Chrysopinae is the nominate subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. This subfamily is also the largest within the family and comprises about 60 genera.
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Members of the genus Chrysoperla and the genus Chrysopa in this subfamily are common in Europe and North America.[1][2] Chrysopinae larvae are predatory and feed on aphids; some of these species have been used in biological pest control, as has the Australian Mallada signatus.[3]
The following 61 genera are divided into four tribes:
Ankylopterygini Navas, 1910
- Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864
- Chrysopidia Navás, 1911
- Parankylopteryx Tjeder, 1966
- Retipenna Brooks, 1986
- Semachrysa Brooks, 1983
- Signochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
Belonopterygini Navas, 1913
- Abachrysa Banks, 1938
- Belonopteryx Gerstaecker, 1863
- Calochrysa Banks, 1943
- Chrysacanthia Lacroix, 1923[4][5]
- 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
- Vieira Navás, 1913[6]
- Anomalochrysa McLachlan, 1883
- Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966 (syn Pseudomallada[7][8])
- Atlantochrysa Hölzel, 1970
- Austrochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1928[9]
- Borniochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
- Brinckochrysa Tjeder, 1966
- Ceraeochrysa Adams, 1982
- Ceratochrysa Tjeder, 1966
- Chrysemosa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
- Chrysocerca Weele, 1909
- Chrysopa Leach in Brewster, 1815
- Chrysoperla Steinmann, 1964
- Chrysopodes Navás, 1913
- Cunctochrysa Hölzel, 1970
- Eremochrysa Banks, 1903
- Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1920
- Himalochrysa Hölzel, 1973
- Kostka Navás, 1913
- Kymachyrsa Tauber & Garland, 2014[10]
- 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
- Titanochrysa Sosa and Freitas, 2012[11]
- Tumeochrysa Needham, 1909
- Ungla Navás, 1914
- Yumachrysa Banks, 1950
- Berchmansus Navás, 1913
- Cacarulla Navas, 1910
- Gonzaga Navás, 1913
- Leucochrysa McLachlan, 1868 (syn Nodita)
- Neula Navás, 1917
- Nuvol Navás, 1916
- Santocellus Tauber & Albuquerque, 2008
- †Paleochrysopa Séméria & Nel, 1990 (Eocene, France)
- †Pseudosencera Makarkin et al., 2018 (Eocene, Europe)
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"Opinion 2254 (Case 3399) Dichochrysa Yang, 1991 (Insecta, Neuroptera): generic name not conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 67 (3): 261–262. 2010. doi:10.21805/bzn.v67i3.a4. S2CID 80717626.
Breitkreuz, Laura; Duelli, Peter; Oswald, John D. (2021). "Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966, a new senior synonym of Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysopinae: Chrysopini)". Zootaxa. 4966 (2): 215–225. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.8. PMID 34186621. S2CID 235505041.
Ma, Yunlong; Yang, Xingke; Liu, Xingyue (2020). "The green lacewing genus Austrochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1928 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China, with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 4822 (1): 101–112. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4822.1.5. PMID 33056302. S2CID 222839696.