Panorpa vajroides Wang & Zhao, 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 : 99

Panorpa vajroides Wang & Zhao sp. nov.

( Figs 157–166 , 210, 211 )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( CN20 Piskvjr001), CHINA: YUNNAN: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Dali City, eastern slope of the Cangshan Mountain , forest near Wuwei Temple , 25°43′30″N, 100°06′25″E, 2550 m, leg. Ji-Shen Wang ( DALU) . PARATYPES: 10 JJ 10 ♀♀ ( CN 21Piskvjr002–021), same data ( DALU).

Diagnosis. This species superficially resembles P. vajra Wang sp. nov., but can be differentiated from the latter by: in males, 1) basal lobe of gonostyli with caudal margin relatively straight ( Fig. 160 vs. wavy in Fig. 153 ); 2) ventral branch of parameres short, not extending to apex of ventral valves of aedeagus ( Figs 163, 164 vs. exceeding ventral valves in Figs 151, 152 ); 3) dorsal branch of parameres uncrossed ( Figs 162, 163 vs. crossed in Fig. 150 ); in females, 4) subgenital plate subtriangular, without emargination in apical prominence ( Fig. 165 vs. broad with distinct V-shaped emargination in Fig. 154 ); and 5) medigynium with main plate greatly constricted in basal portion ( Fig. 166 vs. not constricted in Fig. 155 ).

Measurements (mm). Male (n = 11): AtL 11.0–13.0, AbL 11.0–12.5, BdL 13.0–16.0, FL 13.0–14.5, FW 2.8–3.1, HL12.0–13.2, HW 2.7–3.0. Female (n = 10): AtL 11.2– 12.8, AbL 8.0–14.0, BdL 13.0–20.0, FL 13.0–15.0, FW 2.8–3.2, HL 11.6–14.0, HW 2.8–3.1.

Etymology. Combined from vajra and - oides (a suffix denoting likeness), suggesting the great resemblance between this species and P. vajra Wang sp. nov. Adjective.

Distribution. China: Yunnan: Dali: Cangshan Mountain ( Fig. 212 ).

Figures

Figs 157–166. Panorpa vajroides Wang & Zhao sp. nov. 157, 159–164 – male. 158, 165, 166 – female. 157, 158 – habitus, dorsal view. 159 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 160 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 161, 162 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 163, 164 – aedeagal complex, ventral and right-lateral views, respectively. 165 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 166 – medigynium, ventral view.

Figs 206–211. New species in the wild. 206 – Panorpa huadianba Wang & Zhao sp. nov., male. 207 – P. jinfo Wang sp. nov., female. 208, 209 – P.shengyingfeng Wang & Zhao sp.nov., male and female,respectively.210,211 – P.vajroides Wang & Zhao sp. nov., male and female,respectively.

Figs 146–156. Panorpa vajra Wang sp. nov. 146, 148–153 – male. 147, 154–156 – female. 146, 147 – habitus, dorsal view. 148 – terminal abdomen, left-lateral view. 149, 150 – genital bulb, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. 151, 152 – aedeagal complex, right-lateral and ventral views, respectively (in 151, parameres are moved aside to show the aedeagus). 153 – right gonostylus, ventral view. 154 – subgenital plate, ventral view. 155, 156 – medigynium, ventral and right-lateral views, respectively.

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).