A Synonym in the Genus Chrysopa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Pharmacophagy in green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysopa spp.)?

Green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) are voracious predators of aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects and mites. Earlier, we identified (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial from wild males of the goldeneyed lacewing, Chrysopa oculata Say, which is released from thousands of microscopic dermal glands on the abdominal sterna. Iridodial-baited traps attract C. oculata and other Chrysopa spp. males i...

The sperm centriole persists during early egg cleavage in the insect Chrysopa carnea (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae).

The giant centriole of the sperm of Chrsyopa carnea persists in the fertilized egg. The giant centriole appears together with a regular small centriole at one pole of the first cleavage spindle; two small centrioles are found at the other pole. During the subsequent divisions, the giant centriole appears either at one pole of one of the spindles, as in the first cleavage, or close to one inter-...

Revision of the Neotropical green lacewing genus Ungla (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)

Here, Ungla Navás, 1914, a poorly known Neotropical genus is reviewed. Twenty-five valid species are recognized; seven of them are new to science: Ungla adamsisp. n., U. elbergisp. n., U. grandispiraculasp. n., U. mexicanasp. n., U. pennyisp. n., U. quchapampasp. n., U. stangeisp. n.; and five are transferred to Ungla from other genera: U. bolivari (Banks), U. chacranella (Banks), U. sideroceph...

کلید شناسائی گونه های مختلف ( SUARIUS , CHRYSOPA ( NEUROPTERA : CHRYSOPIDAE جمع آوری شده در ایران

Review of the green lacewing genus Chrysacanthia Lacroix with a new species from Nigeria (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)

The genus Chrysacanthia Lacroix (Chrysopidae: Belonopterygini) is reviewed and a new species is described from Nigeria. With the addition of the new species described herein, the genus contains four Old World species known from Madagascar, Nigeria, India, Thailand and China.