Cerapanorpa liupanshana Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gao, Chao
name: Ma, Na
name: Hua, Bao-Zhen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mecoptera
Panorpidae
Cerapanorpa
Cerapanorpa liupanshana

description: Cerapanorpa liupanshana sp. nov.
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Material examined. Holotype male: China, Ningxia, Liupan Mountain (elev. 2380 m), 5.VII.2008, Qiulei Men. Paratypes: 3♂ 5♀, Ningxia, Liupan Mountain (elev. 2100–2380 m), 26.VI.–12.VII.2008, Qiulei Men & Shuyu Liu. Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Liupanshan.
Diagnosis. Cerapanorpa liupanshana sp. nov. is closely allied to C. dubia (Chou & Wang) comb. nov. in appearance and male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: (1) rostrum reddish brown or darker (mostly yellow, rarely black in C. dubia); (2) paramere shorter, not exceeding beyond gonocoxite, with spines on dorso-mesal line (extending well beyond gonocoxite, with spines along medial margin in C. dubia); (3) female genital plate small, squat (larger, slender in C. dubia).
Description. Male: Head brownish black on frons, vertex and occiput. Rostrum reddish brown anteriorly, pale yellow laterally. Antenna yellowish brown. Pronotum brownish black, with 10–12 black setae along anterior margin. Meso- and metanotum brownish black; pleurites and sternites pale yellow. Legs pale yellow, with tarsi yellowish brown. Wings hyaline, immaculate, or with only faint indication of pterostigmal band and apical band (Fig. 3 A). Forewing length 12.0–13.0 mm, width 3.0– 3.1 mm. Abdominal segments I–V brownish black on terga and sterna, ivory on pleural membrane; hind margin of tergum III produced into a semicircular notal organ; postnotal organ on tergum IV very small, hook-shaped and projecting forward. Segment VI entirely brownish black, with yellowish brown digitate anal horn on its postero-dorsal part (Fig. 3 I). Segments VII–IX yellowish brown; basal half of segment VII very thin, with a longitudinal groove on dorsal surface, fitting anal horn on tergum VI.
Male genitalia: Genital bulb oval. Epandrium subquadrate, with a shallow apical emargination (Fig. 3 D). Hypovalves of hypandrium broad, nearly extending to apex of gonocoxite, each with long bristles along medial margin (Fig. 3 C). Gonocoxite approximately twice as long as gonostylus, bearing 4–5 black setae on ventro-distal area. Gonostylus with a large basal process and an indistinct middle tooth on medial margin (Fig. 3 C). Parameres thin, reaching apex of gonocoxite, with a row of short spines on dorsal surface; apex of paramere slightly curved medially, pointed apically. Dorsal valves of aedeagus elongate, slightly tapering toward the apex; ventral valves short, membranous; lateral process auriform (Fig. 3 E).
Female: Coloration and wing patterns (Fig. 3 B) similar to males. Forewing length 12.5–13.5 mm, width 3.4– 3.6 mm. Subgenital plate lingulate, with long setae on lateral and caudal margins (Fig. 3 H). Genital plate small, yellowish brown, weakly sclerotized. Main plate narrow at basal half, broadened distally (Fig. 3 F). Posterior arms tapering toward the apex, paler tinged. Paired dorsal basal plates small, sclerotized. Ventral basal plates fused into a thin membrane. Axis elongate, its basal bifurcated part extending beyond main plate.
Remarks. Variation mainly concerns the rostrum coloration, wing markings, and female genital plate. Most individuals have a reddish brown rostrum, others a yellowish brown rostrum. The main plate is distinctly thinner basally, and broaden distally, or constricted at the middle in some specimens.
Distribution. China (Ningxia).
description: Published as part of Gao, Chao, Ma, Na & Hua, Bao-Zhen, 2016, Cerapanorpa, a new genus of Panorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) with descriptions of three new species, pp. 93-104 in Zootaxa 4158 (1) on pages 99-100, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/262939