Protohermes niger Yan

Liu, Xingyue, Hayashi, Fumio & Yang, Ding, 2007, Systematics of the Protohermes costalis species-group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), Zootaxa 1439, pp. 1-46 : 31-33

Protohermes niger Yan g & Ya n g

( Figs. 16, 95–100)

Protohermes niger Yang & Yang, 1988 . Zool. Res. 9 (1): 51. Type locality: Yunnan (Fengqing, Lincang).

Diagnosis. Head with one pair of blackish markings on lateral margins; pronotum dark, with several indistinct yellowish brown markings; wings grayish brown with several whitish markings.

Body length 27–28 mm; forewing length 35–36 mm, hindwing length 32–33 mm.

Head ( Fig. 95) yellow or yellowish brown with small post-ocular spine, vertex with one pair of blackish markings on lateral margins. Compound eyes brown; ocelli yellow, darkly margined medially. Median ocellus slightly transverse; posterior pair widely apart, but distance between them slightly shorter than that between antennal bases. Antennae black with scapes and pedicel yellowish brown. Mouthparts yellow; mandible distally black.

Prothorax ( Fig. 95) dark; pronotum with yellowish brown anterior margin, and with one slender yellow brown spot near each anterolateral corner and one long hook-shaped yellow brown marking following the former spot; central marking cuneiform, yellowish brown, extending to middle. Meso- and metathorax brown, each dorsally with one pair of brownish spots on lateral sides. Thoracic pilosity yellow, much longer on meso- and metathorax. Legs pale brown with dense pale yellowish short setae, tarsal claws reddish brown. Forewings ( Fig. 16) grayish brown, with 1 large and 2 small whitish marking at base, 6–7 whitish markings at middle and 1 round whitish marking on apical 1 / 3; costal area brown. Hindwings grayish brown, with 1 indistinct round whitish marking at base, 1 indistinct round whitish marking at middle and 1 distinct round whitish marking on apical 1 / 3. Veins dark, except pale yellow on whitish markings. Rs 7 to 8 -branched, last branch bifurcate; 6–9 crossveins between R 1 and Rs; M 1 + 2 4 -branched, M 3 + 4 2 -branched; 1 A 3 -branched.

Abdomen brown with yellowish short setae. Male ninth tergum ( Fig. 96) subquadrate, with trapezoidal anterior margin and shallowly incised posterior margin. Ninth sternum ( Fig. 97) broad, posterior margin with shallow trapezoidal incision, forming two broad acute-angled triangular processes; central portion feebly inflated. Ninth gonostylus ( Fig. 98) unguiform and strongly curved dorsomedially. Tenth tergum ( Fig. 99) short and subcylindrical, ventrally with one well developed tufted tubercle at posteromedial corner; posterolateral corner not produced; tip slightly incised and densely setose. Tenth sternum ( Fig. 100) arched with anterior margin feebly elevated; posterior incision triangular and extremely small; lateral lobes thick digitiform and slightly incurved.

Female unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Fengqing, Sanchahe, 1200 m, 24.VII. 1980 ( CAU). Paratypes: ɗ, CHINA: same data as holotype ( CAU); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Lincang, 1750 m, 4.VII. 1980, Qiaosheng Li ( CAU); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Fengqing, Sanchahe, 1400 m, 20.VII. 1980 ( CAU). ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Tengchong, Houqiao, 1700 m, 2.VI. 2005, Hao Huang ( CAU); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Tengchong, Jietou, 1500 m, 17.V. 2006, Ping Zhao ( CAU); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Nanjiangonglang, 9.VII. 1981, Dazhi Dong (KIZCAS); 2 ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Baoshan, Wayao, 7.VI. 1983, Dazhi Dong (KIZCAS); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Lincang, 20.VI. 1979, Yunzhen Wang (KIZCAS); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Lincang, 4.VII. 1981, Dazhi Dong (KIZCAS); ɗ, CHINA: Yunnan, Lincang, 5.VII. 1981, Pingzhi Yang (KIZCAS); 2 ɗ, CHINA: Lincang, Yongde, 10–23.VII. 1981, Wenguo Yang (KIZCAS).

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species is distinguished from the other species of the P. c o s t a l i s group by the distinct blackish pronotum.