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0393DC775C27477CC801D205FE60CFF9.text	0393DC775C27477CC801D205FE60CFF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bittacus yunlongensis Xie & Wang 2025	<div><p>Bittacus yunlongensis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 14A27284-EE50-4B95-BDBC-96AE6F7354BB</p><p>Figs 1–2</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>This new species is most similar to Bittacus vexilliferus Byers, 1970 among its congeners, but differs from the latter by the following features: in males, 1) T8 with triangular protrusion laterally (Fig. 2D, vs lacking) and a black biconical marking at middle (Fig. 2D, vs lacking); 2) epandrial lobe with basal portion subtrapezoidal and distal half elongated, finger-shaped, and greatly curved dorsad (Fig. 2D, F, vs epandrial lobes long and rectangular); and 3) aedeagus with base stout and with rounded flanks (Fig. 2D, F, vs with a broad, thin, apically indented lobe at each side of the base).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The new species is named after the type locality, Yunlong County. Adjective.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype CHINA – Yunnan Province • ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.2525&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.852222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.2525/lat 25.852222)">Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture</a>, Yunlong County; 25°51′08″ N, 99°15′09″ E; 2560 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2023; L.-J. Jia, J.-L. Li and J.-S. Wang leg.; BMDU, CNYL23Bi001.</p><p>Paratype CHINA – Yunnan Province • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; BMDU, CNYL23Bi002 .</p><p>Description</p><p>MEASUREMENTS (mm). Male (holotype). AtL 9.1, AbL 12.2, BL 17.3, FL 22.7, FW 5.5, HL 20.3, HW 4.7. Female (paratype). AtL 9.0, AbL 13.0, BL 18.0, FL 23.0, FW 5.6, HL 21.0, HW 4.8.</p><p>Male</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 2B). Vertex uniformly orange-yellow. Ocellar triangle black. Compound eyes blackish brown. Rostrum three times as long as wide. Fifth segment of maxillary palp orange-yellow. Labial palps light brown, with second segment twice as long as first.</p><p>THORAX (Fig. 2A, C). Pronotum dark brown, with light brown crescent-shaped area on anterior margin. Mesonotum and mesoscutellum blackish brown marginally and light brown at middle. Legs light brown. Tibia orange with two apical spurs. Tarsomeres I–III lined with long black setae and also with several shorter setae. Tarsomeres I–IV with one to two black setae apically, and tarsomeres III–V with more short setae on ventral part.</p><p>WINGS (Fig. 2A). Wing membrane hyaline, tinged with yellowish brown. Pterostigma yellowish brown and prominent; thyridium conspicuous with pale border at FM; 1A terminating beyond FM; Sc ending beyond level of FRs. With one Scv and Av absent. Its left wings with one Pcv, while right with two Pcv.</p><p>ABDOMEN (Fig. 2A, D). T2–T5 unevenly dark brown, each with narrow black antecosta, forming distinct light and dark patterns. T8 with triangular protrusion caudo-laterally and black biconical marking at dorsal portion.</p><p>GENITALIA (Fig. 2D–G). Epandrial lobes approximately twice as long as gonocoxites, with basal portion subtrapezoidal and distal half elongated, finger-shaped, and greatly curved dorsad. Gonocoxites enlarged with cluster of slender bristles terminally. Gonostyli short and blunt distally. Aedeagus with stout base and rounded flanks. Penisfilum greatly elongated and coiled into loop wider than epandrial lobes. Upper branch of proctiger slightly longer than epandrial lobes, and enlarged apically in goose head-shape with tuft of long setae. Lower branch of proctiger slender and rather straight, slightly longer than upper branch of proctiger. Cerci slender and rod-shaped.</p><p>Female</p><p>Habitus similar to males.</p><p>GENITALIA (Fig. 2G–H). Subgenital plate greatly inflated with thick long setae apically. Cerci slender and acute terminally.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China: Yunnan (Yunlong).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393DC775C27477CC801D205FE60CFF9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Xie, Jiao;Wang, Ji-Shen	Xie, Jiao, Wang, Ji-Shen (2025): Three new species of Mecoptera (Insecta, Antliophora) from Yunnan, China. European Journal of Taxonomy 997: 275-288, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2939, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2939/13283
