Borniochrysa, Brooks & Barnard, 1990

Wang, Maozhi, Lai, Yan & Liu, Xingyue, 2022, New record of Borniochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5222 (5), pp. 478-488 : 486

Key to species of Borniochrysa

1. Two gradates series of crossveins in forewing............................................................... 2

- Three gradates series of crossveins in forewing.............................................................. 3

2. Brownish stripe present at base of forewing................................................... B. appendiculata

- Brownish stripe at base of forewing absent........................................................ B. squamosa

3. Genal spot ventrad eye absent................................................................... B. luzonica

- Genal spot ventrad eye present........................................................................... 4

4. Gradate veins in forewing pale........................................................................... 5

- Gradate veins in forewing brown......................................................................... 6

5. Each side of scape with red stripe; maxillary, labial palpi yellowish..................................... B. winkleri

- Scape yellowish, unmarked; labial, maxillary palpi brownish black ( Fig. 3C, D )................... B. zhenxiana sp. nov.

6. Subcostal part of pterostigma with brown spots; pronotum laterally with a pair of black stripes............... B. solomonis

- Subcostal part of pterostigma pale; pronotum laterally with a pair of reddish brown stripes ( Fig. 1C, D ) B. kamayaria sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Borniochrysa kamayaria sp. nov., holotype male. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. head and prothorax, dorsal view; C. head and prothorax, lateral view; D. head, frontal view; E. specimen from Hainan, paratype female, habitus, dorsal view.Abbreviations: A, anal veins; C, costal vein; CuA, cubitus anterior vein; CuP, cubitus posterior vein; MA, media anterior; MP, media posterior; PsC, pesudocubitus; PsM, pesudomedia; RA, radius anterior; RP, radius posterior; Sc, subcosta; ig, inner gradate; im, intramedian cell; mg, middle gradate; og, outer gradate.

FIGURE 3. Borniochrysa zhenxiana sp. nov., holotype male. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. head and prothorax, dorsal view; C. head and prothorax, lateral view; D. head, frontal view. Abbreviations: A, anal veins; C, costal vein; CuA, cubitus anterior; CuP, cubitus posterior; MA, media anterior; MP, media posterior; PsC, pesudocubitus; PsM, pesudomedia; RA, radius anterior; RP, radius posterior; Sc, subcosta; ig, inner gradate; im, intramedian cell; mg, middle gradate; og, outer gradate.