Panorpa jizushana 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 : 89-90

Panorpa jizushana Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 55–64 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN23 Piskjzs001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Binchuan County, Jizu (Chicken Foot) Mountain , 25°58′15″N, 100°22′55″E, 2800 m, 28.vi.2023, leg. Liang-Jie Jia & Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 1J 3♀♀ ( CN 22Piskjzs002–005), 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) gonostyli with basal lobe shortly bifurcated at apex ( Fig. 58 ); 2) parameres not exceeding aedeagus ( Figs 60–62 ); 3) ventral branch of parameres slender and nearly 2/3 as long as dorsal branch ( Figs 61, 62 ); 4) dorsal branch of parameres bearing short stout spines along dorsal margin ( Figs 61, 62 ); 5) dorsal processes of parameres with serrate distal margin and narrow median cleft ( Fig. 62 ); 6) aedeagus with hamulus projecting ventrad ( Fig. 61 ); in females, 7) laterotergites IX slender and finger-like, longer than half length of subgenital plate ( Fig. 63 ); 8) subgenital plate subtriangular, with apical prominence slightly emarginated terminally ( Fig. 63 ); and 9) medigynium with main plate broad, posterior arms approximately as long as main plate and slightly divergent in distal portion ( Fig. 64 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 2): AtL 11.2–12.0, AbL 10.2–10.5, BdL 14.4–14.5, FL 13.5–13.6, FW 3.0–3.1, HL 12.5–12.6, HW 2.9–3.0. Female (n = 3): AtL 13.5–14.0, AbL 9.8–10.5, BdL 13.0–14.6, FL 14.0–14.7, FW 3.1–3.3, HL 12.8–13.5, HW 3.0–3.2.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, Jizu Mountain (Jizu Shan in Chinese). Adjective.

Distribution. China: Yunnan: Jizu Mountain ( Fig. 212 ).

Figures

Figs 55–64. Panorpa jizushana Wang sp. nov. 55, 58–62 – male. 56, 63, 64 – female. 55, 56 – habitus, dorsal view. 57 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 58 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 59, 60 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 61, 62 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively. 63 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 64 – 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).