New species of spongillafly genus Sisyra Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from China and Laos

Ying Yang; Yuchen Zheng; Xingyue Liu

doi:10.11865/zs.2024211

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2024, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (2) : 129-142. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2024211 CSTR: 32106.14.zs.2024211

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New species of spongillafly genus Sisyra Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from China and Laos

Ying Yang, Yuchen Zheng, Xingyue Liu

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Three new spongillafly species of Sisyra Burmeister, 1839 from southern China and Laos are described, namely S. arcuata sp. nov., S. nobilia sp. nov., and S. stenoloma sp. nov. Notably, S. arcuata sp. nov. and S. nobilia sp. nov. have remarkable forewing marking pattern, which has never been reported in Sisyra. Additionally, the male of the rare species Sisyra yunana Yang, 1986 is described for the first time. All these Sisyra species have a highly specialized male gonocoxites 9.

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Aquatic insects, Neuropterida, taxonomy

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Ying Yang, Yuchen Zheng, Xingyue Liu. New species of spongillafly genus Sisyra Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from China and Laos[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2024, 49(2): 129-142 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2024211