Synonyms

= Madachrysa seyrigi  Navás, 1934  (synonymy proposed by Hölzel & Ohm (1992)).

Diagnosis

This is a very large species with a wing length of 31 mm; or a wingspread of almost 2.5 inches.  It has a large dark spot at the base of the pterostigma and no other dark markings on the wing.  It has no intramedian cell.

Type Depository

of Nesochrysa grandidieri is MNHN, Paris.

of Madachrysa seyrigi is also MNHN, Paris.

The synonymy is that proposed by Hölzel and Ohm (1992).

Type Locality

of Nesochrysa grandidieri is: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Province, Ambolisatra, 1899, G. Grandidier, one male.

of Madachrysa seyrigi is: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Province, Békily, January - April 1933, A. Seyrig and

                                      MADAGASCAR: Betroka, NE of Békily, February 1933, A. Seyrig.

Geographical Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.  Within the country there are several scattered records in the southern part of the country and one record from Montagne d'Ambre [Tsaratanana] in the north.

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Temporal Distribution

January to April.

Elevation

825 to 960 m.

Remarks

Tjeder (1973) has provided very good illustrations of male and female genitalia of this species under the name M. seyrigi. 

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, Bagnčres-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, France). Privately printed, Toulouse, France. 414 pp. 8 figures. 1 table.

Navás, L. 1910. CrisÓpidos (Ins. Neur.) nuevos. Brotéria (ZoolÓgica) 9:38-59. 13 figures [#1-13]. Separate: [1]-22.

Navás, L. 1933 [1934.06.04]. Comunicaciones entomolÓgicas. 17. Insectos de Madagascar. Primera [I] serie. Revista de la [Real] Academia de Ciencias Exactas Fisico-Quimicas y Naturales de Zaragoza (1)17:49-76. 17 figures.

Tjeder, B. 1973. The genus Madachrysa Navás, 1934, and its type species (Neur. Chrysopidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 4:254-258. 12 figures.