Saturday, October 7, 2023

[Entomology • 2012] Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus • A spectacular New Species and Genus of Nevrorthidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from China, with Phylogenetic and Biogeographical Implications


 Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus Liu, H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, 2012 

DOI: 10.3897/dez.64.13028  Photo H. Li

Abstract
A new species and genus of Nevrorthidae, Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus n. gen. et n. sp., from Yunnan Province, China, is described. The generic status of the new genus is discussed based on the genital morphology. The phylogenetic and biogeographical relevance of the new genus and its implications on the whole family are discussed.

Keywords: Nevrorthidae, taxonomy, China, phylogeny, biogeography


Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus Liu, H. Aspöck & U. Aspöck, female holotype, China, Yunnan
Photo H. Li DOI: 10.3897/dez.64.13028  

  Nature images of Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus n. sp. and its habitat:
(3) living female; (4) streams near the collecting site; (5) waterfall above the collecting site.


Xingyue Liu, Horst Aspöck and Ulrike Aspöck. 2012. Sinoneurorthus yunnanicus n. gen. et n. sp. – A spectacular New Species and Genus of Nevrorthidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from China, with Phylogenetic and Biogeographical Implications. Aquatic Insects: International Journal of Freshwater Entomology. 34(2); 131-141. DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2012.718086

Ulrike Aspöck, Horst Aspöck and Xingyue Liu. 2017. The Nevrorthidae, mistaken at all times: phylogeny and review of present knowledge (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Neuroptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 64(2): 77-110. DOI: 10.3897/dez.64.13028