Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982

Wang, Maozhi, Li, Ziyuan & Liu, Xingyue, 2023, A new species of Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966 and new record of Plesiochrysa ramburi (Schneider, 1851) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China, with potential biocontrol significance, Zootaxa 5360 (4), pp. 568-582 : 575

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F28CAD93-3EAB-4289-ACAC-8199E2BFA32A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10164682
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scientific name	Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982
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Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982: 28 View in CoL .

Type species: Chrysopa brasiliensis Schneider, 1851: 83 View in CoL , 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.