Panorpa vajroides Wang & Zhao, 2024

Wang, Ji-Shen & Zhao, Can-Jun, 2024, Taxonomy of the Panorpa issikiana species group, with descriptions of twenty new species (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (1), pp. 79-106 : 99

Panorpa vajroides Wang & Zhao sp. nov.

( Figs 157–166, 210, 211)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN20 Piskvjr001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Dali City, eastern slope of the Cangshan Mountain , forest near Wuwei Temple , 25°43′30″N, 100°06′25″E, 2550 m, leg. Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 10 JJ 10 ♀♀ ( CN 21Piskvjr002–021), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. This species superficially resembles P. vajra Wang sp. nov., but can be differentiated from the latter by: in males, 1) basal lobe of gonostyli with caudal margin relatively straight ( Fig. 160 vs. wavy in Fig. 153); 2) ventral branch of parameres short, not extending to apex of ventral valves of aedeagus ( Figs 163, 164 vs. exceeding ventral valves in Figs 151, 152); 3) dorsal branch of parameres uncrossed ( Figs 162, 163 vs. crossed in Fig. 150); in females, 4) subgenital plate subtriangular, without emargination in apical prominence ( Fig. 165 vs. broad with distinct V-shaped emargination in Fig. 154); and 5) medigynium with main plate greatly constricted in basal portion ( Fig. 166 vs. not constricted in Fig. 155).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 11): AtL 11.0–13.0, AbL 11.0–12.5, BdL 13.0–16.0, FL 13.0–14.5, FW 2.8–3.1, HL12.0–13.2, HW 2.7–3.0. Female (n = 10): AtL 11.2– 12.8, AbL 8.0–14.0, BdL 13.0–20.0, FL 13.0–15.0, FW 2.8–3.2, HL 11.6–14.0, HW 2.8–3.1.

Etymology. Combined from vajra and - oides (a suffix denoting likeness), suggesting the great resemblance between this species and P. vajra Wang sp. nov. Adjective.

Distribution. China: Yunnan: Dali: Cangshan Mountain ( Fig. 212).