Panorpa typicoides Cheng, 1949

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 typicoides Cheng, 1949

Panorpa typicoides Cheng, 1949: 143, figs 3, 13, 14, 28 & 31. Type locality: "Tachielu, Sikang" [now Kangding, Sichuan], China; Cheng, 1957: 40, figs 26, 36, 39, 66, 67, & 276; Wang & Hua, 2018: 416, figs 5-159-1-5-159-2.

Diagnosis.

This species can be readily recognized by the following characters: (1) wing markings well-developed, forewing apical band with two hyaline spots inside; pterostigmal band complete, with broad basal branch and connected or detached thin apical branch; marginal spot large; basal band split into two spots; basal spot prominent; (2) meso- and metanotum black, with broad pale mesal stripe; in males, (3) gonocoxites with cluster of long setae along oblique inner apex ventrally; (4) parameres crossed mesally, twisted in S-shape; in females, (5) main plate of medigynium twice as long as posterior arms; axis extended beyond main plate for half of its length anteriorly.

Material examined.

CHINA - Sichuan Prov. • 1♂ (Holotype); “Tachielu” [now Kangding ]; 5000-8500 ft; 27 Aug. 1939; Fung Ying Cheng, Io Chou & Tein Ho Hei leg. • 1♀ (Paratype); same data as holotype • 1♀; Kangding ; 2500 m a.s.l.; 28 May 1983; Yuan-Qing Chen leg. • 1♂, 1♀; Kangding ; 2650 m a.s.l.; 29 May 1983; Shu-Yong Wang leg. • 1♀; Kangding ; 2600 m a.s.l.; 4 Jun. 1983; Yuan-Qing Chen leg. • 4♀♀; Kangding, Paomashan ; 30°02′41″N, 101°57′40″E; 2600 m a.s.l.; 27 Jun. 2019; Ning Li & Lu Liu leg. • 1♂; Kangding, Jintang ; 30°25′33″N, 102°17′03″E; 2200 m a.s.l.; 5 Jul. 2019; Ning Li leg.

Measurements.

Male: FL = 12.1-13.1 mm, FW = 2.9-3.2 mm; HL = 11.1-12.2 mm, HW = 2.8-3.0 mm. Female: FL = 12.3-13.9 mm, FW = 3.0-3.3 mm; HL = 11.3-13.1 mm, HW = 2.8-3.2 mm.

Distribution.

China: Sichuan.

Remarks.

This species resembles P. jinchuana , but is different from the latter by the posterior arms half (cf. one-third) length of the main plate.