Synonyms

None

Diagnosis

This is a small, dark, bluish-green species with a thin, pale, median, pronotal stripe.  Males have elongate ectoprocts with terminal stout bristles.  The male genital elements lack a tignum and gonapsis, but have an elaborate gonarcus with elongate entoprocessus that is apically bifurcated.  Many species of Borniochrysa have three rows of forewing gradate veins, but this species only has two rows.

Type Depository

Entomological Institute of Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Type Locality

South Africa: Cape Province, Fort Beaufort, 1 male.

Geographical Distribution

This species appears to be found throughout the African tropics from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean to São Tome Island off the west coast of Africa (Tjeder, 1966; Hölzel and Ohm, 1992; Penny, 2005).  Hölzel and Ohm (1992) listed this species from Madagascar, but I have not yet seen any specific locality records for this country.

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Temporal Distribution

Unknown.

Elevation

Unknown.

Remarks

This species is frequently encountered in disturbed agricultural areas and urban areas (Penny, 2005).

References

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.

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.

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].