Amphinemura qiliana Li, Teslenko & Yang 2020

Amphinemura qiliana Li, Teslenko & Yang, 2020 (Fig. 8) Amphinemura qiliana Li, Teslenko & Yang, 2020: 405. Type locality: China: Qinghai (Qilian County, Arou Temple, Daotang River) (original description). Adult habitus. General body color brown to dark brown. Head light brown; antennae yellow to dark brown; palpi light brown; maxillary palpi light brown; mouthparts light brown; thorax light brown; compound eyes black. Pronotum brown to dark brown, rectangular with rounded corners, slightly narrower than the head, with irregular markings. Legs light yellow. Wings light brown, membranous, subhyaline; veins light brown. Female. Adult length 5.0– 5.4 mm, forewing length 7.2–7.9 mm, hind wing length 6.5–7.2 mm (n = 10). Sternum 7 produced into a broad circular pregenital plate, rear margin wavy, covering half of sternum 8 and inner slcerite; the plate is brown, slightly plump in lateral view (Fig. 8a). Sternum 8 forms a pair of irregular, bicolored and fingerliked subgenital plates, anterior apex nipple-like (Figs. 8a–b); subgenital plate mostly brown and weakly sclerotized. Sternum 9 trapezoid, anterior area strongly sclerotized, media and posterior area sclerotized weakly. Between the sclerites is a membrane tunnel, with a funnel-shaped sclerite medially that guides the way to the spermathecal duct (Figs. 8b–f). The genital opening is narrow and triangular. Paraprocts brown; cerci short, brownish, with sparse hair. Material examined. 4 males, 13 females, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, N37.36°, E101.61°, 2782m, 2021.VI.30, leg. Weihai Li, Rongrong Shen; 1 male, 1 female, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Xianmi Township, Talihua Village, N37.27°, E102.09°, 2867m, 2022.VII.26, leg. Yanhua Yan, Jitao Zhang; 2 males, 6 females, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Xianmi Township, Deqian Village, N37.21°, E102.19°, 2793m, 2022.VII.25, leg. Chaoyang Kong; 1 female, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Zhamashixigou, N38.16°, E99.98°, 3168m, 2022.VII.1, leg. Yanhua Yan; 6 males, 9 females, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Xianmi Township, Deqian Village, N37.22°, E102.21°, 3001m, 2021.VII.2, leg. Weihai Li; 1 male, 8 females, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Zhugu Township, Dezong Village, N37.22°, E102.20°, 2835m, 2021.VII.26, leg. Bin Zhang; 2 males, 1 female, CHINA: Gansu Province, Zhangye City, Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Longchanghe, N38.77°, E99.51°, 2768m, 2013.VII.7, leg. Xinyu Luo; 1 male, 1 female, CHINA: Qinghai Province, Haidong City, Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Sitan Village, Tianmen temple, N36.75°, E102.20°, 3125m, 2019.VII.1, leg. Xin Li. Distribution. China (Gansu, Qinghai). Remarks. This species was originally described based on male specimens from Daotang River, Arou Temple, Qilian County, Qinghai Province. In our study, we recorded this species from Gansu and Qinghai provinces based on male and female specimens, which represent the first record of this species in Gansu.