Semachrysa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Neuropterida
Ordo: Neuroptera
Subordo: Hemerobiiformia
Superfamilia: Chrysopoidea

Familia: Chrysopidae
Subfamilia: Chrysopinae
Tribus: Ankylopterygini
Genus: Semachrysa
Species (20): S. claggi – S. contorta – S. cruciata – S. dammermani – S. decorata – S. guangxiensis – S. hyndi – S. jade – S. matsumurae – S. minuta – S. nigribasis – S. papuensis – S. phanera – S. picilabris – S. polysticta – S. polystricta – S. pulchella – S. sagitta – S. wallacei – S. yananica

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist, plus (1) S. jade
]
Name

Semachrysa Brooks, 1983

Primary references

Brooks, S.J. 1983: A new genus of oriental lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 47(1): 1–26. BHL Reference page.

Semachrysa is a genus of green lacewing found from Japan to Australia along the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. 20 Semachrysa species have been described between 1914 and 2012. 15 of them - one of which was new - have been included in a recent taxonomic study:[2]

Semachrysa claggi (Banks, 1937)
Semachrysa contorta Brooks, 1983
Semachrysa cruciata (Esben-Petersen, 1928)
Semachrysa dammermanni (Esben-Petersen, 1929)
Semachrysa decorata (Esben-Petersen, 1913)
Semachrysa hyndi Brooks, 1983
Semachrysa jade Winterton & Guek & Brooks, 2012
Semachrysa matsumurae (Okamoto, 1914)
Semachrysa minuta Brooks, 1983
Semachrysa nigribasis (Banks, 1920)
Semachrysa papuensis Brooks, 1983
Semachrysa picilabris (Kimmins, 1952)
Semachrysa polysticta Brooks, 1983
Semachrysa sagitta Brooks, 1983
Semachrysa wallacei Brooks, 1983

Further members include:

Semachrysa guangxiensis Yang & Yang, 1991[3]
Semachrysa phanera (Yang, 1987)[4]
Semachrysa polystricta Yang & Wang, 1994[5]
Semachrysa pulchella Tsukaguchi, 1995[6]
Semachrysa yananica Yang & Yang, 1989[7]

References

Brooks SJ (1983) A new genus of Oriental lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 47: 1-26.
Winterton, S.; Guek, H. P.; Brooks, S. (2012). "A charismatic new species of green lacewing discovered in Malaysia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): The confluence of citizen scientist, online image database and cybertaxonomy". ZooKeys (214): 1–11. doi:10.3897/zookeys.214.3220. PMC 3426877. PMID 22936863.
Yang, X.-K.; Yang, C.-K. 1991: Four new species of lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Acta entomologica sinica, 34(2): 212-217. abstract and pdf
Yang, X. 1997: Catalogue of the Chinese Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Serangga, 2(1): 65-108.
Yang, J.; Wang, X. 1994: The golden eyes of Yunnan with descriptions of some new genus and species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University, 9(2): 65-74. abstract and pdf
Tsukaguchi, S. 1995: Chrysopidae of Japan (Insecta, Neuroptera). Published by the author, Aioi-cho 6-14-102, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo, 662 Japan.
Yang, C-k.; Yang, X. 1989: Fourteen new species of green lacewings from Shaanxi Province (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Entomotaxonomia, 11(1-2): 13-30. abstract and pdf