Two Unusual New Scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from Bhutan

Two unusual new species of scorpionflies are described from Bhutan. Lulilan virgifera, n. sp. is a large, yellowish orange species with an unusual combination of elongated male 3rd tergum notal process reaching the 6th abdominal segment, two small dorsocaudal horns on the 6th abdominal segment posterior, unelongated abdominal segments 6–8, and basally-thickened gonostyles lacking basomesal lobes. Further, the species has unusual ram's horn-like male hypovalves projected ventrally from the gonocoxites. Neopanorpa bhutanensis, n. sp. is a smaller brown species with a slightly elongated, upturned notal process and large, antler-like, bifurcated male ventral parameres.

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Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
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2025-07-16
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https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.127.1.1
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Two Unusual New Scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from Bhutan

Wesley J. Bicha
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
Fossil Insects in Amber
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Two Unusual New Scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from Bhutan

Wesley J. Bicha
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Two unusual new species of scorpionflies are described from Bhutan. Lulilan virgifera, n. sp. is a large, yellowish orange species with an unusual combination of elongated male 3rd tergum notal process reaching the 6th abdominal segment, two small dorsocaudal horns on the 6th abdominal segment posterior, unelongated abdominal segments 6–8, and basally-thickened gonostyles lacking basomesal lobes. Further, the species has unusual ram's horn-like male hypovalves projected ventrally from the gonocoxites. Neopanorpa bhutanensis, n. sp. is a smaller brown species with a slightly elongated, upturned notal process and large, antler-like, bifurcated male ventral parameres.

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of WashingtonVol. 127(1)
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