Chrysopinae


Chrysopinae is a subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. They are the nominate taxon and largest member of the green lacewing family, containing about 60 genera.
Members of the genus Chrysoperla and the genus Chrysopa in this subfamily are common in Europe and North America. Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids; some of these species have been used in biological pest control, as has the Australian Mallada signatus.

Genera

The genera are divided into four tribes:

 larva

Ankylopterygini Navas, 1910
  • Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864
  • Parankylopteryx Tjeder, 1966
  • Retipenna Brooks, 1986
  • Semachrysa Brooks, 1983
  • Signochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
Belonopterygini
  • Abachrysa Banks, 1938
  • Belonopteryx Gerstaecker, 1863
  • Calochrysa Banks, 1943
  • Chrysacanthia Lacroix, 1923
  • Chrysaloysia Navas, 1928
  • Dysochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  • Evanochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  • Italochrysa Principi, 1946
  • Nacarina Navás, 1915
  • Nesochrysa Navás, 1910
  • Nodochrysa Banks, 1938
  • Oyochrysa Brooks, 1985
  • Stigmachrysa Navás, 1925
  • Turnerochrysa Kimmins, 1935
Leucochrysini
  • Berchmansus Navás, 1913
  • Cacarulla Navas, 1910
  • Gonzaga
  • Leucochrysa Banks, 1950
  • Neula
  • Nuvol
  • Santocellus Tauber & Albuquerque, 2008
  • Vieira Navás, 1913
Chrysopini
  • Anomalochrysa McLachlan, 1883
  • Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  • Atlantochrysa Hölzel, 1970
  • Austrochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1928
  • Borniochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  • Brinckochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  • Ceraeochrysa Adams, 1982
  • Ceratochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  • Chrysemosa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  • Chrysocerca Weele, 1909
  • Chrysopa
  • Chrysoperla
  • Chrysopidia Navás, 1911
  • Chrysopodes Navás, 1913
  • Cunctochrysa Hölzel, 1970
  • Dichochrysa Yang, 1991
  • Eremochrysa Banks, 1903
  • Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1920
  • Himalochrysa Hölzel, 1973
  • Kostka Navás, 1913
  • Mallada Navás, 1925
  • Meleoma Fitch, 1855
  • Nineta Navás, 1912
  • Parachrysopiella Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  • Peyerimhoffina Lacroix, 1920
  • Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982
  • Rexa Navás, 1920
  • Suarius Navás, 1914
  • Tumeochrysa Needham, 1909
  • Ungla
  • Yumachrysa Banks, 1950

Some Chrysopidae are of presently unknown relationships. Of these genera, some are suspected to be Chrysopinae, namely: