Furcatopanorpa Ma and Hua, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2011.595517 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/414687C0-E226-FF90-1BB0-3F4EFD89F39E |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Furcatopanorpa Ma and Hua |
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gen. nov. |
Furcatopanorpa Ma and Hua , gen. nov.
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Type species: Panorpa longihypovalva Hua and Cai, 2009 .
Diagnosis
The new genus is unique and recognizable by the following characters. (1) Wings are prominently longer than abdomen, and held roof-like over abdomen at rest ( Figure 1 View Figure 1 ), quite different from other panorpids, which keep wings flat and separate in a V-shape at rest. (2) Segments VII and VIII of male are shortened and not constricted at the basal part; tergum III lacks a notal organ ( Figure 2 View Figure 2 ). (3) Hypandrium is very short, with paired hypovalvae weakly sclerotized and extraordinarily elongated, extending well beyond apex of gonocoxites ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 ). (4) Ventral paramere in male genitalia is distinctly twisted into an S-shape, distal part of which is concealed behind ventral lobe of dorsal paramere; dorsal paramere is extraordinarily developed with a mesally curved ventral lobe, a broad stout distal lobe, and a slender dorsal branch ( Figure 4 View Figure 4 ). (5) Subgenital plate of female is deeply emarginated at apex ( Figure 5B View Figure 5 ); axis of female genital plate is forked distally and main plate is twisted dorsally on either side, forming a pair of dorsal lobes; opening of spermathecal duct is located far away from the branching point ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 ).
Etymology
The generic name Furcatopanorpa is derived from the Latin, furcatus (forked) and Panorpa (scorpionfly), referring to the forked axis of the female genital plate and its relation to the genus Panorpa , from which it is separated.
Description
Rostrum is long and slender. Three ocelli are arranged in a triangle on the vertex. Claws are serrate on inner margins. Wings are fully developed in both sexes, much longer than the abdomen; Sc terminates on costal margin near middle of wing, R 2 is bifurcated, vein 1A joins hind margin of wing far beyond the origin of Rs ( Figure 7 View Figure 7 ). In males, tergum III is without notal organ; tergum VI lacks anal horn; segments VII and VIII are much shortened, not constricted at basal part ( Figure 2 View Figure 2 ); epandrium is slightly emarginated at apex ( Figure 8D View Figure 8 ); hypovalvae are extraordinarily long, extending well beyond apex of gonocoxites ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 ); dorsal paramere bears complicated lobes, including a mesally curved ventral lobe, a broad distal lobe and a slender elongated dorsal branch ( Figure 4 View Figure 4 ). In female, subgenital plate terminates in a deep V-shaped emargination ( Figure 5B View Figure 5 ); axis of genital plate is bifurcated distally, and main plate is curved dorsad on either side into two broad dorsal lobes ( Figure 6 View Figure 6 ).
Distribution
The oriental region ( China).
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