrysopidae), containing about 60 genera.

Members of the genus Chrysoperla and the genus Chrysopa in this subfamily are common in Europe and North America. Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids; some of these species have been used in biological pest control, as has the Australian Mallada signatus.

Genera

The genera are divided into four tribes:

Italochrysa italica (Belonopterygini)

Chrysoperla larva (Chrysopini)

Ankylopterygini Navas, 1910

• Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864
• Parankylopteryx Tjeder, 1966
• Retipenna Brooks, 1986
• Semachrysa Brooks, 1983
• Signochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990

Belonopterygini

• Abachrysa Banks, 1938
• Belonopteryx Gerstaecker, 1863
• Calochrysa Banks, 1943
• Chrysacanthia Lacroix, 1923
• Chrysaloysia Navas, 1928
• Dysochrysa Tjeder, 1966
• Evanochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
• Italochrysa Principi, 1946
• Nacarina Navás, 1915
• Nesochrysa Navás, 1910
• Nodochrysa Banks, 1938
• Oyochrysa Brooks, 1985
• Stigmachrysa Navás, 1925
• Turnerochrysa Kimmins, 1935

Leucochrysini

• Berchmansus Navás, 1913
• Cacarulla Navas, 1910
• Gonzaga
• Leucochrysa Banks, 1950 (including Nodita)
• Neula
• Nuvol
• Santocellus Tauber & Albuquerque, 2008
• Vieira Navás, 1913

Chrysopini

• Anomalochrysa McLachlan, 1883
• Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966
• Atlantochrysa Hölzel, 1970
• Austrochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1928
• Borniochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
• Brinckochrysa Tjeder, 1966
• Ceraeochrysa Adams, 1982
• Ceratochrysa Tjeder, 1966
• Chrysemosa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
• Chrysocerca Weele, 1909
• Chrysopa
• Chrysoperla
• Chrysopidia Navás, 1911
• Chrysopodes Navás, 1913
• Cunctochrysa Hölzel, 1970
• Dichochrysa Yang, 1991 (formerly Navasius Yang & Yang, 1990 (non Esben-Petersen, 1936: preoccupied))
• Eremochrysa Banks, 1903
• Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1920
• Himalochrysa Hölzel, 1973
• Kostka Navás, 1913
• Mallada Navás, 1925
• Meleoma Fitch, 1855
• Nineta Navás, 1912
• Parachrysopiella Brooks & Barnard, 1990
• Peyerimhoffina Lacroix, 1920
• Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982
• Rexa Navás, 1920
• Suarius Navás, 1914
• Tumeochrysa Needham, 1909
• Ungla
• Yumachrysa Banks, 1950

Some Chrysopidae are of presently unknown relationships. Of these genera, some are suspected to be Chrysopinae, namely:

• Tibetochrysa Yang, 1988
• Xanthochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991
• Yunchrysopa Yang & Wang, 1994

References

• New, T. R. (2002): Prospects for extending the use of Australian lacewings in biological control. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48(Supplement 2): 209–216. PDF fulltext
• Shelton, Anthony [2011]: Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America – Chrysoperla (= Chrysopa) carnea, C. rufilabris (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Retrieved 2011-FEB-02.