Panorpa wenhai Wang, 2024

Wang, Ji-Shen & Zhao, Can-Jun, 2024, Taxonomy of the Panorpa issikiana species group, with descriptions of twenty new species (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (1), pp. 79-106 : 101

Panorpa wenhai Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 177–186 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN23 Piskwen001), CHINA: YUN- NAN: Lijiang Prefecture , southern slope of the Yulong (Jade Dragon) Snow Mountain, road to Wenhai, 26°56′59″N, 100°11′15″E, 2900 m, 9.viii.2023, leg. Chun-Mei Liao & Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 1 J 9 ♀♀ ( CN 23Piskwen002–011), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. This species superficially resembles P. niaodiaoshana Wang sp. nov., but can be differentiated from the latter by: in males, 1) parameres with dorsal branch short, not extending beyond aedeagus ( Fig. 182 vs. longer, exceeding aedeagus in Figs 112–114 ); 2) ventral branch of parameres longer than half length of dorsal branch ( Figs 183, 184 vs. short and hook-like in Figs 113, 114 ); in females, 3) medigynium with basal portion of main plate much broader than distal portion ( Fig. 186 vs. nearly rectangular in Fig. 116 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 2): AtL 10.0–10.3, AbL 9.5–9.6, BdL 13.1–13.3, FL 13.1–13.3, FW 3.2, HL 12.0–12.1, HW 3.1. Female (n = 9): AtL 10.0–11.4, AbL 6.6–7.0, BdL 10.0–12.0, FL 12.0–13.5, FW 2.9–3.2, HL 11.0–12.2, HW 2.9–3.1.

Etymology. Named after Wenhai, an alpine lake near the type locality. Noun in apposition.

Distribution. China: Yunnan: Lijiang: Yulong Snow Mountain ( Fig. 212 ).

Figures

Figs. 177–186. Panorpa wenhai Wang sp. nov. 177, 179–184 – male. 178, 185, 186 – female. 177, 178 – habitus, dorsal view. 179 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 180 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 181, 182 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively; 183, 184 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively. 185 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 186 – medigynium, ventral view.

Figs 107–116. Panorpa niaodiaoshana Wang sp. nov. 107, 109–114 – male. 108, 115, 116 – female. 107, 108 – habitus, dorsal view. 109 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 110 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 111, 112 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 113, 114 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively. 115 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 116 – medigynium, ventral view.

Fig. 212. Distributional map of the Panorpa issikiana species group. The question mark indicates an uncertain location of Panorpa issikiana Byers, 1970 in Yunnan (based on BYERS 1970).