Revision of the genus Sialis from Oriental China (Megaloptera: Sialidae)
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Author
Yang, Ding
text
Zootaxa
2006
1108
23
35
journal article
50826
10.5281/zenodo.171491
2a0511da-33b7-46e9-a517-0cfa3f38f8b2
11755326
171491
Sialis jianfengensis
Yang, Yang & Hu
(
Figs. 2
&
10
)
Sialis jianfengensis
Yang, Yang & Hu, 2002
: 275
.
Diagnosis.
Head orange with frons and clypeus black; pronotum yellowish brown with anterior margin dark; wings narrow, 1/3 of length.
Female.
Forewing length about
14–18 mm
, hindwing length
13–16 mm
.
Head orange, vertex somewhat brown, frons and clypeus black. Compound eyes brown. Antenna black. Mouthparts black.
Thorax black; pronotum yellowish brown with anterior margin blackish brown. Legs black. Wings narrow, 1/3 of length, grayish brown, forewings proximally darkened; veins dark brown.
Abdomen black. Seventh sternite with posterior margin slightly elevated. Eighth sternite broad, subquadrate, moderately sclerotized except for a narrow median area. Ninth abdominal segement separated with a pair of membranous plates.
FIGURES 7–9.
Genitalia of
Sialis elegans
sp. nov.
7. Male genitalia, lateral view. 8. Male genitalia, caudal view. 9. Female genitalia, ventral view. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
FIGURES 10.
Female genitalia of
Sialis jianfengensis
Yang, Yang & Hu
, ventral view. Scale line: 0.5 mm.
Male.
Unknown.
Material examined.
Holotype
Ψ,
CHINA
: Hainan, Jianfengling, 1982.
II.22/26
, H.Q. Chen & K.Z. Yun.
Paratypes
: 2 ΨΨ, same data as
holotype
.
Distribution.
China
(Hainan).
Remarks.
This species distinctly differs from all the other
Sialis
species by the body coloration and the narrow wings. It seems to be related to some
Protosialis
species. In
Protosialis
species, the costal regions of the forewings are weakly dilated, and R2+3 is only bifurcated. The lack of the male makes it difficult to determine the exact generic and specific status of this species. However, it is herein considered to be a true
Sialis
species by the distinctly dilated costal regions of the forewings and the four branched R2+3.