Panorpa wormaldi MacLachlan 1875
Creators: name: Wang, Ji-Shen
name: Suzuki, Tomoya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mecoptera
Panorpidae
Panorpa
Panorpa wormaldi

description: Key to species of the Panorpa wormaldi group
Males
19 species
1. Wing markings greatly reduced and covering less than 1/5 area of wing .......................................... 2
– Wing markings well-developed and covering at least 1/5 area of wing ............................................. 7
2. Hypandrium at least extending to middle of gonocoxites apically; parameres trifurcated .............. 3
– Hypandrium greatly shortened and not reaching middle of gonocoxites apically; parameres bifurcated .......................................................................................................................................... 4
3. Paramere concealed in gonocoxital cavity, with dorsal branch bearing short microtrichia along inner margin ................................................................................................ P. ochraceocauda Issiki, 1927
– Paramere extending beyond apex of gonocoxites, with dorsal branch bearing long spines along inner margin ...................................................................................... P. longiramina Issiki & Cheng, 1947
4. Paramere with ventral branch glabrous ............................................................................................ 5
– Paramere with ventral branch bearing long bristles ......................................................................... 6
5. Paramere with dorsal branch greatly curved and S-shaped ................................................................ ...................................................................................... P. amamiensis Miyamoto & Makihara, 1984
– Paramere with dorsal branch straight ....................................................... P. nudiramus Byers, 2002
6. Paramere with dorsal branch greatly elongated, twice longer than ventral branch and exceeding apex of gonocoxites ............................................................................... P. okinawaensis Nakamura, 2009
– Paramere with dorsal branch shorter than ventral branch and not exceeding apex of gonocoxite ..... ................................................................................................ P. tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009
7. Wings with marginal spot greatly elongated, fused with pterostigmal band and forming a distinct V-shaped pattern ............................................................................................................................... 8
– Wings lacking a V-shaped pattern ....................................................................................................11
8. Genital bulb long oval (approximately twice as long as wide); hypovalves longer than basal stalk of hypandrium ................................................................................................. P. implicata Cheng, 1957
– Genital bulb bold oval (approximately 1.7 × as long as wide); hypovalves shorter than basal stalk of hypandrium ....................................................................................................................................... 9
9. Gonostylus with basal process bifurcated into two small teeth; paramere S-shaped ......................... ....................................................................................................................... P. gressitti Byers, 1970
– Gonostylus with basal process stout and simple; parameres relatively straight ............................. 10
10. Parameres curved inward and bearing short bristles subapically ............ P. obliqua Carpenter, 1945
– Parameres curved laterad and bearing long bristles subapically ...................... P. zhuohengi sp. nov.
11. Pterostigmal band with detached apical branch and forming a distinct oblique band..................... 12
– Pterostigmal band with apical branch intact ................................................................................... 15
12. Vertex yellow with a trident-shaped black pattern; paramere trifurcated ........................................... .................................................................................................................... P. peterseana Issiki, 1927
– Vertex brown to black, and lacking a trident-shaped black patter; paramere bifurcated ................ 13
