Deleproctophylla dandizenor Badano, Zheng, U. Aspock & Dobosz 2026, sp. nov.

Deleproctophylla dandizenor Badano, Zheng, U. Aspöck & Dobosz sp. nov. Figs 2 E, 2 F, 11, 12 Type material. Holotype • Afghanistan: Pr. Kunar, Nuristan ob. LindaiSin-Tal vic. Barg e Matal, Dandizenor Mts., 2600 m, 13. VII. 1970, Naumann 1 ♂ (NHMW); paratype, same information as holotype, 1 ♀ (NHMW). Paratypes • Afghanistan: Province Bamiyan, Yakawlang District, SW Kotak village, ca 2800 m, 03. 07. 2016, I. Pljushtch, 1 ♂ (SCM); • Afghanistan: Province Bamiyan, Bande-Amir National Park, 2950 m, 26. 06. 2016, I. Pljushtch, 1 ♂ (USMB); • Pakistan: Hindukush Mts., Booni, 2000 m, 11. 07. 1994, B. Herczig, Gy. M. László and G. Ronkay, 1 ♂ (SCM). Diagnosis. Metafemur with large brown marking; pterostigma of both wings dark brown; wing venation rather dense, with many crossveins; forewing hyaline; hindwing broad; hindwing with large band-shaped marking from pterostigma to posterior margin of wing; male ectoproct robust, with branch in apical two-thirds of branch; ectoproct, including branch and apex densely covered with setae; setae on branch and apex spine-like. Male tergite 9 with caudal margin with long hair-like setae, ventral projection stout, hairy. Female ectoproct with short ventral projection. Female gx 9 and gp 8 relatively prominent. Description. Size (mm, based on 2 specimens) Head + thorax length 8.1–8.2; antenna length 15.4–15.5; fore wing length 20.3–21.9; fore wing width 6.5–6.8; hindwing length 15.5–17.7; hindwing width 5.4–5.5. Head. Vertex yellowish brown; setae dense, long, pale yellow (Fig. 11 C). Para-ocular band yellowish brown, darker anteriorly. Frons yellowish brown; setae dense, long, pale yellow. Clypeus and labrum yellowish brown; setae long, pale (Fig. 11 B). Mandible yellowish brown, transitioning to brown apically. Labium and palp yellowish brown, concolorous with mandible. Antenna with pedicel with pale and dark setae, flagellomeres brown; club brown (Fig. 11 A). Thorax. Cervical sclerite yellowish brown. Pronotum brown; setae long, pale yellow. Mesonotum brown with yellowish brown markings: an anterior small, rounded pair, a median subtriangular pair, and a posterior rounded pair; mesoscutellum dark brown, caudal margin yellowish brown. Mesonotum with long pale-yellow setae. Metanotum brown, medially dark brown; setae pale yellow (Fig. 11 C). Pleurae yellowish brown; setae pale yellow (Fig. 11 D). Legs. Pro- and mesothoracic legs yellowish brown, tarsi dark brown. Metathoracic leg yellowish brown, metafemur with large dark brown marking. Coxae with thin pale yellow setae; femora and tibiae with thin pale yellow setae and ventral thicker blackish setae; tibial spurs narrow, blackish; tarsi with robust blackish setae (Fig. 11 D). Wings. Forewing long, broad, apex rounded. Venation dense, with many crossveins. Pterostigma with four or five forked and unforked brown veinlets; membrane dark brown. Presectoral area with ~ 4 crossveins. RP with five branches. MA gradually curving towards hind margin in distal portion. MP - CuA area with ~ 3 irregular rows of cells. Anal area hind margin straight; axillary lobe inconspicuous. Forewing venation dark brown, Sc and R paler; anal veins pale brown. Forewing membrane hyaline. Hindwing broad, widest after RP fork; hind margin smoothly curved toward rounded apex. Presectoral area with three crossveins. RP with four branches. MA straight, only slightly curved. MP - CuA area with ~ 2 irregular rows of cells (Figs 2 E, 2 F, 11 A). Hindwing venation dark brown, paler near wing base. Hindwing membrane hyaline, distal section with a large brown marking extending from pterostigma to cubital area, shaped as curved band gradually narrowing posteriorly, pigmentation bordering crossveins, central part of cells paler; marking fainter in males than in females (Figs 2 E, 2 F, 11 A). Abdomen. Tergites brown. Sternites brown, paler than tergites. Pleural membrane brown with large paler markings. Male genitalia. Ectoproct robust, with branch at two-thirds of length and apex stout. Setae of ectoproct dense, long, dark brown, gradually longer caudally; setae on whole branch, denser, and spine-like at apex; setae on apex of ectoproct spine-like (Fig. 12 A – C). Tergite 9 sub-rectangular in lateral view, with robust ventral projection; setae long and black, longer and denser on caudal margin of the sclerite and on projection. Sternite 9 with lateral lobes inconspicuous, rather small, median lobe prominent, apically rounded (Fig. 12 B, C). Gx 11 arch-shaped, slightly curved; gx 9 strongly sclerotized, with prominent dorso-apical fold, giving to apex a hooked appearance, gp 9 relatively small, lightly sclerotized forming a shallow median furrow, with short setae (Fig. 12 F – J). Female genitalia. Ectoproct elongated, relatively short and stout ventral projection; setae long, black (Fig. 12 D, E). Tergite 9 sub-rectangular. Gx 9 wider than long, prominent; setae long. Tergite 8 subrectangular. Gx 8 prominent, as long as wide, with long setae. Gp 8 projecting ventrally, with prominent caudal margin; setae thin (Fig. 12 D, E). Distribution. Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan (Fig. 25). Etymology. The species epitheton is derived from the name of a mountain range in the east of Afghanistan. It is a substantive and an apposition to the genus. Comparative notes. Deleproctophylla dandizenor is a broad-winged species, easily distinguishable from all its congeners by the narrow, curved, hindwing marking that extends from pterostigma almost to the posterior wing margin. The hindwing appears more pigmented in female in comparison to male, in which the marking is reduced to an infuscation (Fig. 2 E, F). A similar difference in wing pattern is also observed in D. tengri sp. nov., despite the shape of markings is very different in these two species. However, due to the limited number of known specimens, it remains unclear whether these differences are attributable to sexual dimorphism or individual variation. The male of D. dandizenor is characterized by the robust hairy ectoproct with branch that bifurcates after mid-length, and stout apex. Moreover, the spine-like setae on the branch and on the apex of the ectoproct are rather long and slightly curved and they extend for the whole length of both structures (Fig. 12 A – C). The hair-like setae on the caudal margin of tergite 9 are also diagnostic of this species. The female of D. dandizenor differs from the other species of the genus by the relatively stout ectoproct, with very short ventral projection and the prominent gx 8 and gp 8 (Fig. 12 D, E).