Taxonomy of the Panorpaguttata group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), withdescriptions of fourteen new species from China Author Wang, Ji-Shen College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, P. R. China. Author Gong, You-Jing 0000-0003-2232-7605 Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, P. R. China. gongyj @ eastern-himalaya. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2232 - 7605 & Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali, Yunnan, 671003, P. R. China. & The Provincial Innovation Team of Biodiversity Conservation and Utility of the Three Parallel Rivers Region, Dali University, Yunnan, 671003, P. R. China. gongyj@eastern-himalaya.cn text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-04 4981 2 241 274 journal article 5911 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.3 84904a7a-33b5-4ad3-b884-de74dca84ab4 1175-5326 4920277 04E89921-5236-417B-86B8-168C1F8541E9 Panorpa nanzhao Wang , sp. n. ( Figs 14 & 15 ) Etymology. The new species is named after the Nanzhao Kingdom (738–937 AD), centered in the modern Yunnan Province with Taihe (modern-day Taihe village, a few miles south of Dali) as its capital. Noun in apposition. Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Panorpa liaoi Zhou & Zhou, 2007 in the nearly marking-less wings and the black male A6–A8, but can be differentiated from the latter by the following characters: in males, 1) hypandrium approximately 1/3 as long as gonocoxites ( cf . approximately as long as gonocoxites); 2) parameres bifurcated ( cf . trifurcated); 3) dorsal aedeagal process foliate with tapering apex ( cf . with beveled apex); and in females, 4) medigynium with broad main plate nearly parallel on lateral margins ( cf . with narrower main plate incurvated on lateral margins). Type series. CHINA : Yunnan : Dali : Holotype ♂ (CN20Pa00139), Mt. Cangshan , eastern slope of the Orchid Peak , 2550 m , 25°43’30’’ N 100°06’25’’ E , 11.viii.2020 , leg. Ji-Shen Wang ; paratypes 9♂ 3♀ (CN20Pa00140–CN-20Pa00151), same data. Measurements. Male: AtL 10.5–10.8 mm , AbL 6.4–7.0 mm, BL 10.0– 11.2 mm , FL 10.8–11.8 mm , FW 2.3–2.5 mm , HL 9.6–10.5 mm , HW 2.3–2.4 mm ; Female: AbL 5.0–6.0 mm, BL 8.2–9.0 mm, FL 10.9–11.8 mm , FW 2.4–2.5 mm , HL 9.9–10.4 mm , HW 2.3–2.4 mm . Description-male. Head . Vertex and occiput yellow, rostrum brown. Ocellar triangle black. FIGURE 14. Panorpa nanzhao Wang , sp. n. A, C–E. Male; B, F & G. Female. A & B. Habitus, dorsal view; C. Abdomen, leftlateral view; D. Genital bulb, ventral view; E. Aedeagal complex, ventral view; F. Subgenital plate, ventral view; G. Medigynium, ventral view. Wings . Membrane hyaline, slightly tinged with grayish brown, and with only minute spot as pterostigmal band. Forewing 1A ending almost same level of ORs; and two cross-veins between 1A and 2A. Hindwings similar to forewings. Abdomen . T1–T5 black. A6 black, cylindrical. A7 and A8 black and slightly yellowing towards apex, A7 cylindrical, A8 constricted basally and beveled apically. Male genitalia . Genital bulb yellowish brown, oval. Epandrium extending beyond middle of gonostylus, tapering towards apex, with U-shaped terminal emargination and forming two finger-like processes. Hypandrium Y-shaped and approximately 2/3 as long as gonocoxites, with basal stalk approximately 1/4 as long as hypovalves. Hypovalves slender, divergent, with sparse long bristles along inner margin. Gonostyli approximately half as long as gonocoxites, with broad earlobe-shaped basal lobe and rounded median tooth. Parameres bifurcated and covered with numerous microtrichia on inner margin of each branch; ventral branch very short and hook-like; dorsal branch slender, slightly convergent apically, arcuate in basal half and straight in distal half. Ventral aedeagal valves membranous and covered with numerous microtrichia; dorsal processes stout, greatly elongated, nearly parallel, necklike in basal half and foliate in distal half, and slightly curved inward apically. Description-female. Similar to males in general appearance. Female genitalia . Subgenital plate oval with slightly pointed apex, and sparse long setae on distal margin. Medigynium with broad main plate approximately 3/5 as long as axis; posterior arms short and thin, and approximately 1/3 as long as main plate; apodemes greatly divergent basally. Distribution. CHINA : Yunnan : Dali (Mt. Cangshan) ( Fig. 2 ).