Kuwayamachrysa kichijoi
Creators: name: Wang, Maozhi
name: Lai, Yan
name: Liu, Xingyue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Neuroptera
Chrysopidae
Kuwayamachrysa
Kuwayamachrysa kichijoi

description: Kuwayamachrysa kichijoi (Kuwayama, 1936)
(Figs 1, 2)
Chrysopa kichijoi Kuwayama, 1936: 811. Type locality: Japan (Hokkaido).
Mallada qinlingensis Yang, 1989: 23. Type locality: China (Shaanxi: Qinling). syn. nov.
Diagnosis. Forewing veins mostly brown, but longitudinal veins pale; hind wings with costal crossveins, radial crossveins and gradate crossveins brown. Abdomen with greenish terga and red stripe on sterna.
Material examined. CHINA, Shanxi: 1♀, Yuncheng, Huangguman Reserve (Dzd 幔保护区), 111.9480°N, 35.3900°E, 1299 m, 23.VII.2020, Rongrong Shen, Jingyu Wu (CAU); 5♂ 8♀, Yuncheng, Lishan Reverse (历山保 护区), 35.4600°N, 111.9750°E, 1316 m, 22-23.VII.2020 (L), Xingyue Liu, Rongrong Shen, Jingyu Wu (CAU); Shaanxi: 2♂ 6♀, Ankang, Ningshan, Huoditang (火地Oi), 33.4343°N, 108.4453°E, 1528 m, 19.VII.2018 (L), Yingnan He (CAU); 5♂ 11♀, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi (ñḃŦ), Laoxiancheng (Ɩ县µ), 33.7933°N, 107.7596°E, 1777 m, 14.VII.2018 (L), Yingnan He (CAU); 1♂ 2♀, Huyi (IJẽ), Changping (K坪), 33.7833°N, 108.5742°E, 456 m, 9-13.VII.2020 (L), Bing Zhang (CAU); 2♂ 4♀, Weibin (DZ滨), Dasanguan (kü关), 34.2659°N, 107.0163°E, 805 m, 6-8.VII.2020 (L), Bing Zhang (CAU); 1♂ 1♀, Foping, Daguping (k古坪), 33.5945°N, 107.7677°E, 1329.2 m, 24.VII.2014 (L), Xiumei Lu (CAU); Taiwan: 1♂, Huali, Xiulin, Guanyuan (关®), 24.190°N, 121.3407°E, 2376 m, 19.VI.2019, Yuchen Zheng (CAU); 2♂, Hualian, Xiulin, Guanyuan (关®), 2376 m, 16.VI.2020, Yuchen Zheng (CAU).
Distribution. China (Shanxi, Shaanxi, Taiwan), Japan (Aomori, Iwate, Fukushima, Saitama, Yamanashi, Nagano), South Korea (Gangwon), Russia (Primorskiy).
Remarks. The species Apertochrysa qinlingensis was originally described by Yang (1989) as having the following characters: the presence of markings on gena, the presence of two or three series of gradate crossveins, the red stripes on the sterna 2-7, the absence of the tignum, and the asymmetric gonapsis in the male genitalia, which are largely consistent to the diagnostic characters of K. kichijoi. Although the holotype of A. qinlingensis is lost, based on the specimens we collected from the type locality of this species and the illustrations given by Yang (1989), we confirm that they are A. qinlingensis and this species should be treated as a junior synonym of K. kichijoi.
Apertochrysa joannisi (Navás, 1910) is another potential synonym of K. kichijoi. This species was originally described by Navás (1910) from Shanghai (originally spelled as Chang-Hay), China. Makarkin (1985) recorded this species from eastern Russian and illustrated the Russian specimens, his illustrations show a specialized gonapsis similar to that of K. kichijoi. Therefore, the Russian specimens identified as A. joannisi by Makarkin (1985) probably are K. kichijoi. However, the genital morphology of the type specimen of A. joannisi (a female) from China is unreported. The specimen itself is in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris (Legrand et al. 2008), and any formal taxonomic treatment related to A. joannisi must be made after checking the type of this species.
DNA barcode sequence
TCGCGACAATGATTGTTTTCAACTAACCATAAGGATATTGGTACATTATATTTTATTTTTG G TAT T T G AT C T G G AT TA G TA G G TA C TA G T T TA A G T T TAT TA AT T C G A G C T G A AT TA G G T C A A C C A G G T T C AT TA AT T G G T G AT G AT C A A AT T TATA AT G TA AT T G T TA C A G C T C AT G C C T TTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCAATTGTAATTGGGGGTTTTGGTAATTGATTAGTT CCTTTAATATTAGCGGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGAA TATTACCCCCTTCTTTAACATTACTTCTTGCTTCTTCTATAGTAGAAAGAGGAGCTGGAA C A G G T T G A A C T G T T TAT C C A C C T C T T T C C T C TA G A AT T G C T C AT G C A G G A G C T T C T G T T GATTTAGCTATTTTTAGTTTACATCTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCTGTAAATT TTATTACTACTGTAATTAATATACGACTAAGTTATATAACTTTAGATCGAATACCTCTATTT GTTTGATCTGTTGTTATTACAGCATTATTATTACTTTTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTAT TATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAACACTTCTTTTTTTGA
description: Published as part of Wang, Maozhi, Lai, Yan & Liu, Xingyue, 2025, The green lacewing genus Kuwayamachrysa Tsukaguchi & Tago, 2018 from China, with description of two new species based on morphological and molecular evidence, pp. 138-150 in Zootaxa 5570 (1) on pages 140-141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/14734691