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Panorpa dalangba Wang 2024, sp. nov.

  • 1. College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, P. R. China; e-mail: wangjishen 826 @ gmail. com & Cangshan Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, P. R. China & Corresponding author
  • 2. Biodiversity Conservation and Breeding Center (Dali) of Northwestern Yunnan, Bureau of the Cangshan-Erhai National Nature Reserve, Dali, Yunnan 671000, P. R. China; e-mail: 180389099 @ qq. com

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Ji-Shen & Zhao, Can-Jun, 2024, Taxonomy of the Panorpa issikiana species group, with descriptions of twenty new species (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), pp. 79-106 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64 (1) on pages 85-86, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.007, http://zenodo.org/record/12519728

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DALU
Event date
2022-06-03
Family
Panorpidae
Genus
Panorpa
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CN23
Order
Mecoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Wang
Species
dalangba
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2022-06-03
Taxonomic concept label
Panorpa dalangba Wang, 2024