Los crisópidos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares (Insecta, Neuropterida, Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Abstract

The present contribution reviews the green lacewing fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands where, to date, 50 species belonging to 13 genera are known to occur. After a diagnosis of the family Chrysopidae, its paleontological history and distribution, as well as some general data on its morphology and biology, juvenile stages and behavior are presented. This general information is followed by a brief history of studies on the family, and particularly those on the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Some corrections are reported for earlier publications dates that have undergone taxonomical changes. Thus, Rexa almerai (Navás, 1919) n. comb. is proposed as junior synonym of Rexa lordina Navás, 1920 n. syn.; and is included in the list of chrysopid species belonging to the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. A key for identifying imagoes of the subfamilies, genera, and species recorded from the region and a generic level key for the larvae are presented. For these species all existing bibliographic references since 1972, are compiled and annotated, both the currently accepted names, their synonyms and/or any other nomenclatural combinations under which they have been recorded. New information is presented on the external and/or genital morphology of most species, and detailed information is compiled on the presently known general distribution of each species with new data (299 new specimens of 25 species). Moreover, the variability, juvenile stages, biology, phenology, and altitudinal and geographic distribution of species from the Peninsula and Balearic Archipelago are assessed on the basis of 20.667 studied specimens.