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Two new species of the genus Panorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from eastern China and a new synonym [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest genus in the scorpionfly family Panorpidae. Herein we describe two new species from eastern China, Panorpa jinhuaensis sp. nov. from Jinhua, Zhejiang Province and Panorpa menqiuleii sp. nov.
Ji-Shen Wang +2 more
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Two new species of Cerapanorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from the Qinling and Minshan mountains [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Two new species of Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016 are described from the Qinling and Minshan mountains, respectively. Cerapanorpa qinlingensis sp. nov.
Kai Gao, Meng-Di Li, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Palaeoentomology, 2022 The extant representatives of the order Mecoptera (except Siphonaptera now considered to belong to the Mecoptera: Tihelka et al., 2020) are famous among insects because of their long beaklike rostrum but also, because the males of the family Panorpidae ...
C. Jouault, A. Nel
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Uncovering hidden diversity of Panorpidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) in the Himalayas and adjacent regions: New taxa and distributional records [PDF]
Deutsche Entomologische ZeitschriftThe Himalayas and adjacent regions, with exceptional ecological richness, harbor remarkable biodiversity. In this study, two genera of the scorpionfly family Panorpidae—Lulilan Willmann, 2022 and Phine Willmann, 2022—are recorded from Xizang, China, for ...
Qing Tang, Ji-Shen Wang
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Morphological diversity of male salivary glands in Panorpidae (Mecoptera)
European Journal of Entomology, 2011 The morphology of the male salivary glands of eighteen species of Panorpidae from China was studied using light microscopy. The results show that the male salivary glands differ markedly both at generic and specific levels.
Bao-Zhen Hua
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An enigmatic new species of Panorpa Linneaus from the Bashan Mountains (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 A new species of Panorpidae, Panorpa bashanicola sp. n., is described and illustrated from the Bashan Mountains in central China. The new species is characterized by the following characters: vertex black, with two pale longitudinal stripes and four pale
Yuan Hua, Shi-Heng Tao, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Zootaxa, 2021 Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest genus in the scorpionfly family Panorpidae. It is considered a paraphyletic taxon and needs further revisions. In this paper, we present a taxonomic study of the Panorpa guttata group, including 23 closely related ...
Ji-Shen Wang, You-jing Gong
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Morphological phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic revision of the Panorpa davidi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) [PDF]
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2021 The Chinese Panorpa species without anal horn are normally assigned to the Panorpa davidi group. Here, we taxonomically revise the P. davidi group, which currently includes 17 known species and four new species: P. gaokaii sp. nov., P. huayuani sp. nov.,
Li Ning, Ji-Shen Wang, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Mating behaviour and copulatory mechanism in the scorpionfly Neopanorpa longiprocessa (Mecoptera: Panorpidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Sexual conflict during copulation may drive morphological and behavioral evolution in insects. Although nuptial feeding behaviour is well studied in Panorpa, whether this behaviour is universal in Panorpidae remains unknown.
Wen Zhong, Baozhen Hua
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020 The current knowledge of the scorpionfly genus Dicerapanorpa Zhong & Hua, 2013 is taxonomically reviewed. Two new species of Dicerapanorpa are described and illustrated, increasing the species number of this genus to 20. Dicerapanorpa bifurcata sp.
Gui-Lin Hu, Bao-Zhen Hua
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