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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Chrysopidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysopinae |
| Tribe: | Ankylopterygini |
| Genus: | Semachrysa Brooks, 1983 |
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, 1991
- Semachrysa phanera (Yang, 1987)
- Semachrysa polystricta Yang & Wang, 1994
- Semachrysa pulchella Tsukaguchi, 1995
- Semachrysa yananica Yang & Yang, 1989
References
- Brooks SJ (1983) A new genus of Oriental lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 47: 1-26.
- Winterton, S.; Guek, H. P.; Brooks, S. (2012). "A charismatic new species of green lacewing discovered in Malaysia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): The confluence of citizen scientist, online image database and cybertaxonomy". ZooKeys (214): 1–11. Bibcode:2012ZooK..214....1W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.214.3220. PMC 3426877. PMID 22936863.
- Yang, X.-K.; Yang, C.-K. 1991: Four new species of lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Acta entomologica sinica, 34(2): 212-217. abstract and pdf
- Yang, X. 1997: Catalogue of the Chinese Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Serangga, 2(1): 65-108.
- Yang, 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
- Tsukaguchi, S. 1995: Chrysopidae of Japan (Insecta, Neuroptera). Published by the author, Aioi-cho 6-14-102, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo, 662 Japan.
- Yang, C-k.; Yang, X. 1989: Fourteen new species of green lacewings from Shaanxi Province (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Entomotaxonomia, 11(1-2): 13-30. abstract and pdf
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