Dichochrysa, Yang, 1991

GARLAND, J. A. & KEVAN, D. K. MCE., 2007, Chrysopidae of Canada and Alaska (Insecta, Neuroptera): revised checklist, new and noteworthy records, and geo-referenced localities, Zootaxa 1486 (1), pp. 1-84 : 60

G ENUS DICHOCHRYSA Yang, 1991

Dichochrysa Yang, 1991: 150 [Nom. nov. for Navasius Yang and Yang, 1990 ]. Type species: Navasius eumorphus Yang and Yang, 1990 ; original designation ( Dong et al. 2004).

Dichochrysa includes more than 130 species and may be worldwide in distribution, with representatives in the Palaearctic, Oriental, African [Ethiopian], and Nearctic regions ( Adams & Garland 1983, as Mallada ; Dong et al. 2004). The genus displays retention of full genitalic components ( Brooks 1997). Larvae are debris-carriers and overwinter as third instars ( Séméria 1977, as Mallada ; Adams and Garland 1983, as Mallada ; Brooks and Barnard 1990, as Mallada ; Tauber et al. 1998, as Pseudomallada ; Monserrat et al. 2001, as Pseudomallada ). The genus is represented by four species in North America ( Adams and Garland 1983, as Mallada ; Penny et al. 1997, as Pseudomallada ); two of them occur in Canada, as follows: