Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

The forewng is highly pigmented with a distinctive pattern.  There appears to be a presectorial crossvein in the forewing, as in Berchmansus.

Type Depository

MNHN, Paris

Type Locality

MADAGASCAR: Behara, 11 August 1948, A. Robinson, 1 female.

Geographical Distribution

Still known only from the type specimen.

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Temporal Distribution

August.

Elevation

Unknown.

Remarks

There is a good habitus illustration of the type specimen in Fraser (1951).  In the text and as caption to the illustration it is indicated that the type is a male, but the locality information mentions only a female. Hölzel and Ohm (1992) indicate that they have seen the type and it is a female.

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 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.