Amurinocellia H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck

Liu, Xingyue, Aspöck, Horst, Yang, Ding & Aspöck, Ulrike, 2009, Discovery of Amurinocellia H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) in China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 2264, pp. 41-50 : 42

Amurinocellia H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck , stat. nov.

Amurinocellia H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1973: 91 . Type species: Inocellia calida H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 1973 (designated by monotypy).

Diagnosis. Body coloration of adult generally blackish brown with yellowish thoracic and abdominal markings. Antennae and legs much paler, usually pale yellow or yellowish brown. Male ninth gonocoxite nearly as long as ninth tergite, posterodorsal corner distinctly produced, ventrally with a digitiform process, and with a long and hook-like pseudostylus (gonapophysis 9) produced from the inner surface. Fused parameres (complex of amalgamated gonocoxites, gonapophyses, gonostyli 10) flattened proximally, with a slender and hook-like distal process. Gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11) rather small and feebly sclerotized. Female seventh sternite posteriorly emarginate; eighth abdominal segment with tergite posteriorly produced ventrad, ventral portion membranous, nearly enveloped by tergite, subgenital plate absent.

Distribution. China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia.

Remarks. Amurinocellia was transferred as a subgenus from Inocellia to Parainocellia based on the presence of a pair of hook-like pseudostyli between the male ninth gonocoxites (H. Aspöck et al., 1980). However, as already stated in the original description by H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck (1973), P. (A.) calida is the only species of Inocelliidae so far known in which the ninth gonocoxites are not simply cup-like, but possess distinct processes. Besides the shape of the ninth gonocoxites of the males, Amurinocellia can be easily distinguished from Parainocellia s.str. by the extremely elongated pseudostyli (gonapophyses 9), the degenerated gonarcus (gonocoxites 11) of the males, and the ventrolaterally modified eighth tergite of the females. Due to our recent discovery of new species in China, Amurinocellia is not a monotypic subgenus with a single species but comprises three species distributed in a wider geographical range. The morphological differences to Parainocellia s.str. and the other Inocelliid genera seem to justify raising Amurinocellia to generic level.