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Research Article

Taxonomy of the Panorpa semifasciata group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae: Panorpinae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China

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Accepted 06 May 2024, Published online: 12 Jun 2024
 

Summary

Previously, the Panorpa semifasciata group sensu Wang & Hua, 2021 comprised four known species that are endemic to Southwestern China. In this paper, I illustrate and describe 14 new species, increasing the species number of this group to 18. The new species are: P. ashima n. sp., P. duanyanqing n. sp., P. jialiangjiei n. sp., P. jiumozhi n. sp., P. kasyapa n. sp., P. kurong n. sp., P. liangdu n. sp., P. liyufeii n. sp., P. qumahei n. sp., P. wumengshana n. sp., P. wuyazi n. sp., P. yeerniang n. sp., P. yuelaosan n. sp., and P. yunzhonghe n. sp. The diagnostic characters for this group are herein revised to take the new species into account. The keys to species and a distributional map are also provided. Also discussed are the biology, distributional pattern, and phylogenetic implications of this group.

Résumé

Taxonomie du groupe de Panorpa semifasciata (Mecoptera : Panorpidae : Panorpinae), avec les descriptions de quatorze espèces nouvelles de Chine. Le groupe de Panorpa semifasciata sensu Wang & Hua, 2021 comprenait jusqu'ici quatre espèces connues, endémiques du sud-ouest de la Chine. Dans cet article, j'illustre et décris 14 nouvelles espèces, augmentant le nombre d'espèces de ce groupe à 18. Les espèces Nouvelles sont les suivantes: Panorpa ashima n. sp., P. duanyanqing n. sp., P. jialiangjiei n. sp., P. jiumozhi n. sp., P. kasyapa n. sp., P. kurong n. sp., P. liangdu n. sp., P. liyufeii n. sp., P. qumahei n. sp., P. wumengshana n. sp., P. wuyazi n. sp., P. yeerniang n. sp., P. yuelaosan n. sp., et P. yunzhonghe n. sp. Les caractères diagnostiques de ce groupe sont ici révisés pour prendre en compte les nouvelles espèces. Les clés des espèces et une carte de répartition sont également fournies. Sont également discutés la biologie, le modèle de répartition et les implications phylogénétiques pour ce groupe.

Acknowledgements

I express my sincere gratitude to Gui-Qiang Huang, Guo-Cong Huang, Liang-Jie Jia, Jia-Ling Li, Yu-Fei Li, Da-Rui Mo, Lu Qiu, Jiao-Xie, Hao Xu and Dan-Chen Zhu for collecting and donating the precious specimens. I also thank the anonymous reviewers for their thorough and valuable comments. Special thanks are due to the author’s wife, Chun-Mei Liao for driving him around all the field surveys because he has not taken the driver’s license yet.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This research was financially supported by the Starting Foundation for the High-level Talents, Dali University (grant number KY2096124040), the Project of the Integrated Scientific Expedition of the Cangshan-Erhai National Nature Reserve (funded by the Bureau of the Cangshan-Erhai National Nature Reserve), and the Project of the Cangshan Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of Yunnan Province, Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology (grant number 202305AM070003).

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