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Chrysopidae (green lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Chrysopidae Schneider
1936Chrysopidae Statz p. 215
1992Chrysopidae Carpenter
1997Chrysopidae Martins-Neto p. 75
2002Chrysopidae Martins-Neto p. 37
2008Chrysopidae Engel and Grimaldi
2013Chrysopidae Makarkin et al. p. 2
2018Chrysopidae Engel et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
superorderNeuropterida
—Metaxyneuroptera
—Eidoneuroptera
orderNeuroptera
—Euneuroptera
—Neoneuroptera
superfamilyHemerobioidea
familyChrysopidaeSchneider 1851
familyChrysopidaeSchneider 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Chrysopidae Schneider 1851 [green lacewing]
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Subfm. Chrysopinae Schneider 1851
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Tr. Chrysopini Schneider 1851
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G. Chrysopa Leach 1815
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†Chrysopa glaesaria Engel and Grimaldi 2007
†Chrysopa martynovae Makarkin 1991
†Chrysopa miocenea Makarkin 1991
†Chrysopa sarmatica Handschin 1937
†Chrysopa stavropolitana Makarkin 1991
†Chrysopa vetula Engel and Grimaldi 2007
Tr. Leucochrysini Adams and Penny 1985
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G. Leucochrysa McLachlan 1868
G. Nodita Navas 1917
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†Leucochrysa (Nodita) prisca Engel and Grimaldi 2007
G. †Paleochrysopa Séméria and Nel 1990
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†Paleochrysopa monteilsensis Séméria and Nel 1990
G. †Pseudosencera Makarkin et al. 2018
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†Pseudosencera baltica Makarkin et al. 2018
G. †Cretachrysa Makarkin 1994
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†Cretachrysa martynovi Makarkin 1994
G. †Danochrysa Willmann 1993
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†Danochrysa madseni Willmann 1993
Subfm. †Limaiinae Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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G. †Aberrantochrysa Khramov 2018
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†Aberrantochrysa buryatica Khramov 2018
†Aberrantochrysa pulchella Khramov 2018
G. †Araripechrysa Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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†Araripechrysa magnifica Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
G. †Baisochrysa Makarkin 1997
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†Baisochrysa multinervis Makarkin 1997
†Baisochrysa pumila Khramov et al. 2015
G. †Drakochrysa Yang and Hong 1990
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†Drakochrysa sinica Yang and Hong 1990
G. †Limaia Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
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†Limaia adicotomica Martins-Neto 1997
†Limaia conspicua Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1988
G. †Mesypochrysa Martynov 1927
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†Mesypochrysa angustialata Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa binervis Zhang et al. 2020
†Mesypochrysa cannabina Khramov 2018
†Mesypochrysa chrysopa Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa chrysopoides Ponomarenko 1992
†Mesypochrysa coadnata Chen et al. 2022
†Mesypochrysa curvimedia Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa falcata Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa intermedia Panfilov 1980
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Invalid names: Mesypochrysa makarkini Nel et al. 2005 [synonym]
†Mesypochrysa latipennis Martynov 1927
†Mesypochrysa magna Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa minima Makarkin 1997
†Mesypochrysa miniscula Ren and Guo 1996
†Mesypochrysa minuta Jepson et al. 2012
†Mesypochrysa naranica Khramov 2018
†Mesypochrysa nielseni Makarkin and Perkovsky 2023
†Mesypochrysa polyclada Panfilov 1980
†Mesypochrysa polyneura Ren and Guo 1996
†Mesypochrysa pusilla Zhang et al. 2020
†Mesypochrysa reducta Panfilov 1980
†Mesypochrysa sinica Khramov et al. 2015
Invalid names: Lembochrysa Ren and Guo 1996 [synonym]
G. †Parabaisochrysa Lu et al. 2018
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†Parabaisochrysa xingkei Lu et al. 2018
G. †Protochrysa Willmann and Brooks 1991
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†Protochrysa aphrodite Willmann and Brooks 1991
†Protochrysa fuscobasalis Makarkin and Archibald 2013
Subfm. Nothochrysinae Navas 1910
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G. †Adamsochrysa Makarkin and Archibald 2013
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†Adamsochrysa aspera Makarkin and Archibald 2013
†Adamsochrysa wilsoni Makarkin and Archibald 2013
G. †Archaeochrysa Adams 1967
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†Archaeochrysa cockerelli Makarkin et al. 2022
†Archaeochrysa creedei Carpenter 1935
†Archaeochrysa fracta Cockerell 1914
†Archaeochrysa profracta Makarkin and Archibald 2013
†Archaeochrysa sanikwa Archibald and Makarkin 2015
G. †Asiachrysa Makarkin 2014
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†Asiachrysa tadushiella Makarkin 2014
G. †Cimbrochrysa Schlüter 1982
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†Cimbrochrysa americana Makarkin et al. 2022
†Cimbrochrysa major Makarkin et al. 2022
†Cimbrochrysa moleriensis Schlüter 1982
G. †Dyspetochrysa Adams 1967
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†Dyspetochrysa vetuscula Scudder 1890
G. Hypochrysa Gould 1861
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†Hypochrysa hercyniensis Schlüter 1982
G. †Lithochrysa Carpenter 1935
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†Lithochrysa borealis Archibald and Makarkin 2017
†Lithochrysa concinnula Cockerell 1909
†Lithochrysa ferruginea Cockerell 1909
†Lithochrysa meyeri Makarkin et al. 2022
†Lithochrysa wickhami Cockerell 1914
G. †Minimochrysa Jepson and Makarkin 2023
