Panorpa dalangba Wang, 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 : 85-86

Panorpa dalangba Wang sp. nov.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN23 Piskdlb001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunlong County, Shuchang Village , Dalangba , 25°51′08″N, 99°15′09″E, 2560 m, 3.vi.2022, leg. Liang-Jie Jia, Jia-Ling Li, Jiao Xie, Chun-Mei Liao & Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 15 JJ 20 ♀♀ ( CN 23Piskdlb002–036), same data except 3–5.vi.2023 ( 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) basal lobe of gonostyli greatly enlarged with apex slightly bifurcated and hook-like basal process caudo-basally ( Fig. 18); 2) dorsal processes of aedeagus each with three acute processes apically, and greatly humped in middle ( Figs 21, 22); in females, 3) laterotergites IX broader than apical prominence of subgenital plate with basal half membranous and distal half sclerotized ( Fig. 23); and 4) medigynium with main plate broad oval, posterior arms slender and slightly shorter than main plate, and apodemes slightly extending beyond main plate ( Fig. 24).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 16): AtL 10.0–10.8, AbL 10.8–11.0, BdL 14.0–15.5, FL 12.6–13.2, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 11.2–12.0, HW 2.9–3.0. Female (n = 20): AtL 10.8–11.5, AbL 7.5–8.0, BdL 10.6–11.0, FL 13.0–13.8, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 12.0–12.6, HW 2.9–3.0.

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

Distribution. China: Yunnan: Yunlong ( Fig. 212).