Appearance
The shape and location of the black markings on the yellowish head and green pronotum are diagnostic.
Naming
Recently (2017) the genus Apertochrysa was shown to be a non-monophyletic, heterogenic clade with the Australian species being closely related or belonging to the large genus Pseudomallada (but with a single aberrant/exceptional trait of a lacking tignum). Further molecular research into the type species of Apertochrysa (A. umbrosa) is needed to clarify the validity of the genus, but Apertochrysa edwardsi will probably need to be renamed to Pseudomallada edwardsi soon.Distribution
Apertochrysa edwardsi is the most abundant green lacewing in southern Australia and mostly bassian (coastal) in distribution.References:
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Atlas of Living Australia:https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:06a4f5e9-536b-4cf0-adc7-eaf970a6511f#literature
New, T. R. (1980) A revision of the Australian Chrysopidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). - Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, vol.77, pp.1-143.
@LDL: http://lacewing.tamu.edu/Biblio/Record?RefNo=4464
Mochizuki, A., Henry, C. S., & Duelli, P. (2017). Apertochrysa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): a heterogeneric phantom? Zootaxa, 4238(1), 58-72.
http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.4
