Panorpa weixiensis 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 : 100

Panorpa weixiensis Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 167–176 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN21 Piskwei001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Diqing Zang Autonomous Prefecture, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County, Jigeji Village , 27°20′42″N, 99°15′30″E, 2800 m, 16.vii.2021, leg. Lu Qiu, Hao Xu, Guo-Cong Huang & Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: CHINA: YUNNAN: 2 ♀♀ ( CN 21Piskwei002, 003), same data; 1 J 1 ♀ ( CN 21Piskwei004, 005), Zhazi Village, 27°20′59″N, 99°18′11″E, 2930 m, 17.vii.2021, leg. Lu Qiu, Hao Xu, Guo-Cong Huang & Ji-Shen Wang; 1 ♀ ( CN 23Piskwei001), same data except 10.viii.2023, leg. Chun-Mei Liao & Ji-Shen Wang (all 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 looking blunt because its acute apex greatly curved dorsad and unobservable from ventral aspect ( Fig. 170 vs. observable in other species); 2) dorsal branch of parameres with inner spines longer than diameter of parameres ( Fig. 174 ); 3) hamulus of aedeagus greatly developed, subtriangular, as wide as ventral valves ( Figs 172, 174 ); 4) dorsal processes of aedeagus with narrow median cleft and each bearing pointed inner apex ( Fig. 174 ); in females, 5) subgenital plate subtriangular, with its membranous apical prominence shallowly emarginated terminally ( Fig. 175 ); 6) laterotergites IX bilobed with shorter inner lobe and much larger and longer outer lobe ( Fig. 175 ); and 7) medigynium with posterior arms approximately as long as main plate, and apodemes of axis extending beyond main plate and slightly divergent ( Fig. 176 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 2): AtL 10.6–10.8, AbL 11.0–11.2, BdL 14.5–14.6, FL 13.2–13.3, FW 3.0, HL 11.9–12.0, HW 3.0. Female (n = 4): AtL 11.0–12.2, AbL 6.5–7.0, BdL 11.0–11.5, FL 13.0–13.8, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 11.8–12.5, HW 3.0–3.1.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, Weixi. Adjective.

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

Figures

Figs 167–176. Panorpa weixiensis Wang sp. nov. 167, 169–174 – male. 168, 175, 176 – female. 167, 168 – habitus, dorsal view. 169 – abdomen, left- -lateral view. 170 – right gonostylus, ventral view with apex of basal lobe in left-lateral view. 171, 172 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 173, 174 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively. 175 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 176 – medigynium, ventral view.

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).