The Inocellia crassicornis species group (Raphidioptera: Inocelliidae) in mainland China, with description of two new species
Author
Liu, Xingyue
Author
Aspöck, Horst
Author
Yang, Ding
Author
Aspöck, Ulrike
text
Zootaxa
2010
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40
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196506
db868e85-72c1-41a8-9a39-8c44610b39e7
1175-5326
196506
Inocellia fujiana
Yang, 1999
(
Figs. 4
,
29–43
)
Inocellia fujiana
Yang, 1999
: 178
.
Type
locality: Fujian (Nanjing).
Inocellia fujiana
Yang, 1999
: U. Aspöck
et al.
2009 (taxonomy).
Diagnosis.
The species is characterized by the feebly prominent styli on the male ninth gonocoxite and by the gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11) with a bifurcate process.
Description.
Male. Forewing length 7.5–8.0 mm.
Head subquadrate, black, clypeus yellowish brown, vertex laterally with two pairs of indistinct brownish cuneate markings and medially with a pair of brownish vittae. Antennal sclerite (torulus), scape, and pedicel yellow; flagellum pale brown. Mouthparts yellowish brown.
Thorax blackish brown; anterior half of pronotum medially with a pair of narrow, hook-like, brownish markings; meso- and metanota each with a yellowish marking anteromedially, and with a yellowish transverse marking on posterior margin of scutellum. Legs yellow with yellowish setae. Wings hyaline, pterostigma brown, veins pale brown. Anterior branch of Rs with one forked vein and one simple vein running to wing margin.
Abdomen blackish brown, venter much paler; each pregenital segment with a yellowish transverse marking on posterior margins of tergite and sternite; ninth segment with yellow posterior margin gonocoxite brown, ectoproct yellow. Ninth gonocoxite (
Figs. 29–31
) shell-like, nearly semicircular, slightly wider than long; subdistal portion of inner side dorsally with a blunt stylus bearing a bristle tuft, an additional bristle tuft lies anteriorly to the stylus, and a few bristles are present ventrally on posterior margin. Pseudostyli (basal parts of gonapophyses 9) (
Fig. 30
) paired and foliate. Fused parameres (complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses, and gonostyli 10) (
Figs. 31, 33
) small, proximal portion flattened and roundly expanded, distal projection slightly curved dorsad with concave tip. Gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11) (
Figs. 30–32
) shield-like, dorsal margin produced posteriad, in caudal view subtriangular, medially with a bifurcate projection.
Endophallus (
Figs. 30–31
) short, distal portion medially with a pair of bristle tufts directed dorsad and additionally two or four bristles directed ventrad. Ectoproct (
Fig. 29
) subquadrate in lateral view. Hypandrium internum (
Fig. 34
) small, lobes considerably narrow.
Female. Forewing length 9.0–12.0 mm.
FIGURES 5–13
.
Inocellia biprocessus
sp. nov.
(paratypes) 5. Male genital segments, lateral view; 6. Male genital segments, caudal view; 7. Male genital segments showing internal structures, lateral view; 8. Gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11), dorsal view; 9. Fused parameres (complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses, and gonostyli 10), dorsal view; 10. Hypandrium internum, ventral view; 11. Female genital segments, lateral view; 12. Female genital segments, ventral view; 13. Bursa copulatrix, lateral view. ab: atrium bursae; e: ectoproct; ep: endophallus; g: gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11); gr: glandula receptaculi; gx9: gonocoxite 9; o: ovipositor; p: fused parameres (complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses, and gonostyli 10); ps: pseudostylus (basal parts of gonapophysis 9); r: receptaculum seminis; s: stylus or stylus-like process (gonostylus 9); sb: sacculus bursae; sg: subgenitale; S7, 9: sternite 7 and 9; T7–9: tergite 7 and 9. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
FIGURES 14–22
.
Inocellia crassicornis
(Schummel)
. (male and female from Jilin Prov., northeastern China) 14. Male genital segments, lateral view; 15. Male genital segments, caudal view; 16. Male genital segments showing internal structures, lateral view; 17. Gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11), dorsal view; 18. Fused parameres (complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses, and gonostyli 10), dorsal view; 19. Hypandrium internum, ventral view; 20. Female genital segments, lateral view; 21. Female genital segments, ventral view; 22. Bursa copulatrix, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
Seventh sternite (
Figs. 35–36
) subtrapezoidal in lateral view, posteriorly produced; in ventral view posterior margin arcuately incised medially, forming a pair of small subtriangular processes. Subgenitale (
Figs. 35–36
) small, suboval. Ectoproct (
Fig. 35
) subquadrate in lateral view, slightly wider than long in lateral view. Atrium bursae (
Fig. 36
) slightly pointed dorsad; sacculus bursae tubular; receptaculum seminis long, with a pair of slender tubular glandula receptaculi distad.
FIGURES 23–28
.
Inocellia digitiformis
sp. nov.
(holotype) 23. Male genital segments, lateral view; 24. Male genital segments, caudal view; 25. Male genital segments showing internal structures, lateral view; 26. Gonarcus (fused gonocoxites 11), dorsal view; 27. Fused parameres (complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyses, and gonostyli 10), dorsal view; 28. Hypandrium internum, ventral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
Specimens examined.