0393DC775C214771C821D6CDFE60C96E.text	0393DC775C214771C821D6CDFE60C96E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dicerapanorpa dajinhuang Xie & Wang 2025	<div><p>Dicerapanorpa dajinhuang sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D237C065-F26C-4DC7-B2A1-A0DD504244FA</p><p>Figs 3–4</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The new species can be differentiated from its congeners by the following combination of characters: in males, 1) paramere with ventral branch greatly elongated and bearing small barbs on subbasal portion of inner margin (Fig. 4H–I); and in females, 2) medigynium with broad basal plate and slender posterior arms (Fig. 4L).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet dajinhuang is a Chinese compound word depicting things ‘big and yellow’. Treated as a noun in apposition.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype CHINA – Yunnan Province • ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.2525&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.852222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.2525/lat 25.852222)">Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture</a>, Yunlong County; 25°51′08″ N, 99°15′09″ E; 2560 m a.s.l.; 1 Jul. 2024; L.-J. Jia, J.-L. Li and J.-S. Wang leg.; BMDU, CNYL24Di001.</p><p>Paratypes CHINA – Yunnan Province • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; BMDU, CNYL24Di002 • 11 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; BMDU, CNYL24Di003 to CNYL24Di013 .</p><p>Description</p><p>MEASUREMENTS (mm). Male (holotype and paratype, n = 2). AtL 13.4–13.6, AbL 12.9–13.1, BL 17.9– 18.0, FL 15.8–16.1, FW 3.7–3.8, HL 14.0–14.2, HW 3.6–3.7. Female (paratypes, n = 11). AtL 13.0–14.0, AbL 7.5–8.0, BL 13.0–14.0, FL 15.0–17.5, FW 3.8–4.0, HL 13.5–14.0, HW 3.6–3.8.</p><p>Males</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 4A). Vertex unevenly yellow without black spots. Ocellar triangle enclosed by large black arrow-shaped pattern. Rostrum yellow with pair of black frontal stripes.</p><p>THORAX (Fig. 4A). Pronotum with five thick setae along each side of anterior margin. Meso- and metanotum black laterally, with broad yellow median stripe. Pleura and coxae yellow, rest parts of legs dark brown to black.</p><p>WINGS (Fig. 4A). Membrane hyaline, lacking distinct markings except speckled apical band. Pterostigma light yellowish brown.</p><p>ABDOMEN (Fig. 4A, C). T2–T5 black laterally with broad, yellow, median stripe. A6 yellowish brown with pair of obtuse-rounded and divergent anal horns on dorsal apex. A7 and A8 greatly constricted at base, yellowish brown. A7 almost as long as A8. Epandrium broad, deeply emarginated terminally and forming pair of finger-like processes laterally. Hypandrium split into pair of long, stripe-like hypovalves with extremely short basal stalk. Hypovalve slightly broadening towards rounded apex, with row of long stout bristles along inner margin.</p><p>GENITALIA (Fig. 4D–I). Gonostyli shorter than gonocoxites, with well-developed basal lobe and elongated, acute middle tooth; basal lobe bifurcated into acute apexes. Paramere trifurcate: ventral branch long and straight with one-two small barbs on subbasal portion of inner margin; median branch longest and curved inward; dorsal branch greatly curved inward and slightly curved caudad distally. Ventral valves of aedeagus membranous and greatly protruded; dorsal valves bearing long setae basally with greatly elongated dorsal processes.</p><p>Females</p><p>Habitus (Fig. 4B) similar to males except for denser markings.</p><p>GENITALIA (Fig. 4J–L). Subgenital plate oval and bearing long stout setae apically. Medigynium (Fig. 4L) with broad basal plate; main plate broader than base of posterior arms; posterior arms slender and slightly shorter than main plate, rounded terminally.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China: Yunnan (Yunlong).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393DC775C214771C821D6CDFE60C96E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Xie, Jiao;Wang, Ji-Shen	Xie, Jiao, Wang, Ji-Shen (2025): Three new species of Mecoptera (Insecta, Antliophora) from Yunnan, China. European Journal of Taxonomy 997: 275-288, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2939, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2939/13283
