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Psyche
Volume 2015, Article ID 875738, 19 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/875738
Research Article

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

Catherine A. Tauber1,2 and David K. Faulkner3,4

1Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601, USA
2Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
3Forensic Entomology Services, 2321 Gladwick Street, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220, USA
4Entomology Department, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

Received 21 June 2015; Accepted 4 October 2015

Academic Editor: G. Wilson Fernandes

Copyright © 2015 Catherine A. Tauber and David K. Faulkner. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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