Nipponeurorthus qinicus Yang in Chen, 1998

Aspoeck, Ulrike, Aspoeck, Horst & Liu, Xingyue, 2017, The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (2), pp. 77-110 : 89-90

Nipponeurorthus qinicus Yang in Chen, 1998 Figs 12f; 16

Nipponeurorthus qinicus Yang in Chen, 1998: 105 (odescr, figs: habitus); Liu et al. 2014 (key, fig: distrmap).

Type locality.

China (Shaanxi: Ankang).

Male.

Body length 7.0 mm; forewing length 9.5 mm, hindwing length 8.0 mm.

Head yellow. Antennae yellow but gradually darkened toward apex.

Thorax yellow. Legs yellow. Wings transparent, immaculate; veins mostly pale brown on forewings, except for veins on wing base and proximal half of anterior branch of MP yellow; veins mostly pale brown on hindwings, except for veins on wing base yellow.

Abdomen yellow. Gonocoxite 9 strongly curved distad. Ectoproct broad, slightly concaved on posterior margin. Complex of gonocoxites + gonostyli + gonapophyses 10 present as a pair of hook-like lobes. Gonostyli 11 present as posteriorly bifurcated sclerite.

Female.

Unknown.

Specimens examined and records published.

Supplementary material 1. Holotype (by implicit monotypy) male: China, "Shaanxi, Ankang" (CAU). So far, the holotype has not been found in the entomological collection of CAU. There is a possibility that the primary type is lost or damaged. However, due to the lack of additional specimens of this species, we cannot designate a neotype.

Biology and ecology.

No data are available. The larva is unknown.

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi).