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 ).

Figures

Figs 35–44. Panorpa huadianba Wang & Zhao sp. nov. 35, 37–42 – male. 36, 43, 44 – female. 35, 36 – habitus, dorsal view. 37 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 38 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 39, 40 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 41, 42 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively. 43 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 44 – medigynium, ventral view.

Figs 206–211. New species in the wild. 206 – Panorpa huadianba Wang & Zhao sp. nov., male. 207 – P. jinfo Wang sp. nov., female. 208, 209 – P.shengyingfeng Wang & Zhao sp.nov., male and female,respectively.210,211 – P.vajroides Wang & Zhao sp. nov., male and female,respectively.

Fig. 212. Distributional map of the Panorpa issikiana species group. The question mark indicates an uncertain location of Panorpa issikiana Byers, 1970 in Yunnan (based on BYERS 1970).