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Issue: Vol. 5722 No. 4: 21 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.3
Page range: 509-526
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The green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Tuha Basin, Xinjiang, northwestern China, with two new species and new record to China

Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China.
Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China.
School of Ecology and Nature Conservation; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China.; State Key Laboratory of Efficient Production of Forest Resources; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China.
Department of Entomology; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China.
Neuroptera Chrysopinae Chrysopini Palaearctic region taxonomy

Abstract

New green lacewing species Plesiochrysa bonbona sp. nov., Suarius fangwengi sp. nov., new Chinese record of Chrysopa viridana Schneider, 1845 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysopinae) from the Tuha Basin, Xinjiang, northwest China, are described based on the morphological characters of adults. In addition, three further green lacewing species (Chrysopa phyllochroma Wesmael, 1841, Chrysoperla nipponensis (Okamoto, 1914) and Suarius trilineatus Yang, 1991) are newly recorded from the Tuha Basin, increasing its known fauna from one to seven species across four genera. Keys to the Plesiochrysa and Suarius species in China and records of green lacewing species in the Tuha Basin are also provided. The standard DNA barcoding region of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of these species was sequenced for the verification of the new species.

 

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How to Cite

Wang, M., Lai, Y., Zhang, D. & Liu, X. (2025) The green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Tuha Basin, Xinjiang, northwestern China, with two new species and new record to China. Zootaxa, 5722 (4), 509–526. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.3