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†Minimochrysa latialata Jepson and Makarkin 2023
G. Nothochrysa MacLachlan 1868
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†Nothochrysa oligocenica Ngô-Muller et al. 2019
†Nothochrysa praeclara Statz 1936
†Nothochrysa stampieni Nel and Séméria 1986
†Notochrysa praeclara Statz 1936
G. †Okanaganochrysa Makarkin and Archibald 2013
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†Okanaganochrysa coltsunae Makarkin and Archibald 2013
G. †Palaeochrysa Scudder 1883
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†Palaeochrysa greenwalti Jepson and Makarkin 2023
†Palaeochrysa minor Jepson and Makarkin 2023
†Palaeochrysa stricta Scudder 1890
G. †Pronothochrysa Peñalver et al. 1995
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†Pronothochrysa vivesi Peñalver et al. 1995
G. †Pseudochrysopa Makarkin and Archibald 2013
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†Pseudochrysopa harveyi Makarkin and Archibald 2013
G. †Sinonothochrysa Huang and Nel 2021
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†Sinonothochrysa zhangi Huang and Nel 2021
G. †Tribochrysa Scudder 1883
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†Tribochrysa firmata Scudder 1890
†Tribochrysa inequalis Scudder 1885
G. †Paralembochrysa Nel et al. 2005
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†Paralembochrysa splendida Nel et al. 2005
G. †Stephenbrooksia Willmann 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Piacenzian or 166.10000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Mesypochrysa intermedia, Mesypochrysa sinica (113371)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Baisochrysa pumila (106102) Mesypochrysa latipennis (114692) Mesypochrysa makarkini (105426) Mesypochrysa polyclada, Baisochrysa pumila (106101) Mesypochrysa reducta (113439) Mesypochrysa sp., Mesypochrysa intermedia (105971)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Mesypochrysa minuta (122909)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Lembochrysa miniscula, Lembochrysa polyneura (138436) Mesypochrysa binervis, Mesypochrysa pusilla (198810) Mesypochrysa chrysopoides, Paralembochrysa splendida (122554)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Mesypochrysa angustialata (122551) Mesypochrysa cannabina, Aberrantochrysa pulchella (113349) Mesypochrysa cannabina, Mesypochrysa naranica, Aberrantochrysa buryatica (113350) Mesypochrysa curvimedia (122550) Mesypochrysa magna (119498 122547) Mesypochrysa magna, Mesypochrysa falcata (122548) Mesypochrysa minima (122552) Mesypochrysa spp., Mesypochrysa chrysopa, Baisochrysa multinervis (122549)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Drakochrysa sinica (154887)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Mesypochrysa chrysopoides (103657)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Limaia adicotomica (122352) Limaia conspicua (149767) Limaia conspicua, Araripechrysa magnifica (125511)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Parabaisochrysa xingkei, Mesypochrysa coadnata (161726)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) Cretachrysa martynovi (105375)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2China (Guangdong) Sinonothochrysa zhangi (224577)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Cimbrochrysa moleriensis (152357) Danochrysa madseni (113030) Limaiinae indet. (152156) Mesypochrysa nielseni (113029) Protochrysa aphrodite (123998) Stephenbrooksia multifurcata (67711)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) Asiachrysa tadushiella (123616)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Chrysopidae indet., Adamsochrysa sp. B, Pseudochrysopa sp., Pseudochrysopa harveyi, Archaeochrysa sanikwa, Nothochrysinae indet. A (104793) Nothochrysinae indet., Protochrysa fuscobasalis, Okanaganochrysa coltsunae, Adamsochrysa sp., Adamsochrysa aspera, Archaeochrysa profracta (103205)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Adamsochrysa sp. A (104761) Adamsochrysa wilsoni (103206)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Minimochrysa latialata, Palaeochrysa greenwalti, Palaeochrysa minor (224195)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Chrysopidae indet. (113829) Chrysopidae indet. B (127743) Chrysopinae sp.A (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Nothochrysa sp., Pseudosencera baltica (123928)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Gard) Paleochrysopa monteilsensis (144529)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Archaeochrysa sp., Lithochrysa vetuscula (124680) Cimbrochrysa major, Lithochrysa meyeri, Lithochrysa ferruginea (227993) Palaeochrysa concinnula, Cimbrochrysa americana, Palaeochrysa vetuscula (106381) Palaeochrysa ferruginea (106380) Palaeochrysa fracta, Palaeochrysa wickhami (113749) Palaeochrysa stricta, Tribochrysa vetuscula, Tribochrysa inequalis, Tribochrysa firmata (106384)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Tribochrysa firmata (149289)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Colorado) Palaeochrysa creedei (121978) Palaeochrysa stricta (121977)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Nothochrysa oligocenica (122501) Nothochrysa stampieni (122582)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Notochrysa praeclara (122010)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Pronothochrysa vivesi (122583)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chrysopa glaesaria, Chrysopa vetula, Leucochrysa prisca (124231) Chrysopidae indet. (122982)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Chrysopa martynovae (125991 125992 125993 125994 125995 125996 125997 125998 125999) Chrysopa martynovae, Chrysopa miocenea (125990) Chrysopa stavropolitana (125988)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania Chrysopa sarmatica (164668)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Nothochrysinae indet. (117672)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Hypochrysa hercyniensis (109196)