Panorpa neospinosa Chou & Wang, 1981

Li, Ning, Wang, Ji-Shen & Hua, Bao-Zhen, 2021, Morphological phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic revision of the Panorpa davidi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 79, pp. 309-342 : 309

Panorpa neospinosa Chou & Wang, 1981

Panorpa neospinosa Chou & Wang in Chou et al., 1981: 7, figs 19-23. Type locality: Qinling Railway Station, Shaanxi, China; Wang & Hua, 2018: 374, figs 5-138-1-5-138-2.

Diagnosis.

This species can be readily recognized by the following characters: (1) wing markings well-developed, forewing apical band broad with one or two large inner hyaline spots; pterostigmal band with broad basal branch and thin apical branch; marginal spot large; broad basal band complete; basal spots large; (2) meso- and metanotum blackish brown, with prominent pale yellow mesal stripe; in males, (3) gonocoxites bearing 4-7 (usually 6) long setae along beveled inner apex ventrally; (4) parameres crossed mesally, twisted in S-shape, extended beyond gonocoxites; in females, (5) medigynium with main plate long, broad; a pair of lateral basal plates reaching two-thirds of main plate; axis extended beyond main plate for one-third of its length anteriorly.

Material examined.

CHINA - Shaanxi Prov. • 1♂ (Holotype); Fengxian, Qinling Railway Station ; 1600-2000 m a.s.l.; 18 Aug. 1965; Io Chou & Jin-Sheng Lu leg. • 8♂♂, 10♀♀ (Paratypes); same data as holotype • 1♀ (Paratype); Zhouzhi, Tianyu; 18-19 Aug. 1951; Io Chou leg.

Measurements.

Male: FL = 10.0-11.1 mm, FW = 3.0-3.2 mm; HL = 9.1-10.0 mm, HW = 2.9-3.1 mm. Female: FL = 10.5-11.5 mm, FW = 3.0-3.3 mm; HL = 9.6-10.5 mm, HW = 2.9-3.2 mm.

Distribution.

China: Shaanxi.

Remarks.

Panorpa neospinosa resembles P. sexspinosa , but differs from the latter in the conspicuous (cf. absent) basal spot.