Araripechrysa Martins-Neto & Vulcano, 1989a

Martins, Caleb Califre, Machado, Renato José Pires, Oswald, John David & Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2022, Extinct Neuropterida of Brazil (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20220090) 66, pp. 1-22 : 5

Genus Araripechrysa Martins-Neto & Vulcano, 1989a

Araripechrysa Martins-Neto & Vulcano, 1989a: 195 . Type species. Araripechrysa magnifica Martins-Neto & Vulcano, 1989a: 195 (by original designation)

Taxonomic notes.The taxonomic placement of Araripechrysa is unsettled in recent literature, with some authors placing it in the subfamily Limaiinae [or family Limaiidae ] (e.g., Martins-Neto and Vulcano, 1989a; Nel et al., 2005b), and others treating it as Chrysopidae incertae sedis (e.g., Makarkin, 1997; Archibald and Makarkin, 2014; Khramov et al., 2015; Lu et al., 2018; Zhang et al., 2020). In this catalog we follow the latter course.

Brazilian species

Araripechrysa magnifica Martins-Neto & Vulcano, 1989a

Type locality. Precise location unknown, near Santana do Cariri municipality, Chapada do Araripe, Ceará state, northeast Brazil .

Type horizon. Crato Formation, Santana group, Araripe Basin, Early Cretaceous (Aptian).

Type material. Holotype: CV-1547 ( CV / MZUSP) ; Paratypes: CV-1184 , CV-1186 , CV-1546 ( CV / MZUSP) .