A new species of Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen from Australia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)

Shaun L Winterton; Ivonne J Garzón-Orduña

doi:10.3897/zookeys.541.6643

A new species of Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen from Australia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)

Zookeys. 2015 Dec 1:(541):79-85. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6643. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Shaun L Winterton¹, Ivonne J Garzón-Orduña¹

Affiliation

¹ California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Rd. Sacramento, California, USA 95832-1148.

Abstract

A new species of the charismatic green lacewing genus Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen is described from northern Western Australia. Glenochrysa minima sp. n. represents one of the smallest species of the genus. A key to species of Australian Glenochrysa is presented.

Keywords: Chrysopidae; Green lacewing; taxonomy.