Abstract
Sixteen species of scorpionflieshave been reported from Vietnam, consisting of 13 Neopanorpa and three Bittacus species. One of these scorpionflies from the central highlands of Vietnam with hood-shaped hypovalves was determined to be a new species and is described herein as
Neopanorpa cucullata, n. sp. A second new species
Neopanorpa ellengreeni, n. sp. with golden yellow wing membranes and Y-shaped wing markings is described from northern Vietnam. CO1 DNA analysis of 16 of 17 species of Vietnamese Mecoptera are presented using a neighbor-joining tree indicating that the new species are approximately as distinct from the extant species as the extant species are from each other. A key is provided for all 17 Vietnamese Mecoptera.
Keywords
barcode,
Bittacus,
cytochrome oxidase 1,
DNA,
hangingfly,
key,
scorpionfly
Citation
Bicha, Wesley J.; Schiff, Nathan; Pham, Thai Hong; Lancaster, Aaron; Scheffler, Brian. 2017. New species of Neopanorpa (Mecoptera) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of Mecoptera of Vietnam