0393DC775C2C4773C82CD337FE73C96E.text	0393DC775C2C4773C82CD337FE73C96E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dicerapanorpa jialiangjiei Xie & Wang 2025	<div><p>Dicerapanorpa jialiangjiei sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3FCC5DA7-A857-47DF-99AB-E834BB3E04FB</p><p>Fig. 5</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The new species greatly resembles D. tjederi (Carpenter, 1938) in the bifurcated middle branch of the male parameres (Fig. 5F). However, it can be differentiated from the latter by the following characters: in males, 1) median tooth and basal lobe of gonostyli widely separated (Fig. 5E–F, vs closely adjoined); 2) ventral valves of aedeagus short and subtriangular (Fig. 5E–F, vs elongated and rounded); and in females, 3) medigynium with posterior arms rounded terminally (Fig. 5B, I, vs rather truncated).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>Named after its discoverer and collector, Liang-Jie Jia. Noun in the genitive case.</p><p>Type material</p><p>Holotype CHINA – Yunnan Province • ♂; Lijiang Prefecture, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.61086&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.80656" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.61086/lat 26.80656)">Shitou Bai Township</a>; 26°48′23.62″ N, 99°36′39.11″ E; 2840 m a.s.l.; 8 Jul. 2024; L.-J. Jia leg.; BMDU, CNYLNX24Di001.</p><p>Paratype CHINA – Yunnan Province • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; BMDU, CNYLNX24Di002 .</p><p>Description</p><p>MEASUREMENTS (mm). Male (holotype). AtL 12.7, AbL 10.5, BL 14.3, FL 14.0, FW 3.4, HL 12.5, HW 3.3. Female (paratype). AtL 11.6, AbL 9.8, BL 15.7, FL 15.2, FW 3.8, HL 14.1, HW 3.7.</p><p>Male</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 5A). Vertex yellow with black spots. Ocellar triangle enclosed by large black arrow-shaped pattern.</p><p>THORAX (Fig. 5A). Pronotum with six black thick setae along each side of anterior margin. Meso- and metanotum black laterally, with broad yellow median stripe half as wide as nota.</p><p>WINGS (Fig. 5A). Membrane hyaline, lacking distinct markings. Pterostigmal band represented by indistinct triangular spots in forewings. Pterostigma dark gray.</p><p>ABDOMEN (Fig. 5A, C). T2–T4 black laterally with broad yellow median stripe, T5 mostly yellow. A6 yellowish brown with pair of divergent and finger-shaped anal horns on dorsal apex.A7 and A8 yellowish brown, constricted greatly at base. A8 slightly longer than A7. Epandrium broad, emarginated terminally and forming pair of stout processes laterally. Hypandrium split into pair of long, stripe-like hypovalves. Hypovalves slightly broadening towards apex, with row of long stout and short dense bristles spaced along inner margin.</p><p>GENITALIA (Fig. 5D–F). Gonostyli and gonocoxites approximately same length. Gonostyli with greatly developed and hook-like basal process and short, acute middle tooth. Parameres trifurcate: ventral and median branch straight, ventral branch shorter than median branch; middle branch bifurcated subapically; distal portion of dorsal branch sinuate. Ventral valves of aedeagus membranous and subtriangular; dorsal valves with slightly elongated dorsal processes.</p><p>Female</p><p>Habitus (Fig. 5B) generally similar to males except for denser wing markings represented by subtriangular pterostigmal bands in fore- and hindwings.</p><p>GENITALIA (Fig. 5G–I). Subgenital plate with prominent terminal protuberance, and bearing long stout setae apically. Laterotergites subtriangular. Medigynium with broad basal plate; main plate wider than base of posterior arms; posterior arms slightly shorter than main plate with rounded apex.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China: Yunnan (Lijiang).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393DC775C2C4773C82CD337FE73C96E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Xie, Jiao;Wang, Ji-Shen	Xie, Jiao, Wang, Ji-Shen (2025): Three new species of Mecoptera (Insecta, Antliophora) from Yunnan, China. European Journal of Taxonomy 997: 275-288, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2939, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2939/13283
