Research Article

Pimachrysa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Nothochrysinae): Larval Description and Support for Generic Relationships

Box 1

Catalog of larval descriptions for Nothochrysinae (updated from Tauber et al. [5], where the citations not listed in the references here can be found). See Monserrat and Díaz-Aranda 2012 [13] regarding problems in distinguishing N. capitata and N. fulviceps.
Nothochrysinae
  DictyochrysaNaked
   fulva Esben-Petersen
      New 1981 [14] [Desc-L1; Draw-L1; Note]
  HypochrysaNaked
   elegans (Burmeister)
      Brauer 1867 [15], as Hypochrysa nobilis Heyd. [Desc-L3; Draw-L3; Note]
      Lacroix 1925, as Hypochrysa nobilis Schneider [Note]
      Principi 1956b, as H. nobilis Schneider [Note: svelt, agile, green larva, no mention of debris]
      Gepp 1983 [Photo-L3; Note]
      Gepp 1988 [Photo-L3; Note]
      Díaz-Aranda and Monserrat 1995 [18] [Draw-L1, L3; Note]
      Gepp 1999 [Photo-L3]
      Díaz-Aranda et al. 2001 [Draw-L1, L3; Note]
      Monserrat and Díaz-Aranda 2012 [13] [Desc-L1, L3; Draw-L1, L3; Note]
   africana (Kimmins)
      Duelli et al. 2010 [4] [Photo-L3]
      Tauber 2014 [6] [Desc-L2; Draw-L2; Photo-L2; Note: Synonymy of Kimochrysa with Hypochrysa, largely based
      on larval characters]
      Tauber and Faulkner, this paper [Draw-L2; Note]
  NothochrysaVaried, with both Debris-carrier & Occasional Debris-carrier
   californica Banks
      Toschi 1965 [16] [Desc-L1–L3; Draw-L1–L3; Note; Mat: not specified; Beh]
      Tauber and Tauber, unpublished data [Mat: bracts from Quercus catkins, frass, plant fragments]
      Tauber and Faulkner, this paper [Redesc-L2; Draw-L2; Photo-L2]
   capitata (Fabricius)
      Withycombe 1922 [Desc-L1–L3; Draw-L3; Note: a few large pieces; Mat: not specified]
      Lacroix 1925 [Note: packet loosely attached, not elaborate; Mat: not specified]
      Killington 1931 [Note: a few large pieces; Mat: not specified]
      Killington 1937 [17], as Nathanica [Desc-L1–L3; Draw-L3; Note: information from Withycombe 1922]
      Kimmins 1939, as Nathanica [Desc-L1; Draw-L1]
      Fraser 1959, as Nathanica [Draw-L2 or L3; Note; Mat: not specified]
      New 1969, as Nathanica [Note: L2, L3 – most carried some to much debris; Mat: mainly animal remains; Beh]
      Gepp 1983 [Photo-L3; Note; Mat: frass, twisted plant material, lichens]
      Barnard et al. 1986 [Desc: dorsal coloration]
      Gepp 1988 [Note: packet loose, on central part of abdomen; Mat: bud scales, frass]
      Monserrat and Díaz-Aranda 2012 [13] [Desc-L3; Draw-L3; Note; Mat: few large, diverse fragments]
   fulviceps (Stephens)
      Lacroix 1925 [Note: packet loosely attached, not elaborate; Mat: not specified]
      Killington 1935, as Nathanica [Desc-L1; Draw-L1; Note; Mat: not specified]
      Killington 1937 [17], as Nathanica [Desc-L1; Draw-L1; Note; Mat: not specified]
      Gepp 1983 [Photos-L3, with and without debris; Note; Mat: large pieces of plant material, shed bark etc.]
      Gepp 1984a [Photo-L3; Note; Mat: not specified]
      Gepp 1988 [Draw-L3, Photo-L3; Note: packet on abdomen; Mat: bud scales, frass, coleophorid cases]
      Díaz-Aranda & Monserrat 1995 [18] [Draw-L3; Note; Mat: not specified]
      Díaz-Aranda et al. 2001 [Draw-L3; Note; Mat: not specified]
      Monserrat & Díaz-Aranda 2012 [13] [Desc-L3; Draw-L3; Note; Mat: few large pieces of different nature]
  PimachrysaNaked
   fusca Adams
      Tauber & Faulkner, this paper [Desc-L2, L3; Draw-L2; Photo-L2, L3; Note]
  AsthenochrysaLarvae Unknown
  LeptochrysaLarvae Unknown
  PamochrysaLarvae Unknown
  TriplochrysaLarvae Unknown