Semachrysa is a genus of green lacewing found from Japan to Australia along the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. 20 Semachrysa species have been described between 1914 and 2012. 15 of them - one of which was new - have been included in a recent taxonomic study: Semachrysa claggi (Banks, 1937) Semachrysa contorta Brooks, 1983 Semachrysa cruciata (Esben-Petersen, 1928) Semachrysa dammermanni (Esben-Petersen, 1929) Semachrysa decorata (Esben-Petersen, 1913) Semachrysa hyndi Brooks, 1983 Semachrysa jade Winterton & Guek & Brooks, 2012 Semachrysa matsumurae (Okamoto, 1914) Semachrysa minuta Brooks, 1983 Semachrysa nigribasis (Banks, 1920) Semachrysa papuensis Brooks, 1983 Semachrysa picilabris (Kimmins, 1952) Semachrysa polysticta Brooks, 1983 Semachrysa sagitta Brooks, 1983 Semachrysa wallacei Brooks, 1983
Further members include: Semachrysa guangxiensis Yang & Yang, 1991Yang, X.-K.; Yang, C.-K. 1991: Four new species of lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Acta entomologica sinica, 34(2): 212-217. abstract and pdf Semachrysa phanera (Yang, 1987)Yang, X. 1997: Catalogue of the Chinese Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Serangga, 2(1): 65-108. Semachrysa polystricta Yang & Wang, 1994Yang, J.; Wang, X. 1994: The golden eyes of Yunnan with descriptions of some new genus and species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University, 9(2): 65-74. abstract and pdf Semachrysa pulchella Tsukaguchi, 1995Tsukaguchi, S. 1995: Chrysopidae of Japan (Insecta, Neuroptera). Published by the author, Aioi-cho 6-14-102, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo, 662 Japan. Semachrysa yananica Yang & Yang, 1989Yang, C-k.; Yang, X. 1989: Fourteen new species of green lacewings from Shaanxi Province (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Entomotaxonomia, 11(1-2): 13-30.
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