Panorpa dalangba 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 : 85-86

Panorpa dalangba Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 15–24 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN23 Piskdlb001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunlong County, Shuchang Village , Dalangba , 25°51′08″N, 99°15′09″E, 2560 m, 3.vi.2022, leg. Liang-Jie Jia, Jia-Ling Li, Jiao Xie, Chun-Mei Liao & Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 15 JJ 20 ♀♀ ( CN 23Piskdlb002–036), same data except 3–5.vi.2023 ( 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 greatly enlarged with apex slightly bifurcated and hook-like basal process caudo-basally ( Fig. 18 ); 2) dorsal processes of aedeagus each with three acute processes apically, and greatly humped in middle ( Figs 21, 22 ); in females, 3) laterotergites IX broader than apical prominence of subgenital plate with basal half membranous and distal half sclerotized ( Fig. 23 ); and 4) medigynium with main plate broad oval, posterior arms slender and slightly shorter than main plate, and apodemes slightly extending beyond main plate ( Fig. 24 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 16): AtL 10.0–10.8, AbL 10.8–11.0, BdL 14.0–15.5, FL 12.6–13.2, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 11.2–12.0, HW 2.9–3.0. Female (n = 20): AtL 10.8–11.5, AbL 7.5–8.0, BdL 10.6–11.0, FL 13.0–13.8, FW 3.0–3.2, HL 12.0–12.6, HW 2.9–3.0.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, Dalangba. Noun in apposition.

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

Figures

Figs 15–24. Panorpa dalangba Wang sp. nov. 15, 17–22 – male. 16, 23, 24 – female. 15, 16 – habitus, dorsal view. 17 – abdomen, left-lateral view. 18

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).