Conwentzia sinica Yang, 1974

Zhao, Yaru, Li, Ying & Liu, Zhiqi, 2021, Revision of the Conwentzia Enderlein, 1905 (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae) of China, combining morphological and molecular characters, ZooKeys 1026, pp. 1-15 : 1

Conwentzia sinica Yang, 1974 Figs 1 , 2

Conwentzia sinica Yang, 1974: 84. Type locality: China (Shaanxi).

Type material examined.

Holotype: male (CAU), China: Shaanxi (Province): Xian (City): Zhouzhi (County), [34.0588°N, 108.3371°E], 13-18.viii.1962, leg. Chikun Yang and Fasheng Li.

Other material examined.

14 males and 31 females (CAU), China: Zhejiang (Province): Jiaxing ( City ): Wuzhen ( Town ), [30.7509°N, 120.5024°E], 18.v.2018, leg. Zhiqi Liu. 13 males and 26 females (CAU), China: Yunnan (Province): Kunming ( City ), [25.1371°N, 102.7493°E], 31.vii.2019, leg. Yaru Zhao and Ying Li. 5 males and 9 females (CAU), China: Jilin (Province): Yanji ( City ), [42.9057°N, 129.4955°E], 1.viii.2019, leg. Yaru Zhao and Ying Li. 5 males and 7 females (CAU), China: Jilin (Province): Yanji ( City ), [43.8293°N, 126.5253°E], 2.viii.2019, leg. Yaru Zhao and Ying Li. 5 males and 9 females (CAU), China: Jilin (Province): Yanji ( City ), [42.9057°N, 129.4955°E], 1.viii.2019, leg. Yaru Zhao and Ying Li. 4 males and 6 females (CAU), China: Shanghai ( City ), [31.2118°N, 121.4981°E], 14.xi.2019, leg. Mingming Zou. 46 males and 83 females (CAU), China: Shaanxi (Province): Xian ( City ): Zhouzhi ( County ), [34.0588°N, 108.3371°E], 13-18.viii.1962, leg. Chikun Yang and Fasheng Li. 1 male and 1 female (CAU), China: Shaanxi (Province): Xi’an ( City ): Qinling ( Mountain ), [33.9717°N, 109.0112°E], 5-7.viii.1962, leg. Chikun Yang and Fasheng Li.

Diagnosis.

Gonocoxites 9 absent; gonocoxites 11 (tenth sternite) forming a parallelogram in lateral view; gonapophyses 9 slender in caudal view.

Redescription.

Measurements. Forewing length 2.5-3.4 mm, width 0.9-1.5 mm. Hindwing reduced; length 1.0-1.6 mm, width 0.4-0.6 mm.

Head (Fig. 1a ). Yellowish brown. Compound eyes large and dark. Antennae brown, 31-36-segmented. Scape relatively broad and blunt. Pedicel cylindrical and longer than wide. Scape and pedicel light brown. Flagellomeres dark brown. Maxillary and labial palps brown.

Thorax. Brown. Nota with dorsal dark spots. Legs brown.

Wing (Fig. 1b-e ). Wing membrane almost hyaline, light greyish brown.

Male genitalia (Fig. 2a-g ). Outer process of ectoprocts relatively broad in lateral view. Gonocoxites 9 (inner process of ectoprocts sensu Meinander 1972) absent. Gonapophyses 9 (stylus sensu Meinander 1972) short with a hook in distal part ventrally (Fig. 2e-f ). Gonocoxites 10 (paramere sensu Meinander 1972) relatively short in basal part, median section wider and stout, distal section bent upward in lateral view (Fig. 2a, b ). Gonapophyses 10 (penis sensu Meinander 1972) slender and swollen at base in ventral view (Fig. 2e, f ). Gonocoxites 11 (tenth sternite sensu Meinander 1972) sub-rectangular in lateral view (Fig. 2a, b ).

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu).

Figures

Figure 1. Conwentzia sinica Yang, 1974, male a habitus, lateral view b, c fore wing d, e hind wing.

Figure 2. Conwentzia sinica Yang, 1974, male genitalia a, b lateral view c, d caudal view e, f ventral view g gonocoxites 10, lateral view.