Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus Liu, H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck , 2012

Aspoeck, Ulrike, Aspoeck, Horst & Liu, Xingyue, 2017, The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (2), pp. 77-110 : 90-91

Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus Liu, H. Aspoeck & U. Aspoeck, 2012 Figs 2d; 4k; 13 a–e; 16

Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus Liu, H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 2012: 133 (odescr, figs: adult, wings, gs female, distrmap).

Type locality.

China (Yunnan: Xiaocaoba).

Female.

Body length 6.9 mm; forewing length 12.6 mm, hindwing length 11.0 mm.

Head reddish orange, slightly shiny. Antennae blackish brown, with scape and pedicel pale yellowish brown, and with proximal two segments of flagellum orange. Mouthparts orange.

Thorax reddish orange, slightly shiny. Legs orange. Wings smoky brown, with slightly leathery membrane; veins blackish brown, with proximal half of C and extreme bases of other longitudinal veins much paler. Pterostigmatic areas very dark, with their crossveins rather weak and obscure; Rs proximally 2-branched, both branches deeply bifurcated, with bifurcation nearly 1/2 as long as whole wing; all main branches having additional branching, terminally leaving 8-10 small bifurcate or trifurcate forks; MA completely fused with Rs proximally in forewing, but visible as an independent vein at base of hindwing; medially bifurcated, with both branches having additional branching, terminally leaving 8 small bifurcated or trifurcated forks; MP proximally 2-branched, each branch bifurcated at distal 1/3 in forewing and at distal 1/4 in hindwing, terminally leaving 8-10 small bifurcate or trifurcate forks; CuA 7 to 8-branched in forewings, terminally leaving ca. 10 small bifurcate or trifurcate forks, and 11 to 13-branched in hindwings, with proximal branches vertical to stem of CuA, terminally leaving 14-15 small bifurcate or trifurcate forks; CuP with a small bifurcate fork terminally; 1A terminally 4 to 5-branched in forewings and 3-branched in hindwings; 2A 7-branched in forewings and 6 or 8-branched in hindwings; 3A simple.

Abdomen reddish orange. Fused gonocoxites 8 about twice as long as tergite 8, flatly and roundly plate-like. Gonapophyses 8 subtrapezoidal, proximal half covered by gonocoxites 8, lateral margins distinctly sclerotized. Bursa copulatrix comprising an ovoid sclerotized sclerite, with a pair of cone-shaped hollow processes directed ventrad.

Male.

Unknown.

Specimens examined and records published.

Supplementary material 1. Holotype female (by original designation): "CHINA: Yunnan Province, Zhaotong City, Yiliang County, Xiaocaoba, 27° 50.079N, 104° 17.554E, 1715 m, 2009.V.28, Liangming Cao leg." (CAU).

Biology and ecology.

The only adult has been taken in May in the vicinity of a waterfall. The known vertical distribution is 1715 m. The larva is unknown.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).