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Mesypochrysa

Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae

Taxonomy

Mesypochrysa was named by Martynov (1927).

It was assigned to Mesochrysopidae by Martynov (1927), Martynova (1949), Panfilov (1980), Carpenter (1992); to Mesochrysopinae by Adams (1967), Nel and Henrotay (1994), Martins-Neto (1997); to Limaiidae by Nel et al. (2005); to Chrysopidae by Makarkin et al. (2012); and to Limaiinae by Makarkin (1997), Khramov et al. (2015), Khramov (2018), Zhang et al. (2020), Chen et al. (2022), Makarkin and Perkovsky (2023), Wang et al. (2025).

Entered

by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2008-10-09; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonyms

Lembochrysa was named by Ren and Guo (1996).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesypochrysa by Khramov et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Nothochrysinae by Ren and Guo (1996); to Limaiidae by Nel et al. (2005); and to Chrysopidae by Makarkin et al. (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1927	Mesypochrysa Martynov p. 764
1949	Mesypochrysa Martynova
1967	Mesypochrysa Adams p. 219
1980	Mesypochrysa Panfilov p. 108
1992	Mesypochrysa Carpenter
1994	Mesypochrysa Nel and Henrotay p. 300
1996	Lembochrysa Ren and Guo p. 469
1997	Mesypochrysa Makarkin p. 108
1997	Mesypochrysa Martins-Neto p. 75
2005	Lembochrysa Nel et al. p. 52
2005	Mesypochrysa Nel et al. p. 52
2012	Lembochrysa Makarkin et al. p. 58
2012	Mesypochrysa Makarkin et al. p. 58
2015	Mesypochrysa Khramov et al. p. 26
2018	Mesypochrysa Khramov p. 197
2020	Mesypochrysa Zhang et al. p. 2
2022	Mesypochrysa Chen et al. p. 2
2023	Mesypochrysa Makarkin and Perkovsky p. 58
2025	Mesypochrysa Wang et al. p. 2

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Aparaglossata
—	Neuropteriformia
superorder	Neuropterida
—	Metaxyneuroptera
—	Eidoneuroptera
order	Neuroptera
—	Euneuroptera
—	Neoneuroptera
superfamily	Hemerobioidea
family	Chrysopidae	Schneider 1851
subfamily	Limaiinae
genus	Mesypochrysa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mesypochrysa Martynov 1927

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†Mesypochrysa angusta Wang et al. 2025

†Mesypochrysa angustialata Makarkin 1997

†Mesypochrysa binervis Zhang et al. 2020

†Mesypochrysa cannabina Khramov 2018

†Mesypochrysa chrysopa Makarkin 1997

†Mesypochrysa chrysopoides Ponomarenko 1992

†Mesypochrysa coadnata Chen et al. 2022

†Mesypochrysa curvimedia Makarkin 1997

†Mesypochrysa falcata Makarkin 1997

†Mesypochrysa intermedia Panfilov 1980

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Invalid names: Mesypochrysa makarkini Nel et al. 2005 [synonym]

†Mesypochrysa latipennis Martynov 1927

†Mesypochrysa magna Makarkin 1997

†Mesypochrysa minima Makarkin 1997

†Mesypochrysa miniscula Ren and Guo 1996

†Mesypochrysa minuta Jepson et al. 2012

†Mesypochrysa naranica Khramov 2018

†Mesypochrysa nielseni Makarkin and Perkovsky 2023

†Mesypochrysa paradoxica Wang et al. 2025

†Mesypochrysa paucinervis Wang et al. 2025

†Mesypochrysa polyclada Panfilov 1980

†Mesypochrysa polyneura Ren and Guo 1996

†Mesypochrysa pusilla Zhang et al. 2020

†Mesypochrysa reducta Panfilov 1980

†Mesypochrysa sinica Khramov et al. 2015

Invalid names: Lembochrysa Ren and Guo 1996 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Ypresian or 165.30000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	China (Nei Mongol)	M. intermedia, M. sinica (113371) M. paucinervis, M. angusta, M. paradoxica (112663)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Kazakhstan	M. latipennis (114692) M. makarkini (105426) M. polyclada (106101) M. reducta (113439) M. sp., M. intermedia (105971)
Late/Upper Berriasian	139.1 - 137.05	United Kingdom (England)	M. minuta (122909)
Late/Upper Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	China (Liaoning)	Lembochrysa miniscula, Lembochrysa polyneura (138436) M. binervis, M. pusilla (198810) M. chrysopoides (122554)
Aptian	121.4 - 113.2	Russian Federation (Buryatia)	M. angustialata (122551) M. cannabina (113349) M. cannabina, M. naranica (113350) M. curvimedia (122550) M. magna (119498 122547) M. magna, M. falcata (122548) M. minima (122552) M. spp., M. chrysopa (122549)
Aptian	121.4 - 113.2	Mongolia	M. chrysopoides (103657)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar	M. coadnata (161726)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Denmark	M. nielseni (113029)