Inocellia indica sp. nov. (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae): a new snakefly species from northeastern India
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Author
Hajong, Sudhanya Ray
text
Zootaxa
2015
4040
3
393
400
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.10
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Genus
Inocellia
Schneider
Inocellia
Schneider, 1843
: 84
.
Type
species:
Raphidia crassicornis
Schummel, 1832
: 15
(monotypy).
Diagnosis
(
Liu
et al.
2009a
, 2010, 2012a, 2014). Adults generally blackish-brown with yellowish thoracic and abdominal markings, and sometimes with pale markings on head. Antennae and legs usually pale yellow or yellowish brown. Base of media anterior (MA) in hind wing absent. Male gonocoxite 9 dome-like, much wider than long in
I. crassicornis
group, while much longer than wide in
I. fulvostigmata
group; inner surface with a stylus near subdistal portion, and usually bearing some bristle tufts. Pseudostyli (basal parts of gonapophyses 9) feebly sclerotized, generally narrow and foliate, closely approximated to each other medially. Parameres (gonocoxite-gonapophyses-gonostyli complex 10) unpaired, proximal portion flattened, with a slender distal projection. Gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11) generally shield-like, sometimes with projections from its posterior surface. Endophallus short, mostly with some bristles or bristle tufts. Female sternum 7 broad, posteriorly produced more or less, with posterior margin truncate or concave; subgenital plate (fused gonocoxites 8) reduced to a small ovoid sclerite or much more modified into a diversely shaped plate.
Distribution.
Europe (
Austria
,
Czech Republic
, European part of
Russia
,
Finland
,
Germany
,
Italy
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Sweden
); Asia (
Afghanistan
,
Armenia
,
Bhutan
,
China
,
India
,
Japan
,
Mongolia
,
North Korea
,
Pakistan
,
Russia
Far East,
Thailand
) (H.
Aspöck
et al.
1991
,
2001
;
Hellrig & Hölzel, 1996
).