A new species of the genus Cerapanorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) from the eastern Bashan Mountains

Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016, an endemic genus of Panorpidae in central China’s mountain regions, currently comprises 21 described species. Recently, the short-horned scorpionfly C. brevicornis (Hua & Li, 2007) was confirmed to contain two valid species by phylogeographic and morphological data. Individuals from the highlands of the eastern Bashan Mountains were suggested as a good species, separated from the original short-horned C. brevicornis.Cerapanorpa alpina sp. nov. was described from the alpine zone of the eastern Bashan Mountains in central China. The new species differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: male bearing an extra-short anal horn on posterior margin of tergum VI; paramere elongate, extending beyond the median tooth of gonostylus and curved laterally at basal half; female medigynium slightly constricted medially without dorsal basal plate. The species number of Cerapanorpa is raised to 22.

Gao, Cerapanorpa，Ma 及 Hua，2016 年所著，描述了分布在我国中部山区的一种特有属——Panorpidae 下的 Cerapanorpa，目前已知包含 21 个物种。近期，通过对短角蜚蠊 C. brevicornis（Hua & Li，2007）的分子系统地理学和形态学数据的分析，确认该属包含两个有效物种。来自东部巴颜喀拉山脉的高地个体被建议为一个独立物种，与原短角蜚蠊 C. brevicornis 相区分。在中国中部巴颜喀拉山脉的高山地带，新物种 Cerapanorpa alpina 被描述。该新物种与其同属物种的区别在于以下特征组合：雄性个体在第六背板后缘具有额外的极短尾须；阳茎侧叶延长，超出交配茎的中央齿，并在基部的下半部分向侧方弯曲；雌性介体部在中部略微收缩，无背侧基板。因此，Cerapanorpa 的物种数量已升至 22 种。