Panorpa shimianensis 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 : 96

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https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2024.007

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scientific name

Panorpa shimianensis Wang
status

sp. nov.

Panorpa shimianensis Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 127–135 View Figs 127–135 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN22 Piskshm001), CHINA: SICHUAN: Ya’an Prefecture, Shimian County, Liziping Township , 28°59′39″N, 102°24′31″E, 2520 m, 20.vii.2022, leg. Dan-Chen Zhu ( DALU) GoogleMaps . PARA- TYPES: 10 ♀♀ ( CN 22Piskshm002–011), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. This new species can be differentiated from the other members of this group by the combination of the following characters: 1) pleura and coxae greatly melanized ( Fig. 129 View Figs 127–135 vs. mostly light grayish or yellowish brown in Figs 208–211 View Figs 206–211 ); in males, 2) gonostyli with basal lobe greatly elongated, thinner than distal portion of gonostyli, and evenly curved ( Fig. 130 View Figs 127–135 ); 3) ventral branch of parameres slender and extending slightly beyond ventral valves of aedeagus, directing inner-basally at base but abruptly curved caudad ( Figs 132, 133 View Figs 127–135 ); 4) dorsal branch of parameres crossed posterior to ventral valves of aedeagus, and exceeding apex of dorsal processes ( Fig. 132 View Figs 127–135 ); 5) dorsal processes slightly humped in middle and each with rounded dorsal process ( Fig. 133 View Figs 127–135 ); in females, 6) apical prominence of subgenital plate with wide semicircular emargination terminally ( Fig. 134 View Figs 127–135 ); 7) laterotergites IX minute ( Fig. 134 View Figs 127–135 ); and 8) medigynium with basal half of main plate distinctly narrower than distal half, axis with apodemes extending far beyond main plate and slightly divergent ( Fig. 135 View Figs 127–135 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 1): AtL 10.8, AbL 9.0, BdL 13.0, FL 12.2, FW 3.2, HL 11.3, HW 3.1. Female (n = 10): AtL 10.5–11.0, AbL 7.2–8.5, BdL 11.0–12.8, FL 13.5–15.0, FW 3.0–3.4, HL 12.0–14.0, HW 3.0–3.3.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, Shimian County. Adjective.

Distribution. China: Sichuan: Shimian: Liziping ( Fig. 212 View Fig ).

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mecoptera

Family

Panorpidae

Genus

Panorpa

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