Chrysopa sogdianica McLachlan

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Liu, Xingyue, 2022, The green lacewings of Pakistan (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): a faunal review with new records of genera and species, Zootaxa 5180 (1), pp. 1-83 : 53-54

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5180.1.1

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DOI

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scientific name

Chrysopa sogdianica McLachlan
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Chrysopa sogdianica McLachlan View in CoL in Fedchenko, 1875

( Fig. 56 View FIGURE 56 )

Chrysopa sogdianica McLachlan in Fedchenko, 1875: 20. Type locality: Unknown.

Chrysopisca minuta McLachlan in Fedchenko, 1875: 23. Type locality: Unknown.

Chrysopa nadali Navás, 1913c: 218 View in CoL . Type locality: Tunisia (Kébili).

Chrysopa euprepia Navás, 1915a: 369 View in CoL . Type locality: Tozeur.

Chrysopa indiga Navás, 1915a: 370 View in CoL . Type locality: Tozeur.

Chrysopa harterti Navás, 1929a: 57 View in CoL . Type locality: Algeria.

Chrysopa cufrina Navás, 1932d: 420 View in CoL . Type locality: Libya.

Minva punctata Navás, 1919c: 288 View in CoL . Type locality: Algeria.

Sencera fezzanina Navás, 1932a: 114 View in CoL . Type locality: Libia.

Chrysopa asiatica Steinmann, 1971: 256 View in CoL . Type locality: Mongolia.

Diagnosis and notes

This species is closely related to C. astarte by the absence of basal dilation in pretarsal claws, but can be distinguished by the following characters: frons with dark brown spots; scapes with dark markings on lateral margins; and vertex with four dark spots. No additional specimens were added in this study. Although this species is unique among its congeners in Pakistan by lack of im cell in the forewing ( Hölzel 1967: fig. 1). The male and female genital photographs of C. sogdianica were presented by Hölzel (1966) based on the syntypes deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. In the same paper, McLachlan described a monotypic genus, Chrysopisca to accommodate Chrysopisca minuta , distinguished by lack of im cell in forewing. Based on similar male genitalia, Brooks & Barnard (1990) later considered Chrysopisca minuta as a junior synonym of C. sogdianica .

Distribution

Pakistan. Balochistan (Quetta) –– Afghanistan, Russia (Turkestan), Northern Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Iran) east to Mongolia ( Hölzel 1967, 1980; Aspöck et al. 2001; Hassan et al. 2019; Oswald 2022).

Genus Chrysoperla Steinmann, 1964

Diagnosis

The genus Chrysoperla can be characterized by the following characters: medium-sized green lacewings (forewing length 9.0–14.0 mm); body generally pale green with dorsal median yellow stripe; head with dark brown spots on genae and clypeus; antennae not longer than forewing; legs unmarked; pretarsal claws with or without basal dilation; wings hyaline, without marking; im cell narrow, ovate; first radial crossvein meets Psm well distad of apex of im cell; gradates in two parallel series, meeting Psm in both wings; icu1 shorter than icu2; icu2 broad, rounded apically; male with sterna 8+9 fused, with apical lip. Apart from the above morphological characters, the structure, and shapes of male and female genitalia are most useful in distinguishing the Chrysoperla species. The male genitalia feature the following characters: absence of gonapsis and pseudopenis; entoprocessus small or absent; spinellae present or absent; arcessus narrow, pointed at apex and often recurved distally; tignum arcuated. The female genitaliafeature the following characters: absence of pregenitale; subgenitale bilobed distally, slightly extended at proximally; spermatheca narrow; ventral impression shallow or deep; vela short or long; spermathecal duct long, cylindrical, multiple-coiled, attached to bursa copulatrix (bc).

Notes

Currently, Chrysoperla comprises ca. 36 valid species distributed throughout the world ( Brooks 1994). Of these, three species are known in Pakistan ( Henry et al. 2010; Hassan et al. 2019). The genus is further divided into four species groups: the carnea -group, the comans -group, the nyerina -group and the pudica -group, and each of them, except comans -group are further divided into two subgroups ( Brooks & Barnards 1990). Of these, two species groups are present in Pakistan: the carnea -group (including C. carnea and C. zastrowi sillemi ), and the pudica -group ( C. mutata ).

Key to Chrysoperla species from Pakistan

1 Basal crossvein between Rs and M meets at or beyond apex of im cell in forewing ( Figs 38A–B View FIGURE 38 , 41A–B View FIGURE 41 ); male genitalia without spinellae.......................................................................................2

– Basal crossvein between Rs and M meets beyond apex of im cell in forewing ( Brooks 1994: fig. 160); male genitalia with spinellae ( Brooks 1994: fig. 165)..................................................... .. C. mutata (McLachlan) View in CoL

2 Basal crossvein between Rs and M meets beyond at apex of im cell ( Figs 38A–B View FIGURE 38 ); pretarsal claws with basal dilation more than 1/3 of claw hook; female subgenitale rounded, nearly as long as wide........................... C. carnea (Stephens) View in CoL

– Basal crossvein between Rs and M meets apex of im cell in forewing ( Figs 41A–B View FIGURE 41 ); pretarsal claws with basal dilation, 1/3–1/4 length of claw hook ( Brooks 1994: fig. 5; Fig. 42F View FIGURE 42 ); female subgenitale heart-shaped, wider than long ( Fig. 43C View FIGURE 43 ).............................................................................. C. zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Petersen) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Chrysopidae

Genus

Chrysopa

Loc

Chrysopa sogdianica McLachlan

Hassan, Muhammad Asghar & Liu, Xingyue 2022
2022
Loc

Chrysopa asiatica

Steinmann, H. 1971: 256
1971
Loc

Chrysopa cufrina Navás, 1932d: 420

Navas, L. 1932: 420
1932
Loc

Sencera fezzanina Navás, 1932a: 114

Navas, L. 1932: 114
1932
Loc

Chrysopa harterti Navás, 1929a: 57

Navas, L. 1929: 57
1929
Loc

Minva punctata Navás, 1919c: 288

Navas, L. 1919: 288
1919
Loc

Chrysopa euprepia Navás, 1915a: 369

Navas, L. 1915: 369
1915
Loc

Chrysopa indiga Navás, 1915a: 370

Navas, L. 1915: 370
1915
Loc

Chrysopa nadali Navás, 1913c: 218

Navas, L. 1913: 218
1913
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