Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982

Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982: 28 .

Type species: Chrysopa brasiliensis Schneider, 1851: 83, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Medium to large green lacewings; body color mostly greenish, head marked or not; palpus tapered apically, mandibles broad, asymmetrical. Pronotum sometimes elongate, marked or not; meso- and metanotum marked or not. Male genitalia with asymmetrical pseudopenis, and bending entoprocessus; tignum absent (in the Old World species) or present (in the New World species).

Distribution. Australian, Neotropical, and Oriental regions.