Gatzara qiongana ( Yang, 2002 ) Yang, 2002

Wang, Xinli, Ao, Weiguang, Wang, Zhiliang & Wan, Xia, 2012, Review of the genus Gatzara Navás, 1915 from China (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Zootaxa 3408, pp. 34-46 : 42-44

5. Gatzara petrophila Miller & Stange, 2000

Gatzara petrophila Miller & Stange, 2000: 50

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

Remarks. The species is similar to G. decorosa ( Yang, 1988) , but may be distinguished from it by the following characters: the head vertex has dense small brown spots and the forewing is longer than 38mm in G. decorosa , but the head vertex has five pale brown and five dark brown transverse stripes and the forewing shorter than 35 mm in G. petrophila .

6. Gatzara qiongana ( Yang, 2002) , n. comb. ( Figure 5 : A–D)

Dendroleon qiongana Yang, 2002: 296 .

Female. Forewing 33mm, hindwing 32 mm, abdomen 21mm.

Male. Unknown.

Head ( Figure 5-B ). Eye black grayish, with small dark spots; face yellow brown, dark band around antennae; vertex convex pale yellow, with a pair of transverse brown spots and a pair of vertical brown spots. Maxillary palpus and clypeus dark brown; labial palpus yellow, the last segment fusiform and black. Antennae clavate, scape and pedicel black-brown, flagellum missing.

Thorax. Pronotum ( Figure 5-B ) yellow, longer than wide, bearing short and long black setae; a middle black strip interrupt at the 1/3 point from anterior margin of pronotum, a pair of indistinct longitudinal stripes on both side from anterior 1/3 point to hind margin; many dense brown tiny spots on anterior 1/3 area of pronotum. Mesothorax and metathorax bearing sparse black short setae, general coloration yellow with black stripes along anterior margin, lateral margin and midline.

Legs. Foreleg: coxa black, covered with sparse long black and white setae; inside of coxa and femur yellow, outside dark; the terminal of femur dark; tibia yellow, apex and base of tibia dark; tarsus dark except the first segment pale; spurs and claws yellow, the spurs long and straight, extending to apex of the 2nd tarsomere. Midleg similar to foreleg, but the color of hindleg more paler.

Forewing. Venation alternating between pale and dark; anterior Banksian line distinct, posterior Banksian line indistinct; the width of costal area equal to the most width between R and Rs; Rs with about 12 branches; presectoral area with 3 crossveins; the bifurcation of Rs before cubital fork; the anastomosis place of CuA and CuP+1A with a brown arch-like spot, area of rhegma with a distinct dark brown rounded spot. Stigma pale, inside of it with a large piece of brown spot; hypostigmal cell long and narrow. Hindwing. Narrower, shorter and paler than forewing; the width between R and Rs wider than the most width of costal area. Presectoral area with 1 crossvein; anastomosis of CuA and CuP+1A without spot; area of rhegma with a dark brown rounded spot, about twice as large as that of forewings; apex area brown with a white spot near apex angle.

Abdomen. Yellow brown. Notum with black longitudinal stripes; pleurite of terminalia dark brown with sparse long black hairs. Ectoproct oval, short and broad with sparse short yellow setae; 9th-interior gonapophysis kidney-like with digging setae, 8th-interior gonapophysis fingerlike, as long as 8th-external gonapophysis ( Figure 5-C ).

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, Ƥ, Mt. Wuzhishan Jianfengling, Prov. Hainan, 109°31ʹE, 18°46ʹN. 4.VII.1981, Lin Longdong leg (CAU-N1000057).

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Remarks. G. qiongana was described by Yang Chi-kun (2002) as Dendroleon qiongana based on a female holotype. He did not dissect the genitalia of the specimen. By re-examining this type specimen and studying the genitalia we found that the 8th-interior gonapophysis is almost as long as the 8th-external gonapophysis, which is not accordant with Dendroleon but is consistent with Gatzara . So we propose that D. qiongana should be transferred to Gatzara .

Figures

FIGURE 5. A – D. Gatzara qiongana (Yang, 2002), n. comb. A. female habitus; B. head and pronotum, dorsal view; C. female genitalia, ventral view. D. female genitalia, ventral view.