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

Wang, Ji-Shen; Hua, Bao‐Zhen

doi:10.1111/ens.12336

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“…Scorpionflies in the family Panorpidae are mostly cool habitat‐adapting insects and often inhabit high‐elevated mountainous regions in the Oriental region (Byers, 2009; Wang, Gao, & Hua, 2019; Wang & Hua, 2017, 2019). Correspondingly, their speciation and distribution were significantly affected by the climatic changes during the evolutionary history (Byers, 1988; Hu, Hua, Hebert, & Hua, 2018; Wang & Hua, 2018).…”

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Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

Wang

Hua

2020

J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.

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The representatives of the enigmatic genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan are characterized by exaggeratedly elongated male abdomens and are likely endemic to Java and Sumatra, Indonesia. Here, we present a taxonomical revision of 14 species of Leptopanorpa, including two new species: Leptopanorpa linyejiei sp. n. from West Java and Leptopanorpa majapahita sp. n. from East Java. A key to species of Leptopanorpa is provided. Leptopanorpa sieboldi MacLachlan is treated as a junior synonym of Leptopanorpa charpentieri (Burmeister), and Leptopanorpa pi decorata Lieftinck is synonymized with Leptopanorpa pi (van der Weele). Leptopanorpa peterseni Lieftinck is reported from Bali for the first time. In order to unravel the phylogeny of Leptopanorpa and other groups with elongated male abdomens, maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference analyses were performed based on 61 morphological characters and partial sequences of one nuclear gene (28S ribosomal RNA) and two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome c oxidase subunits I and II). Thirty‐three species in Panorpoidea were selected as in‐group taxa and two species in Choristidae as out‐group taxa. The results highly support a monophyletic Leptopanorpa, which nests within a paraphyletic Neopanorpa van der Weele. Both parsimonious and Bayesian results suggest that Leptopanorpa can be divided into four subclades. We elucidated the evolutionary history of Leptopanorpa with regard to the paleogeological events of Sundaland and corroborated the multiple origins of elongated male abdomens in Panorpoidea. We also hypothesized that the ventral hook on the male abdominal sternum VI of L. linyejiei sp. n. is very likely used to control the female's abdomen during copulation.

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Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

Wang

Hua

2020

J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.

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“…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.…”

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“…Panorpidae is the largest family in the order Mecoptera (Bicha 2018; Lin et al 2019), with ca. 500 extant species in eight genera known hitherto (Wang and Hua 2017, 2019; Gao and Hua 2019; Hu et al 2019). They are commonly called “scorpionflies” due to their enlarged and upcurving male genitalia, which superficially resemble the stinger of scorpions (Dunford and Somma 2008; Byers 2009).…”

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

Wang¹,

Gao²,

Hua³

2019

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Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest genus in the scorpionfly family Panorpidae. Herein we describe two new species from eastern China, Panorpa jinhuaensissp. nov. from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province and Panorpa menqiuleiisp. nov. from Yuexi and Huoshan, Anhui Province. Panorpa wrightae Cheng, 1957 from Mount Mogan, Zhejiang Province is considered to be a junior subjective synonym of Panorpa mokansana Cheng, 1957 from the same locality. Panorpa mokansana Cheng, 1957 is redescribed and illustrated in detail. A key to species of Panorpa from eastern China is also provided.

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“…Panorpidae is the most species-rich family in Mecoptera, and comprises approximately 500 species distributed mainly in the Northern Hemisphere [13][14][15][16]. The species of Panorpidae are currently assigned to eight genera [13,17,18]. The genus Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 (ca.…”

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The mitochondrial genomes of Panorpidae: sequence, structure and phylogenetic analysis

Hua¹,

Li²,

Chen³

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Background: Mitochondrial genomes play a significant role in reconstructing phylogenetic relationships and revealing molecular evolution in insects. However, only two species of Panorpidae have been documented for mitochondrial genomes in Mecoptera to date.Results: We obtained complete mitochondrial genomes of 17 species of Panorpidae. The results show that the complete mitogenome sequences of Panorpidae all contain 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs) and one control region. The mitogenomes exhibit a strong AT bias. The AT-skew can either be slightly positive or slightly negative, while the GC-skew is usually negative. The 22 tRNA genes can fold into a common cloverleaf secondary structure except trnS1. The sliding window and genetic distance analyses demonstrate highly variable nucleotide diversity among the 13 protein-coding genes, with comparatively low evolutionary rate of cox1, cox2 and nad1, and high variability of nad2 and nad6. The phylogeny of Panorpidae can be presented as (Neopanorpa + Furcatopanorpa) + (Dicerapanorpa + (Panorpa debilis + (Sinopanorpa + (Cerapanorpa + Panorpa)))).Conclusions: Our analyses indicate that the genes nad2 and nad6 can be regarded as potential markers for population genetics and species delimitation in Panorpidae. Panorpa is reconfirmed a paraphyletic group.

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

Cited by 16 publications

References 36 publications

Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

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

The mitochondrial genomes of Panorpidae: sequence, structure and phylogenetic analysis

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