Panorpa shengyingfeng 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 : 94-95

Panorpa shengyingfeng Wang & Zhao sp. nov.

( Figs 117–126, 208, 209)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN21 Pisksyf 001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Dali City , eastern slope of the Cangshan Mountain , road to Shengying Peak ( Shengying Feng in Chinese ), 25°38′36″N, 100°09′18″E, 2600 m, leg. Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU). PARATY- PES: 5 JJ 5 ♀♀ ( CN21 Pisksyf 002–011), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. The new species is peculiar in this group due to the prominent pterostigma and the densest wing markings: apical band dark gray with vague inner margin in both sexes ( Figs 117, 118, 208, 209), pterostigmal band almost absent in males but weak on female forewings ( Fig. 118). It can also be differentiated from the other members of this group by the combination of the following characters: in males, 1) A7 with basal stalk narrow and long ( Fig. 119 vs. usually thicker); 2) gonocoxites each with terminal plate ventro-medially ( Fig. 122); 3) gonostyli with basal lobe greatly elongated, as wide as distal portion of gonostyli, and greatly curved in distal half ( Fig. 120); 4) ventral branch of parameres slender, membranous and translucent, and closely aligned with ventral valves of aedeagus ( Figs 122–124); 5) dorsal branch of parameres crossed between columnar ventral + dorsal valves and dorsal processes of aedeagus ( Figs 123, 124); 6) dorsal processes of aedeagus closely aligned, flat plate-like, without median cleft but only slightly diverged at pointed inner apex ( Figs 123, 124); in females, 7) subgenital plate long oval, with V-shaped terminal emargination in its membranous apical prominence ( Fig. 125); and 8) medigynium with apodemes of axis long and closely aligned ( Fig. 126).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 6): AtL 12.0–12.5, AbL 12.3–12.8, BdL 16.0–17.0, FL 13.5–14.0, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 12.2–13.0, HW 2.9–3.1. Female (n = 5): AtL 11.7–12.0, AbL 8.2–8.5, BdL 12.8–13.2, FL 14.5–15.0, FW 3.0–3.3, HL 13.0–14.0, HW 2.9–3.2.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, Shengying Peak of the Cangshan Mountain. Noun in apposition.

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