Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 80

Genus Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 Panorpa issikiana species group

Diagnosis. This group of species can be differentiated from other groups in the genus Panorpa by the combination of the following characters: 1) body mostly black, rostrum with a dark brown stripe in the middle and yellowish brown on sides; 2) wing markings absent or extremely reduced; in males: 3) A7 greatly constricted and stalk-like at base; 4) median process of gonostyli absent; 5) parameres bifurcated; 6) aedeagus with dorsal processes greatly developed; 7) piston of sperm pump reduced; 8) aedeagus with hamulus present and sclerotized; and in females: 9) laterotergites IX greatly developed.

Distribution. China: Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan ( Fig. 212 ).

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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).