Synonyms

=  Apochrysa voeltzkowi  van der Weele, 1909

=  Osmylus picteti  Navás, 1912

=  Anapochrysa africana  Kimmins, 1952

Synonymy based of Winterton and Brooks, 2002.

Diagnosis

This is the only species of Apochrysinae found in Madagascar, so that characters of the subfamily will readily distinguish this species.  They are large, broad-winged species with no subcostal crossveins, no intramedian cell (im) and pseudomedia (Psm) and pseudocubitus (Pscu) merges into the outer gradate series of crossveins.  There are one or more dark spots along the inner gradate series.

Type Depository

of Apochrysa leptalea is M. Serville Collection.*

*According to Rambur (1842) the type was in bad condition.

of Apochrysa voeltzkowiis NMHU, Berlin.

of Osmylus picteti is NMHN, Paris.

of Anapochrysa africana is BMNH, London.

Type Locality

of Apochrysa leptalea is SOUTH AFRICA: Southwest Cape Province, Oudebosch.

of Apochrysa voeltzkowi is: COMORO ISLANDS: Mayotte, 1 female.

of Osmylus picteti is: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape of Good Hope, 1 (sex unknown).

of Anapochrysa africana is TANZANIA: Eastern Usambara Mountains, Kiumba, Amani, 1 female.

Geographical Distribution

Hölzel and Ohm (1992; Penny 2005) indicate that this species is found in Tanzania, Fernando Poo Island [Bioko], São Tome, South Africa, Comoro Islands and Madagascar. Within Madagascar there is a single female known from Antananarivo: Tananarive, February 1950, R. Paulian (Fraser, 1951).

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Temporal Distribution

February.

Elevation

Specimens from Sao Tome Island were collected  at about 1300 m. 

Remarks

There are excellent drawings of wings and male and female genitalia in Tjeder (1966).

References

Fraser, F. C. 1951. A revision of the Madagascar Neuroptera with a key to their identifications and descriptions of new species. I. Osmylidae, Hemerobiidae and Chrysopidae. Naturaliste Malgache 3:15-31. 10 figures.

Hölzel, H. and Duelli, P. 1990. Remarks on the Chrysopidae of Madagascar (Insecta: Neuroptera). Pp. 271-275 in Mansell, M. W.; Aspöck, H. (eds.). Advances in Neuropterology. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Neuropterology (3-4 February 1988, Berg en Dal, Kruger National Park, South Africa). South African Department of Agricultural Development, Pretoria. 298 pp. 4 figures.

Hölzel, H. and Ohm, P. 1992. Zoogeographical features of Madagascan Chrysopidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Pp. 167-181 in Canard, M.; Aspöck, H.; Mansell, M. W. (eds.). Current Research in Neuropterology. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Neuropterology (24-27 June 1991, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, France). Privately printed, Toulouse, France. 414 pp. 8 figures. 1 table.

Kimmins, D. E. 1952. A revision of the genera of the Apochrysinae (Fam. Chrysopidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)5:929-944. 13 figures.

Navás, L. 1912. Insectos NeurÓpteros nuevos. Pp. 746-751 in Verhandlungen des VIII Internationalen Zoologen-kongresses (held in Graz, 15-20 August 1910). Gustav Fischer, Jena. 3 figures.

Penny, N. D. 2005. The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expedition (2001). IV. The Neuroptera of Sao Tomé and Principé Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)56:285-293. 4 figures. 1 table.

Rambur, [J.] P. 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Névroptères. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. Fain et Thunot, Paris. [xviii]+534 pp. 12 unpaginated plates [#1-12] with 77 figures [#1-19, 1-5, 1-5, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-6, 1-6, 1-7, 1-4, 1-3].

Tjeder, B. 1966. Neuroptera-Planipennia. The Lace-wings of Southern Africa. 5. Family Chrysopidae. Pp. 228-534 in South African Animal Life, B. Hanström, P. Brinck and G. Rudebec, eds. Vol. 12. Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm. 1097 figures [#784-1880].

van der Weele, H. W. 1909. Les Planipennia recueillis par le Prof. Voeltzkow a Madagascar et dans les iles environnantes. Bulletin Scientifique [or Biologique] de la France et de la Belgique 42:61-68. 2 figures.

Winterton, S. L.and Brooks, S. J. 2002. Phylogeny of the Apochrysine green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Apochrysinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95:16-28. 18 figures. 1 table.