The Silky Lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Mervyn W. Mansell

Biosystematics Division, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, P. Bag X134, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

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Family: PSYCHOPSIDAE Navás 1916 (silky lacewings)

1. Genus: SILVEIRA Navás 1912 = PSYCHOPHASIS Krüger
   1. S. jordani Kimmins

      Silveira jordani Kimmins 1939: 148
      Western Cape and Northern Cape, to Namibia;
      October to December, and June

   2. S. marshalli (McLachlan)

      Psychopsis marshalli McLachlan 1902: 234

      = Psychopsis nebulosa Weele 1907: 146
      Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe and Congo;
      December to April

   3. S. occulata Tjeder

      Silveira occulata Tjeder 1960: 180
      Namibia;
      February and March

   4. S. rufa Tjeder

      Silveira rufa Tjeder 1960: 185
      Northern Province, to Zimbabwe;
      July, November and January

   
   
2. Genus: NOTHOPSYCHOPS Tillyard 1919
   = ZYGOPHLEBIUS Navás
   = PSYCHOMORPHE Krüger
   1. N. zebra (Brauer)

      Psychopsis zebra Brauer 1899: 102

      = Zygophlebius leoninus Navás 1910: 83

      = Psychopsis felina Navás 1912: 111
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Northern Province, to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Congo, Malazi Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya;
      October to January, and June

   
   
3. Genus: CABRALIS Navás 1912
   1. C. gloriosus Navás

      Cabralis gloriosus Navás 1912: 110
      Northern Province, to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Congo;
      November to January