Panorpa leiqilongi 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 : 90

Panorpa leiqilongi Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 65–75 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN19 Pisklql001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Gongshan County, Baihanluo , 27°57′19″N, 98°42′51″E, 2630 m, 6.vii.2019, leg. Yan-Dong Chen & Qi-Long Lei ( DALU) . PARATYPE: 1 ♀ ( CN 19Pisklql002), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. This new species can be differentiated from the other members of this group by the combination of the following characters: in males, 1) basal lobe of gonostyli greatly enlarged and plate-like, with apex slightly bifurcated ( Fig. 68 ); 2) ventral branch of parameres extending to apex of ventral valves ( Figs 71, 72 ); 3) dorsal branch of parameres curved inward in distal 1/3 and greatly curved ventrad distally ( Figs 71, 72 ); 4) dorsal processes of aedeagus greatly enlarged and axe-shaped distally ( Fig. 72 ); in females, 5) subgenital plate with apical prominence greatly emarginated in V-shape ( Fig. 73 ); 6) laterotergites IX broad ( Fig. 73 ); and 7) medigynium with lateral margins of main plate (distal half) and posterior arms (basal half) greatly expanding ventrad ( Figs 74, 75 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 1): AtL (broken), AbL 8.6, BdL 11.7, FL 12.1, FW 2.9, HL 11.2, HW 2.8. Female (n = 1): AtL 9.4, AbL 6.7, BdL 10.0, FL 11.7, FW 2.8, HL 10.5, HW 2.7.

Etymology. Dedicated to one of the collectors, Qi-Long Lei. Noun in the genitive case.

Distribution. China: Yunnan: Gongshan ( Fig. 212 ).

Figures

Figs 65–75. Panorpa leiqilongi Wang sp. nov. 65, 67–72 – male. 66, 73–75 – female. 65, 66 – habitus, dorsal view. 67 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 68 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 69, 70 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 71, 72 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively. 73 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 74, 75 – medigynium, ventral and right-lateral views, respectively.

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).