Six new species of Mecoptera from China
- Received Date: 2000-02-23
- Rev Recd Date: 2000-04-07
- Publish Date: 2000-09-20
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Key words:
- Panorpidae /
- Panorpa /
- Neopanorpa /
- new species /
- China
Abstract: The present paper deals with 6 new species of Mecoptera collected from China .All the type specimens are kept in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History .1 .Panorpa jilinensis sp .nov .Fig .1 .This species similar to P .japonica Thunborg , but differs from it in the following characters :basal band incomplete , comprising somall spot near C and wide band extending from hind margin of wing ;hypovalves widely divergent at bases , shape of ventral parameres , shape of genital plate .Holotype ♂, Allotype ♀.Paratype 2 ♂♂.1988-07-22 .Dongliao , Jilin Prov .Coll Hu .2 .Panorpa alticola sp .nov .Fig .2 .This species resemble P .leei Cheng 1949 , but differs in the apical band incomplete posteriorly but uneven , in the basal plate broad , with a round distal plate . Holotype ♂, 1984-08-01 .Liupanshan , Ningxia Prov .Coll Ren .3 .Neopanorpa yingjiangensis sp .nov . Fig .3 .This species resemble N .heii Cheng from sikang , in the markings of the fore wings .It differs from that species in the arms of genital plate long , anterior axial portion of genital plate forming two strongly divergrnt , large apodemes .Holotype ♀, 1983-05-35 .Yingjiang .Yunnan Prov .Coll Zhou .4 .Neopanorpa curva sp .nov . Fig .4 .This species somewhat resembles N .dorsalis Byers in the markings of the fore wings , but it differs from that species in having a short process on abdominal tergum 3 , in the shape of the hypovalves and aedeagal structure .Holotype ♂, 1981-05-02 .Mengxiu .Yunnan Prov .Coll Hu .5 .Neopanorpa tenuis sp .nov .Fig . 5 .This species resembles N .angustipennis (Westwood), in wing markings and shape of the genital bulb .It differs from that species in having a long process on abdominal tergum 3 , and aedeagal structure .Holotype ♂, 1981-05-02 , Mengxiu .Yunnan Prov .Coll Hu .6 .Neopanorpa uncata sp .nov .Fig .6 .This species similar to N .tengchongensis Zhou in the shape of the genital bulb and the markings of the fore wings , but differs from it the following characters :posterior process of tergum 3 short , extending less than halfway across tergum 4 ; hypovalves outer margins sterongly infolded dorsally ;shape of the basal lobe ;and aedeagal structure .Holotype ♂, 1984-04-25 , Ruili .Yunnan Prov .Coll Zhou .
Citation: | ZHOU Wen-bao. Six new species of Mecoptera from China[J]. Journal of Zhejiang A&F University, 2000, 17(3): 248-254. |