Heteroconis electrina, Liu & Yang & Shen, 2004

Liu, Zhi-Qi, Yang, Chi-Kun & Shen, Zuo-Rui, 2004, A Study Of The Genus Heteroconis Enderlein (Insecta: Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) With Four New Species From Mainland China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 365-372 : 367-368

Heteroconis electrina , new species

( Figs. 4-6 )

Material examined. – Holotype – male ( CAU), Diaoluoshan , Hainan Province, South China, coll. S-K. Liu, 29 Apr.1965.

Description. – Head yellowish brown. Eyes black. Frons between antennae with a process, which is shorter than half length of scape and nose-like in lateral view ( Fig. 4 ). Eight basal and the last apical segments of antennae whitish, the others dark brown. Scape more than three times as long as broad, and without dorsal groove. Pedicel nearly twice as long as broad. Four basal segments of maxillar palpi brown, their distal segments and entire labial palpi yellow brown.

Thorax pale ochrous with brown shoulder spots.

Length of fore wing 2.3 mm, of hind wing 2.1mm. Membrane of wings fuscous with hyaline bands along most veins, which are broad and shaped into hyaline spots at the end of veins in fore wings ( Fig. 5 ). Basal cross-vein r-m and cross-vein m-cu 1 in fore wings between median thickenings, Cu 2 sinuate and running almost parallel with hind margin for some distance. In hind wings, M and Cu 1 connected by a short crossvein at the point where they separate.

Abdomen grayish brown. Male genitalia: Ninth sternite and ventral process very slender. Styli slight longer than broad in lateral view, with short and thick hairs, while long hairs present distally ( Fig. 6 ). Hypandrium absent, or probably fused with styli. Distal penis with two dorsal apodemes and a downwards directed apophysis.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. – The specific name refers to the hyaline spots at the distal end of the veins, especially in fore wings.

Remarks. – The new species closely resemble the Australian species with spots on the fore wings, but the position of the distal cross-vein r-m agrees with that of Asia species. Male genitalia are similar to H. terminalis (Banks, 1913) in having very slender ninth sternite and ventral process. The species can be easily identified by the following characters: the noselike projections between antennae, membrane of fore wings spotted, styli slight longer than broad in lateral view.

Distribution. – Hainan Province, South China.

Figures

Figs. 4-6. Heteroconis electrina, new species. Male. 4. head, lateral view, 5. wings, 6. terminalia, lateral view. Scales 0.4mm.