Conwentzia nietoi Monserrat, 1982

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 nietoi Monserrat, 1982 Figs 3 , 4

Conwentzia nietoi Monserrat, 1982: 24. Type locality: Sri Lanka (Colombo).

Conwentzia yunguiana Liu & Yang, 1993: 256. Type locality: China (Guizhou: Guiyang). Syn. nov.

Type material examined.

Holotype of Conwentzia yunguiana : male (CAU), China: Guizhou (Province): Guiyang (City), [26.5003°N, 106.7467°E], 29.viii.1987, leg. Hongye Chen. Paratypes: 3 males, same data as holotype (CAU).

Other material examined.

1 male (CAU), China: Guizhou (Province): Libo ( County ), [25.2681°N, 108.0780°E], 18.v.1990, leg. Chunqing Yang. 1 male (CAU), China: Yunan (Province): Jinghong ( City ), [21.8566°N, 100.9582°E], 12.ix.1989, leg. Fasheng Li. 1 male (CAU), China: Guangxi (Province): Lingui ( City ): Yanshan ( District ), [24.9265°N, 110.5040°E], 13.vi.1982, leg. Fasheng Li. 1 male (CAU), China: Sichuan (Province): Leshan ( City ): E’meishan ( Mountain ), [29.5738°N, 103.3563°E], 15.iv.1990, leg. Chunqing Yang and Zhiqi Liu.

Diagnosis.

Gonocoxites 9 absent; gonocoxites 11 subtriangular in lateral view; gonapophyses 9 basally broad and blunt in caudal view.

Redescription.

Measurements. Forewing length 2.5-3.2 mm, width 0.9-1.3 mm. Hindwing reduced; length 1.0-1.5 mm, width 0.2-0.3 mm.

Head (Fig. 3a ). Brown. Compound eyes large and dark. Antennae brown (except light brown scape), 34-35-segmented. Scape broad and blunt. Pedicel cylindrical and longer than broad. Antennae entirely brown, scape light brown. Maxillary and labial palps brown.

Thorax. Yellowish-brown. Nota with dorsal dark spots. Legs brown.

Wing (Fig. 3b-e ). Wing membrane almost hyaline, light greyish brown.

Male genitalia (Fig. 4a-h ). Outer process of ectoprocts finger-like in ventral view, longer than wide in lateral view (Fig. 4a, b ). Gonocoxites 9 absent. Gonapophyses 9 hooked downward in lateral view (Fig. 4a, b ). Gonocoxites 10 slender, distal section bent upward in lateral view (Fig. 4a, b ). Gonapophyses 10 small and short in ventral view (Fig. 4e, f ). Gonocoxites 11 subtriangular in caudal view (Fig. 4c, d ) and ventral view (Fig. 4e, f ).

Distribution.

China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan).

Figures

Figure 3. Conwentzia nietoi Monserrat, 1982, male a habitus, lateral view b, c fore wing d, e hind wing.

Figure 4. Conwentzia nietoi Monserrat, 1982, male genitalia a, b lateral view c, d caudal view e, f ventral view g, h gonocoxites 10, lateral view.