Panorpa qinlingensis Chou & Ran, 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 qinlingensis Chou & Ran, 1981

Panorpa qinliengensis Chou & Ran in Chou et al., 1981: 9, figs 30-33. Type locality: Qinling, Shaanxi, China; Wang & Hua, 2018: 388, figs 5-145-1-5-145-2.

Diagnosis.

This species can be readily recognized by the following characters: (1) forewing with apical band broad, bearing large hyaline spot posteriorly; pterostigmal band complete, with broad basal branch and thin apical branch; marginal spot long and narrow or inconspicuous; basal band broad; basal spot extremely reduced or absent; (2) meso- and metanotum blackish brown with conspicuous yellowish mesal stripe; in males, (3) gonocoxites with triangular process on inner apex ventrally, bearing 1 or 2 long setae on inner margin subapically; (4) parameres crossed mesally, twisted in S-shape; in males, (5) medigynium with main plate almost oblong in shape, twice as long as wide; a pair of large basal plates reaching the middle of main plate; axis extended beyond main plate for two-fifths of its length anteriorly.

Material examined.

CHINA - Shaanxi Prov. • 1♂ (Holotype); Qinling ; 18 Aug. 1965; Io Chou & Jin-Sheng Lu leg. • 9 ♂♂, 10♀♀ (Paratypes); same data as holotype • 7♂♂, 5♀♀; Nanzheng, Liping Village ; 1650 m a.s.l.; 9 Aug. 2011; Shuang Xue leg. • 9♂♂, 3♀♀; Liping National Forest Park, Qixingge ; 1500 m a.s.l.; 30 Jun. 2018; Zheng Wei leg. • 2♂♂, 3♀♀; Zibaishan ; 27 Jul. 2019 Kai Gao leg. • 1♂, 1♀; Qinling Railway Station ; 34°14′13″N, 106°55′08″E; 1440 m a.s.l.; 18 Aug. 2019; Ning Li leg. - Sichuan Prov. • 3♂♂, 2♀♀; Wanyuan, Huaeshan ; 1200 m a.s.l.; 16 Jun. 2018; Kai Gao & Yu-Ru Yang leg.

Measurements.

Male: FL = 10.2-12.2 mm, FW = 2.8-3.1 mm; HL = 9.0-11.4 mm, HW = 2.7-3.0 mm. Female: FL = 10.4-12.7 mm, FW = 2.9-3.2 mm; HL = 9.4-11.6 mm, HW = 2.8-3.1 mm.

Distribution.

China: Shaanxi, Sichuan.

Remarks.

This species is bivoltine, overwintering in the prepupal stage in the soil. Adults emerge from mid-May to early June and from late July to mid-August in Liping, Shaanxi (Cai & Hua 2009).