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DISTRIBUTION : India (West Bengal, Sikkim, W. Himalayas, Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh) .Elsewhere :Afganistan, Africa, Anatolia, Europe, Japan.
DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS ( General ) : Head : green, Gena : with a black spot, Face : marked with black orRed, Palpi: distinctly marked with black, Pronotum : with median yellow stripe, Wings: basal crossvein between Rs and MI+2 before apex of im in forewing, gradate crossveinsin both wings blackish, Male genitalia: gonarcus long and narrow; arcessus large, axe-shaped inlateral view with large ventral hook and dorsal striations; entoprocessus long, tapering, ventrally curved; gono setae long and numerous, Female genitalia : subgenitalbilobed apically with basalcrumena.
DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS ( Taxonomic) :
Characters : Small lacewing; ground colour pale green
Head : Green coloured; vertex raised; mandible brown; maxilla brown; apex of labium brown; palpi pale green; a black spot on each gena and clypeus. Scape more or less square shaped, pale green; pedicel elongated with a constriction at the middle, pale green; flagellum pale brown, darker distally; setae arranged in 4 rings and setae longer towards apical segment.
Thorax : Covered by short hairs, black on prothorax, whitish on meso- and metathorax; prothorax narrower anteriorly, dorsally pale green with brown spots on lateroventral side. Legs pale green; covered by brownish black hairs; tarsal segment brown; claws brown.
Fore wing (FigA) : Membrane transparent, pterostigma indistinct; elongate, oval, apex subacute, costal margin slightly convex; veins and crossveins yellowish, Sc and R widely separated; 23-24 costal veinlets before pterostigma; 5-6 inner gradates, meeting psm; 8-9 outer gradates; im cell elongate, oval, ends before 1st r-m crossvein.
Hind wing (Fig B) : Elongated, pointed at tip; pterostigma distinct.
Abdomen (Fig C, D) : Pale green in colour; an yellowish white median line and black spots on lateral side.
Genitalia ♂ : Arcessus ventrally curved, 'axe-head' shaped when viewed laterally with a ventral hook (Fig E).
Genitalia ♀ : Subgenitalebilobed with broad spermatheca and moderately long duct (Fig F).
Measurements of one specimen: ♂ : Length of fore wing 9.95 mm; length of hind wing 8.88 mm.
Material examined: 1 ♂ 2♀ : India, West Bengal, Darjeeling, 06.V. 2018 . Coll. S. R. Dey.
Remarks : Killington (1935) reported this species from Europe. Tjeder (1967) recorded this species from Anatolia, Afganistan and Japan. The species is reported for the first time from West Bengal.
