''Semachrysa'' is a genus of
green lacewing
Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and (differing between sources) 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group. Members of the genera '' Chrysopa'' and '' Chrysoperla ...
found from Japan to Australia along the Western part of the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
. 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:
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Semachrysa claggi'' (Banks, 1937)
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Semachrysa contorta'' Brooks, 1983
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Semachrysa cruciata'' (Esben-Petersen, 1928)
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Semachrysa dammermanni'' (Esben-Petersen, 1929)
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Semachrysa decorata'' (Esben-Petersen, 1913)
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Semachrysa hyndi'' Brooks, 1983
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Semachrysa jade'' Winterton & Guek & Brooks, 2012
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Semachrysa matsumurae'' (Okamoto, 1914)
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Semachrysa minuta'' Brooks, 1983
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Semachrysa nigribasis'' (Banks, 1920)
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Semachrysa papuensis'' Brooks, 1983
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Semachrysa picilabris'' (Kimmins, 1952)
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Semachrysa polysticta'' Brooks, 1983
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Semachrysa sagitta'' Brooks, 1983
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Semachrysa wallacei'' Brooks, 1983
Further members include:
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Semachrysa guangxiensis'' Yang & Yang, 1991
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Semachrysa phanera'' (Yang, 1987)
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Semachrysa polystricta'' Yang & Wang, 1994
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Semachrysa pulchella'' Tsukaguchi, 1995
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Semachrysa yananica'' Yang & Yang, 1989
[Yang, C-k.; Yang, X. 1989: Fourteen new species of green lacewings from Shaanxi Province (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). ''Entomotaxonomia'', 11(1-2): 13-30]
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Chrysopidae
Neuroptera genera