Panorpa huadianba 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 : 87-88

Panorpa huadianba Wang & Zhao sp. nov.

( Figs 35–44, 206)

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN21 Piskhdb001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Dali City, northern slope of the Cangshan Mountain , Huadianba (flower meadowland), 25°52′47″N, 100°00′53″E, 2930 m, 2.vi.2021, leg. Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 10 JJ 10 ♀♀ ( CN 21Piskhdb002–021), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. This new species can be differentiated from the other members of this group by the combination of the following characters: in males, 1) parameres with dorsal branch abruptly narrowing towards apex in distal portion in ventral aspect ( Fig. 42); 2) ventral branch of parameres translucent, short, and greatly curving caudad near middle ( Figs 41, 42); 3) ventral valves of aedeagus each with papillar prominence apically in lateral view ( Fig. 41); 4) hamulus of aedeagus greatly projecting ventrad ( Fig. 41); in females, 5) subgenital plate rounded at apex and finger-like ( Fig. 43); and 6) medigynium with posterior arms shorter than main plate, and rounded at apex ( Fig. 44). Measurements (mm). Male (n = 11): AtL 11.0–12.5, AbL 9.0–10.5, BdL 12.0–13.4, FL 13.0–13.8, FW 3.0–3.3, HL 11.8–12.6, HW 2.9–3.2. Female (n =10): AtL 12.5–13.0, AbL 6.2–7.5, BdL 10.0–11.2, FL 13.0–14.2, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 11.7–13.0, HW 2.9–3.0.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, Huadianba. Noun in apposition.

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