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.
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.