Rapisma, McLachlan, 1866

Liu, Xingyue, Li, Di & Yang, Zizhong, 2018, A new species of the montane lacewing genus Rapisma McLachlan (Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from China, Zootaxa 4531 (2), pp. 266-270 : 269-270

Key to Rapisma species from China (revised after Liu 2018)

1. Antennae extremely short, less than 1/5× forewing, moniliform; male gonocoxites 9 glabrous, not bilobed posteroventrally ( Liu 2018: figs. 6D, 8E, 9E)............................................................................. 2

- Antennae relatively long, ~1/3× forewing length, subserrate; male gonocoxites 9 bilobed and covered with many short spines posteroventrally ( Liu 2018: figs. 4E, 5).................................................................... 4

2. Body and forewings brownish in male but greenish in female; male fused gonocoxites 11 in dorsal view distinctly produced posterolaterally ( Liu 2018: fig. 6C); Xizang .................................................. R. xizangense Yang

- Body and forewings greenish in both male and female; male fused gonocoxites 11 in dorsal view not produced posterolaterally ( Liu 2018: figs. 8E, 9E)................................................................................. 3

3. Male head medially without dark marking ( Liu 2018: fig. 3E); male fused gonocoxites 11 anteriorly broadly concaved and with a semicircular median notch ( Liu 2018: fig. 8C); male gonostyli 11 not prominent posterolaterally ( Liu 2018: fig. 8D); female gonocoxites+gonapophyses 8 subtrapezoid, with indistinct transverse suture ( Liu 2018: fig. 8H); Shaanxi .............................................................................................. R. changqingensis Liu - Male head medially with dark markings ( Liu 2018: fig. 3G); male fused gonocoxites 11 with broadly subtrapezoid anterior incision, but without accessory median notch ( Liu 2018: fig. 9C); male gonostyli 11 prominent posterolaterally ( Liu 2018: fig. 9D); female gonocoxites+gonapophysis 8 nearly pentagonal, with distinct, arched, transverse suture ( Liu 2018: fig. 9H); Sichuan ................................................................................... R. yanhuangi Yang

4. Male head medially without dark marking ( Fig. 3 ); male gonocoxites 9 with posteromedian lobes more or less curved anteriad ( Fig. 8 ).............................................................................................. 5

- Male head medially with dark markings ( Liu 2018: fig. 3A); male gonocoxites 9 with posteromedian lobes not curved anteriad ( Liu 2018: fig. 4D); western Yunnan ........................................................... R. chikuni Liu

5. Male gonocoxite 9 with medially directed part feebly prominent posteriad and not strongly narrowed at tip ( Fig. 8 ); male fused gonostyli 11 distinctly prominent laterally as a pair of obtuse processes ( Fig. 7 ); western Yunnan ........................................................................................................ R. gaoligongensis sp. nov.

- Male gonocoxite 9 with medially directed part distinctly prominent posteriad and strongly narrowed and curved anteriorly ( Liu 2018: fig. 5); male fused gonostyli 11 laterally subtriangular ( Liu 2018: fig. 5); southern Yunnan .......... R. daianum Yang

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Rapisma gaoligongensis sp. nov. 1. holotype male, habitus photo; 2. paratype male, habitus photo; 3. head, frontal view, holotype male; 4. head, frontal view, paratype male. Scale bars: Figs. 1–2, 5.0 mm; Figs. 3–4, 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 5–8. Rapisma gaoligongensis sp. nov. 5. male genitalia, dorsal view; 6. male genitalia, ventral view; 7. male gonocoxites and gonostyli 11, dorsal view; 8. male gonocoxites and gonostyli 11, ventral view. c: callus cercus; e: ectoproct; T: tergum; S: sternum. Gonocoxites 9, gonocoxites 11 and gonostyli 11 are respectively highlighted in pale blue, pale green, and green in panels 7 and 8. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.