Panorpa wormaldi MacLachlan, 1875

Wang, Ji-Shen & Suzuki, Tomoya, 2022, Review of the Panorpa wormaldi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), with descriptions of two new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 794, pp. 18-39 : 20-21

Panorpa wormaldi MacLachlan, 1875

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Panorpa Wormaldi (sic!) MacLachlan, 1875: 186 (type locality: Yokohama, Japan).

Panorpa Wormaldi (sic!) – Miyaké 1908: 1; 1910: 187; 1913: 358, pl. 31, fig. 14; pl. 36, fig. 18; text fig. 2m.

Panorpa wormaldi – Esben-Petersen 1915: 221; 1921: 37, figs 35–36; pl. 1, fig. 11. — Penny & Byers 1979: 381. — Miyamoto 1985: 201, fig. 2g –h.; 1988: 42, fig. 13.

Diagnosis

This species is characterized by the following features: 1) wings with several slender transverse stripes arranged into two reversed Y-shaped patterns; and 2) male hypovalves slender with a blunt process at middle portion of inner margin, and tapering in distal half.

Distribution

Japan: Honshu (Kanagawa, Nagano, Nara, Tokyo, and Yamanashi) ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus of the Panorpa wormaldi group, males. A. Panorpa wormaldi MacLachlan, 1875. B. P. striata Miyaké, 1908. C. P. multifasciaria Miyaké, 1910. D. P. kiusiuensis Issiki, 1929. E. P. tsunekatanis Issiki, 1929. F. P. gressitti Byers, 1970. G. P. amamiensis Miyamoto & Makihara, 1984. H. P. okinawaensis Nakamura, 2009. I. P. tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009. ©Ji-Shen Wang (F) and Tomoya Suzuki (A–E, G–I).

Fig. 6. Distribution of the Panorpa wormaldi group.