Genus Chrysoperla Steinmann, 1964
- Chrysoperla Steinmann, H. 1964. The Chrysopa species (Neuroptera) of Hungary. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 56: 257-266 [260] [introduced as subgenus of Chrysopa Leach, 1815].
Type species:
Chrysopa carnea Stephens, 1836 by original designation.Compiled from secondary source:
Hölzel, H. 1970. Zur generischen Klassifikation der paläarktischen Chrysopinae. Eine neue Untergattungen der Chrysopidae (Planipennia). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 23: 57-60.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread, throughout Australasia from Pacific islands to Sri Lanka (not India), Afrotropics, Arabian Peninsula.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Distribution References
- Brooks, S.J. & Barnard, P.C. 1990. The green lacewings of the world: a generic review (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 59: 117-286 [205]
- Brooks, S.J. 1994. A taxonomic review of the common green lacewing genus Chrysoperla (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 63: 137-210 (world revision of genus)
General References
Séméria, Y. 1977. Discussion de la validité taxonomique du sous-genre Chrysoperla Steinmann (Planipennia, Chrysopidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 235-338 [238] (raised to generic rank)