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Issue: Vol. 1542 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1542.1.5
Page range: 59–67
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Panorpa (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)  from Shaanxi, China with notes on their biology

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education; Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Xiamen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Xiamen, Fujian 361012, China
Mecoptera Panorpidae Panorpa scorpionfly new species biology Shaanxi China

Abstract

Two new species of scorpionflies, Panorpa byersi Hua et Huang and Panorpa brevicornis Hua et Li, from Shaanxi Province, China, are described and illustrated. Their male genitalia were observed under scanning electron microscopy. Their biology is briefly noticed with larval stage obtained through rearing. The type specimens are preserved in the Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University.

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