Panorpa tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009

Wang, Ji-Shen & Suzuki, Tomoya, 2022, Review of the Panorpa wormaldi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), with descriptions of two new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 794, pp. 18-39 : 27-28

Panorpa tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009

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Panorpa tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009: 340 , figs 3, 18–23 (type locality: Tete Path, Amagi Town, Tokuno-shima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan).

Diagnosis

This species is superficially similar to Panorpa amamiensis Miyamoto & Makihara, 1984 and Panorpa okinawaensis Nakamura, 2009 , but can be readily differentiated from the latter two by the following characters: 1) male paramere bifurcated with both branches not exceeding apex of gonocoxites (cf. exceeding); and 2) female medigynium with axis shorter than half length of posterior arms (cf. longer).

Distribution

Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Tokuno-shima) ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus of the Panorpa wormaldi group, males. A. Panorpa wormaldi MacLachlan, 1875. B. P. striata Miyaké, 1908. C. P. multifasciaria Miyaké, 1910. D. P. kiusiuensis Issiki, 1929. E. P. tsunekatanis Issiki, 1929. F. P. gressitti Byers, 1970. G. P. amamiensis Miyamoto & Makihara, 1984. H. P. okinawaensis Nakamura, 2009. I. P. tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009. ©Ji-Shen Wang (F) and Tomoya Suzuki (A–E, G–I).

Fig. 6. Distribution of the Panorpa wormaldi group.