Dicerapanorpa tjederi ( Carpenter, 1938 )

Wang, Ji-Shen, 2022, New and little-known species of the genus Dicerapanorpa from northwestern Yunnan, China (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62 (1), pp. 1-13 : 7

Dicerapanorpa tjederi ( Carpenter, 1938)

( Figs 27–32 , 51)

Material examined. CHINA: Yඎඇඇൺඇ: 3 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀ ( DALU: CN- 21Di00016– CN 21Di00020), Lijiang City, southern slope of Yulong (Jade Dragon) Snow Mountain, dense Prinsepia and Rubus shrubs, 26°56′59.12″N, 100°11′11.39″E, 2960 m, leg. Hai-Tian Song, Zhi-Hao Qi and Ji-Shen Wang.

Redescription. Measurements (mm). Male: AtL 10.5–11.0, AbL 12.5–13.0, BL 17.0–17.8, FL 13.0–13.8, FW 3.4–3.8, HL 12.0–12.7, HW 3.3–3.5. Female: AtL 11.0–12.4, AbL 9.0–13.5, BL 15.0–20.0, FL 15.8–16.5, FW 4.0–4.4, HL 14.5–15.2, HW 3.9–4.3.

Distribution. China: Yunnan (Lijiang) ( Fig. 54 ).

Remarks. Although the bifurcated median branch in male paramere is regarded as a diagnostic character of this species, a considerable variation was observed in one of the male specimens: the median branch of right paramere is not forked, while the left one is bifurcated as in the other specimens ( Fig. 30 ).

Figures

Figs 27–32. Dicerapanorpa tjederi (Carpenter, 1938). 27, 29, 30 – male; 28, 31, 32 – female. 27, 28 – habitus, dorsal view. 29 – right paramere, right- -lateral view. 30 – genital bulb, ventral view. 31 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 32 – medigynium, ventral view. Red arrow indicates bifurcated middle branch of paramere.

Fig. 54. Distribution of Dicerapanorpa spp. in Yunnan, China.