13. Meso- and metanotum each with a yellowish mesal stripe .............................. P. fengyanga sp. nov.
– Meso- and metanotum lacking a yellowish mesal stripe ................................................................ 14
14. Hypovalves exceeding apex of gonocoxites; parameres with dorsal branch extending to middle of gonostylus ................................................................................ P. obliquifascia Chou & Wang, 1987
– Hypovalves extending to ⅔ of gonocoxites; parameres with dorsal branch slightly exceeding apex of gonocoxites ........................................................................................... P. kiusiuensis Issiki, 1929
15. Hypovalves with intensely narrowed and truncated apex ........................ P. hiurai Miyamoto, 1985
– Hypovalves with tapering and relatively rounded apex ................................................................. 16
16. Hypandrium short, with apex of hypovalves not extending to apex of gonocoxites; hypovalves shorter than basal stalk of hypandrium ........................................................................................... 17
– Hypandrium long, with apex of hypovalves extending to apex of gonocoxites; hypovalves longer than basal stalk of hypandrium ....................................................................................................... 18
17. Wing markings slightly reduced with two reversed, separated Y-shaped pattern .............................. ........................................................................................................... P. multifasciaria Miyaké, 1910
– Wing markings dense and reticulate, with two reversed Y-shaped pattern connected by an additional transverse stripe ............................................................................................. P. striata Miyaké, 1908
18. Wings with pterostigmal band represented by two anteriorly connected Y-shaped pattern; parameres unfurcated and short, not exceeding apex of gonocoxites ................ P. wormaldi MacLachlan, 1875
– Wings with marginal spot fused with pterostigmal band and forming an H-shaped pattern; parameres bifurcated with dorsal branch extending to middle of gonostylus .......... P. tsunekatanis Issiki, 1929
Females
14 species; P. kiusiuensis, P. ochraceocauda, P. multifasciaria, P. nudiramus and P. wormaldi unknown.
1. Wing markings greatly reduced and covering less than 1/5 area of wing .......................................... 2
– Wing markings well-developed and covering at least 1/5 area of wing ............................................. 5
2. Axis extremely shortened, shorter than half length of posterior arms ................................................ ................................................................................................ P. tokunoshimaensis Nakamura, 2009
– Axis in medigynium longer than half length of posterior arms ........................................................ 3
3. Axis in medigynium greatly elongated, longer than posterior arms ................................................... ....................................................................................................... P. okinawaensis Nakamura, 2009
– Axis approximately as long as or shorter than posterior arms .......................................................... 4
4. Axis in medigynium shorter than posterior arms ........ P. amamiensis Miyamoto & Makihara, 1984
– Axis in medigynium approximately as long as posterior arms P. longiramina Issiki & Cheng, 1947
5. Wings with marginal spot greatly elongated, fused with pterostigmal band and forming a distinct V-shaped pattern ............................................................................................................................... 6
– Wings lacking a V-shaped pattern ..................................................................................................... 9
6. Axis in medigynium lacking apodemes ......................................................... P. gressitti Byers, 1970
– Axis in medigynium bearing apodemes ........................................................................................... 7
7. Axis longer than posterior arms .................................................................. P. implicata Cheng, 1957
– Axis shorter than posterior arms ....................................................................................................... 8
8. Separated spot anterior to ORs; posterior arms of medigynium narrow ............................................ .................................................................................................................. P. obliqua Carpenter, 1945
– Continuous band across ORs; posterior arms of medigynium broad at base and tapering towards acute apex ......................................................................................................... P. zhuohengi sp. nov.
9. Pterostigmal band with detached apical branch and forming a distinct oblique band .................... 10
– Pterostigmal band with apical branch intact ................................................................................... 12
10. Vertex yellow with a trident-shaped black pattern .................................... P. peterseana Issiki, 1927
– Vertex brown to black, and lacking a trident-shaped black pattern .................................................11
11. Meso- and metanotum each with a yellowish mesal stripe .............................. P. fengyanga sp. nov.
– Meso- and metanotum lacking a yellowish mesal stripe ......... P. obliquifascia Chou & Wang, 1987
12. Wing markings reticulate and lacking recognizable Y-shaped patterns ............................................. ................................................................................................................. P. tsunekatanis Issiki, 1929
– Wing markings with two reversed Y-shaped patterns and a transverse band between them .......... 13
13. Posterior arms with broad lateral projection in distal half; apodemes slightly divergent ................... ........................................................................................................................ P. striata Miyaké, 1908
– Posterior arms lacking lateral projection; apodemes greatly divergent .... P. hiurai Miyamoto, 1985
description: Published as part of Wang, Ji-Shen & Suzuki, Tomoya, 2022, Review of the Panorpa wormaldi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), with descriptions of two new species, pp. 18-39 in European Journal of Taxonomy 794 on pages 33-35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.794.1651, http://zenodo.org/record/6078026