New species of permochoristids (Insecta, Mecoptera) from the late Middle Triassic Tongclwan entomofauna in Shaanxi Province, northwestern China

Article Biology

The first Dysmorphoptilidae from the Middle Triassic of China (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha)

Yanzhe Fu et al.

Summary: The extinct family Dysmorphoptilidae was the most typical and dominant among Triassic cicadomorphan insects, with a new species called Tennentsia orientalis sp. nov. described and characterized in this study. This discovery expands the biogeographic distribution of Dysmorphoptilidae to China's Ordos basin, representing the first record of the subfamily Dysmorphoptilinae in the Northern Hemisphere.

HISTORICAL BIOLOGY (2021)

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Article Zoology

New species of Mesopsyche Tillyard, 1917 (Mecoptera: Mesopsychidae) from the Triassic of northwestern China

Xinneng Lian et al.

Summary: This study describes two new species of the extinct genus Mesopsyche, Mesopsyche jinsuoguanensis and Mesopsyche liaoi, discovered in Shaanxi Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, highlighting the diversity of Mesopsyche in the region during the Mesozoic era.

ZOOTAXA (2021)

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Article Entomology

Neopanorpa (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from the Himalayas and adjacent regions, with descriptions of three new species

Ji-Shen Wang

Summary: This study documents a total of 21 species of the genus Neopanorpa from the Himalayas and adjacent regions, adding three new species to the list. The paper includes a checklist, distributional map, key to species, and descriptions of the newly discovered Neopanorpa liuxingyuei, Neopanorpa wuchaoi, and Neopanorpa zhengyucheni from Tibet, China. Brief discussions on the biology and biogeography of these 21 species in the region are provided.

ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE (2021)

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Article Entomology

New species of Kamopanorpa Martynov from the Permian of South Siberia with comments on the systematic position of Microptysmatidae (Protomeropina = Permotrichoptera)

Alexey S. Bashkuev et al.

Summary: The systematic position of Microptysmatidae and Protomeropidae was critically reviewed following the reassessment by Minet et al.; important characteristics for distinguishing different groups include the double anal loop and arrangement of anal veins; three new Kamopanorpa species were discovered in Permian deposits in South Siberia.

PALAEOENTOMOLOGY (2021)

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Article Evolutionary Biology