An enigmatic new species of Panorpa Linneaus from the Bashan Mountains (Mecoptera, Panorpidae)

By

Hua, Yuan
Tao, Shi-Heng
Hua, Baozhen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

777

Pages

109-118

Subjects

China , Hubei , Mecoptera , Oriental region , Panorpa , Panorpidae , Shaanxi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.777.26056

 

Abstract

A new species of Panorpidae,Panorpabashanicolasp. n., is described and illustrated from the Bashan Mountains in central China. The new species is characterized by the following characters: vertex black, with two pale longitudinal stripes and four pale rounded spots; vein 1A ending before the origin of Rs; meso- and metanotum pale, and the pale color extending to tergum III in V-shape; male epandrium emarginate distally in deep U-shape; hypovalves without basal stalk, completely represented by a pair of short hypovalves, extending to distal third of gonocoxite, with five black stout setae in distal portion; paramere simple, S-shaped; a bundle of long hairs between dorsal and ventral valves of aedeagus; dorsal valves of aedeagus much longer than ventral valves and curved ventrally, with distal portion foot-shaped; female medigynium twice as long as wide, with stout axis extending over one-third its length beyond main plate.