Holotype
3 [pinned, genitalia missing],
CHINA
: Fujian Prov., Nanjing, Hexi [24°30΄N, 117°21΄E],
20.IV.1965
, S. Liu (CAU).
CHINA
: 13 [preserved in alcohol], Beijing, Xiangshan [39°59΄N, 116°10΄E],
24.VI.1961
, F. Li (CAU); 131Ƥ [preserved in alcohol], Beijing, Xiangshan,
24– 25.VI.1964
, F. Li (CAU); 1Ƥ [preserved in alcohol], Beijing, Xiangshan,
24.VI.1964
, C. Yang (CAU); 136Ƥ [pinned], Beijing, Xiangshan,
24.VI.1974
, F. Li (CAU); 13 [preserved in alcohol], Beijing, Mentougou, Xiaolongmen [39°58΄N, 115°26΄E],
1177–1430 m
,
25.V.2009
, H. Yu (CAU); 2Ƥ [preserved in alcohol], Beijing, Mentougou, Xiaolongmen,
1232–1430 m
,
24.V.2009
, L. Liang (CAU); 7322Ƥ [preserved in alcohol], Shanxi Prov., Taigu [37°25΄N, 112°32΄E] (CAU); 13 [pinned], Shanxi Prov., Qingxu [37°36΄N, 112°21΄E],
VI.1959
(CAU); 23 [pinned], Shanxi Prov., Nanwutai [38°58΄N, 113°36΄E],
VI.1980
(CAU); 1Ƥ [pinned], Shanxi Prov., Taiyuan [37°52΄N, 112°33΄E] (CAU); 132Ƥ [preserved in alcohol], Shaanxi Prov., Huashan [34°29΄N, 110°05΄E],
V.1951
, Y. Zhou (CAU); 536Ƥ [pinned], Shaanxi Prov., Huashan, 1963, Y. Zhou (CAU); 1Ƥ [pinned], Henan Prov., Lushi, Dakuaidi [33°54΄N, 110°43΄E],
1800 m
,
20.VII.2001
, X. Shen (CAU).
FIGURES 29–37
.
Inocellia fujiana
Yang.
29. (male and female from Shanxi Prov., northern China) Male genital segments, lateral view; 30. Male genital segments, caudal view; 31. Male genital segments showing internal structures, lateral view; 32. Gonarcus fused (gonocoxites 11), dorsal view; 33. Fused parameres (complex of fused gonocoxites, gonapophyse, and gonostyli 10), dorsal view; 34. Hypandrium internum, ventral view; 35. Female genital segments, lateral view; 36. Female genital segments, ventral view; 37. Bursa copulatrix, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
Distribution.
China
(Beijing, Fujian Prov., Henan Prov., Shanxi Prov., Shaanxi Prov.). Biogeographically,
I. fujiana
probably represents a Manchurian faunal element of the Ussurian secondary refugial center with a remarkable expansion. However, it is possible that the species will turn out as a polycentric Manchurian- Sinopacific faunal element, if the gap between the northern records and the
type
locality in the south can be corroborated.
FIGURES 38–43
. Geographic variation of the male genitalia of
I. fujiana
. 38. Genital segments, lateral view; 39. Male genital segments, caudal view; 40. Gonarcus (gonocoxites 11), dorsal view; 41. Genital segments, lateral view; 42. Male genital segments, caudal view; 43. Gonarcus (gonocoxites 11), dorsal view. 38–40: male from Beijing; 41–43: male from Shaanxi Prov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
Remarks.
The species was originally described by
Yang (1999)
based on a single male specimen collected from Fujian Province in the southeastern part of
China
. Unfortunately, the genitalia of the
holotype
are missing, at present. However, based on the original illustration of the male genitalia, the identity of this species can be validly determined by the remarkable gonarcus having a bifurcate process. In the collection of CAU, we found a great number of
Inocellia
specimens collected from several localities of northern
China
, which possess male genitalia quite similar to that of the
holotype
, so that we identified these specimens to be
I. fujiana
and provide a redescription of the male, as well as the first description of the female. The geographic variation of the male genitalia is also documented (
Figs. 38–42
). Thus,
I. fujiana
is herein recognized to be widely distributed from southeastern
China
to northern
China
, while it might be quite rare in southeastern
China
because no specimens other than the
holotype
have been found there.
Regarding the male genitalic structures,
I. fujiana
appears to be closely related to a recently described species,
I. shinohara
,
due to the similarity of the gonarcus having a bifurcate process.
Inocellia fujiana
can be distinguished from
I. shinohara
by the feebly prominent styli of the male ninth gonocoxite. In
I. shinohara
, the male ninth gonocoxite possesses a pair of long and acutely pointed styli on its inner portions (U. Aspöck
et al
. 2009).
FIGURE 43
. Distribution map of the species of
I. crassicornis
group from
China
. Ǻ:
I. biprocessus
sp. nov.
;●:
I. crassicornis
(Schummel)
; ˔:
I. digitiformis
sp. nov.
;
+
:
I. fujiana
Yang
; Ο:
I. shinohara
Aspöck, Liu & Aspöck
; ․:
I. taiwana
Aspöck & Aspöck. Inserted
map: Distribution of
I. crassicornis
modified after H.
Aspöck
et al
. 1991
: fig. 184.