Leucochrysa
| Leucochrysa | |
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| L. pavida in Tennessee | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Chrysopidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysopinae |
| Tribe: | Leucochrysini |
| Genus: | Leucochrysa McLachlan, 1868 |
| Subgenera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 196 described species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leucochrysa is a genus of green lacewings in the family Chrysopidae. As of 2013, there are 196 described species in Leucochrysa, found in the Americas.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Tauber, Catherine A.; Sosa, Francisco; Albuquerque, Gilberto S. (2013). "Two common and problematic leucochrysine species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider) and L. (L.) pretiosa (Banks) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): redescriptions and synonymies". ZooKeys (310): 57–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.310.5071. PMC 3690963. PMID 23805050.
Further reading
[edit]- Tauber, Catherine A. (2004). "A Systematic Review of the Genus Leucochrysa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in the United States". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 97 (6): 1129–1158. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[1129:ASROTG]2.0.CO;2.
- Brooks, S. J.; Barnard, Peter C. (1990). "The green lacewings of the world: a generic review (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 59 (2): 117–286. ISSN 0524-6431.
- New, T. R. (1975). "The biology of Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera), with reference to their usage as biocontrol agents: a review". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 127 (2): 115–140. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1975.tb00561.x.
- Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.
External links
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