Panorpa shibatai Issiki, 1929b
Diagnosis: This is one of the species with narrow, short hypovalves with a deep medial cleft between them. The ventral parameres are short and thick, arising about half the length of the basistyles and terminating near the tip of the basistyles. There is a comb of bristles along the mesal surface and at the apex, with a short spur subapically on the lateral surface.
Distribution – Geographical: Originally described from Mt. Arisan ( = Chiayi County, Alishan Township, Alishan), 2200 m, 30 August 1927, J. Sonan and K. Shibata, 2♂♂, 2♀♀ (depository ?).
Distribution – Temporal: Only known from the type series collected in late August, although Yie must have collected further specimens for his 1951 monograph.
Ecology: The Alishan area is high, cool, moist, montane forest.
Biology: Yie (1951) indicates that there are 20.0 eggs per egg cluster.
Notes: The name “shibatai” refers to the collector of the type series, K. Shibata.
References:
Issiki, S. 1929b. Descriptions of new Mecoptera from the Japanese Empire. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 19:260-314.
Issiki, S. and F.-Y. Cheng. 1947. Formosan Mecoptera with Descriptions of New Species. Memoirs of theCollege of Agriculture, national Taiwan University, 1:1-17
