Conwentzia pineticola Enderlein, 1905

Zhao, Yaru, Li, Ying & Liu, Zhiqi, 2021, Revision of the Conwentzia Enderlein, 1905 (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae) of China, combining morphological and molecular characters, ZooKeys 1026, pp. 1-15 : 1

Conwentzia pineticola Enderlein, 1905 Figs 5 , 6

Conwentzia pineticola Enderlein, 1905: 10. Type locality: Germany (Berlin).

Conwentzia orthotibia Yang, 1974: 88. Type locality: China (Gansu: Longnan). Syn. nov.

Type material examined.

Holotype of Conwentzia orthotibia : male (CAU), China: Gansu (Province): Longnan (city): Wudu (District), [33.3740°N, 104.9665°E], 25.vi.1958, leg. Xuemin Zhang. Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype (CAU).

Other material examined.

7 males and 10 females (CAU), China: Gansu (Province): diebu ( County ), [34.1286°N, 106.5364°E], 9.vii.2017, leg. Yaru Zhao and Mingwei Ma. 23 males and 30 females (CAU), China: Gansu (Province): Zhangye ( City ), [34.1669°N, 106.5400°E], 13.vii.2017, leg. Yaru Zhao and Mingwei Ma. 5 males and 6 females (CAU), China: Gansu (Province): diebu ( County ), [33.9583°N, 103.5506°E], 13. vii.2017, leg. Yaru Zhao and Mingwei Ma. 1 male (CAU), China: Liaoning (Province): Dandong ( City ), [40.1247°N, 124.3928°E], 27.vii.2017, leg. Yaru Zhao and Ying Li. 1 male and 3 females (CAU), China: Liaoning (Province): Dandong ( City ), [40.1247°N, 124.3928°E], 28.vii.2017, leg. Yaru Zhao and Ying Li. 5 males and 4 females (CAU), China: Sichuan (Province): Panzhihua ( City ), [25.0120°N, 98.4800°E], 3.iv.2019, leg. Yaru Zhao and Mingming Zou.

Diagnosis.

Gonocoxites 9 present; gonocoxites 11 rod-shaped in lateral view; gonapophyses 9 basally broad in caudal view.

Redescription.

Measurements. Forewing length 3.1-3.5 mm, width 1.1-1.4 mm. Hindwing reduced; length 1.3-1.4 mm, width 0.5-0.6 mm.

Head (Fig. 5a ). Yellowish-brown. Compound eyes large and dark. Antennae 36-37-segmented in males and 32-36-segmented in females. Scape relatively broad and blunt. Pedicel cylindrical, longer than wide. Antennae brown; scape light brown in some specimens. Scape broad and blunt. Pedicel cylindrical and longer than broad. Maxillary and labial palpus brown.

Thorax. Brown. Nota with dorsal dark spots. Legs brown.

Wing (Fig. 5b-e ). Wing membrane almost hyaline, light greyish brown.

Male genitalia (Fig. 6a-g ). Outer process of ectoprocts finger-like in lateral view (Fig. 6a, b ). Gonocoxites 9 furcate, with dorsal branch slightly longer than ventral one in caudal view (Fig. 6c, d ). Gonapophyses 9 broad, distally hooked in ventral view (Fig. 6e, f ). Gonocoxites 10 slender, distally bent upward in lateral view (Fig. 6a, b ). Gonapophyses 10 short and straight in ventral view (Fig. 6e, f ). Gonocoxites 11 subtriangular in ventral view (Fig. 6e, f ).

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Shanxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Liaoning, Sichuan).

Figures

Figure 5. Conwentzia pineticola Enderlein, 1905, male a habitus, lateral view b, c fore wing d, e hind wing.

Figure 6. Conwentzia pineticola Enderlein, 1905, male genitalia a, b lateral view c, d caudal view e, f ventral view g gonocoxites 10, lateral view.