Chrysopa

Chrysopa is a genus of green lacewings in the neuropteran family Chrysopidae.

Chrysopa
Chrysopa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Neuroptera
Family:
Chrysopidae
Subfamily:
Chrysopinae
Genus:
Chrysopa

Leach in Brewster, 1815
Species

See text

Synonyms

Odontochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991

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 Encyclopædia.[2] Albert Koebele introduced species of Chrysopa to New Zealand in the 1890s, as a method to combat aphids, however no Chrysopa species were able to establish.[3]

Species

References
  1. 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.
  2. H. Steinmann (1964). "The Chrysopa species (Neuroptera) of Hungary" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 56: 257–266.
  3. Wise, K.A.J. (1995). "RECORDS CONCERNING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS BY NEUROPTEROIDEA (INSECTA) IN NEW ZEALAND". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 32: 101–117. ISSN 0067-0464.
  4. "Chrysopa Leach in Brewster, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  5. "Chrysopa". UniProt taxonomy. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
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