An enigmatic new species of Panorpa Linneaus from the Bashan Mountains (Mecoptera, Panorpidae)

Abstract

A new species of Panorpidae, Panorpabashanicolasp. n., is described and illustrated from the Bashan Mountains in central China. The new species is characterized by the following characters: vertex black, with two pale longitudinal stripes and four pale rounded spots; vein 1A ending before the origin of Rs; meso- and metanotum pale, and the pale color extending to tergum III in V-shape; male epandrium emarginate distally in deep U-shape; hypovalves without basal stalk, completely represented by a pair of short hypovalves, extending to distal third of gonocoxite, with five black stout setae in distal portion; paramere simple, S-shaped; a bundle of long hairs between dorsal and ventral valves of aedeagus; dorsal valves of aedeagus much longer than ventral valves and curved ventrally, with distal portion foot-shaped; female medigynium twice as long as wide, with stout axis extending over one-third its length beyond main plate.

Two new species of Cerapanorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from the Qinling and Minshan mountains

“…Terminology follows Gao et al (2016), Hua et al (2018) and . The following abbreviations and acronyms are applied: A1, first abdominal segment (and so forth for other segments); T1, first tergum (and so forth for other segments).…”

Two new species of the genus Panorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from eastern China and a new synonym

“…Terminology follows Byers (1989), Hua et al (2018) and Wang and Hua (2019). The following abbreviations and acronyms are applied: A1, first abdominal segment (and so forth for other segments); T1, first tergum (and so forth for other segments); FL, forewing length; FW, forewing width; HL, hindwing length; and HW, hindwing width.…”

“…proximal) to the origin of Rs, and two (cf. one) cross-veins between 1A and 2A in forewings, with Panorpa bashanicola Hua, Tao & Hua, 2018 as an exception (Hua et al 2018).…”

Megapanorpa, a new genus with a single anal horn in males from Oriental China (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

“…Six genera with 230 species have been found in China hitherto (Wang & Hua ; Hua et al . ; Wang & Hua ), and Leptopanorpa only endemic to Java and Sumatra of Indonesia (Lieftinck ; Chau & Byers ).…”

“…The Eastern Asia fauna of Panorpidae shows an exceptional richness on the global scale (Ma et al 2012). Six genera with 230 species have been found in China hitherto (Wang & Hua 2017;Hua et al 2018;Wang & Hua 2018), and Leptopanorpa only endemic to Java and Sumatra of Indonesia (Lieftinck 1936;Chau & Byers 1978).…”