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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1313-2989</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/zookeys.1262.175635</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="biological_taxon">
          <subject>Anisolabididae</subject>
          <subject>Dermaptera</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Nomenclature</subject>
          <subject>Taxonomy</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="geographical_area">
          <subject>Asia</subject>
          <subject>China</subject>
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        <article-title>﻿Five new species of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (<tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="order">Dermaptera</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>, <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family">Pygidicranidae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>) from South China</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Chen</surname>
            <given-names>Zhi-Teng</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6331-8978</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/conceptualization/">Conceptualization</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/writing-original-draft/">Writing - original draft</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/data-curation/">Data curation</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/methodology/">Methodology</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/resources/">Resources</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/software/">Software</role>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Jiang</surname>
            <given-names>Chao</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">jiangchao0411@126.com</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-1169</uri>
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          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/writing-review-editing/">Writing - review and editing</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/funding-acquisition/">Funding acquisition</role>
          <role content-type="http://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/project-administration/">Project administration</role>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">School of Grain Science and Technology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212004, Jiangsu Province, China</addr-line>
        <institution>Jiangsu University of Science and Technology</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Zhenjiang</addr-line>
        <country>China</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">State Key Laboratory for Quality Ensurance and Sustainable Use of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China</addr-line>
        <institution>National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Beijing</addr-line>
        <country>China</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Chao Jiang (<email xlink:type="simple">jiangchao0411@126.com</email>)</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Fabian Haas</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1262</volume>
      <fpage>335</fpage>
      <lpage>354</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/C8E2EF27-5E17-5A4C-88F5-3423FF08AA70">C8E2EF27-5E17-5A4C-88F5-3423FF08AA70</uri>
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      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>21</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>03</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Zhi-Teng Chen, Chao Jiang</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
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      </permissions>
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      <abstract>
        <label>﻿Abstract</label>
        <p>Five new species of the genus <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Burr, 1908 are described and illustrated from South China: <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="kongqueshana">kongqueshana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic><bold>sp. nov.</bold>, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="lisu">lisu</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic><bold>sp. nov.</bold>, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="longibifurcata">longibifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic><bold>sp. nov.</bold>, and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="shidianensis">shidianensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic><bold>sp. nov.</bold> from Yunnan Province, and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="liuhuaishana">liuhuaishana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic><bold>sp. nov.</bold> as the first generic provincial record from Guangxi Province. These species are characterized by unique combinations of external morphological and male genital structures. Diagnostic characters, detailed illustrations, and a distribution map of these new species are provided. A provisional key to the Chinese species of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> is also presented based on male morphology.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <label>Key words:</label>
        <kwd>Biodiversity</kwd>
        <kwd>earwigs</kwd>
        <kwd>genitalia</kwd>
        <kwd>identification key</kwd>
        <kwd>new genus record</kwd>
        <kwd>
          <tp:taxon-name>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="subfamily">Pygidicraninae</tp:taxon-name-part>
          </tp:taxon-name>
        </kwd>
        <kwd>taxonomy</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>This research was supported by grants from the CACMS Innovation Fund (nos. CI2024E003) and Key project at central government level: The ability establishment of sustainable use for valuable Chinese medicine resources (nos. 2060302).</funding-statement>
      </funding-group>
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    <notes>
      <sec sec-type="Citation" id="SECID0E1G">
        <title>Citation</title>
        <p>Chen Z-T, Jiang C (2025) Five new species of Cranopygia (Dermaptera, Pygidicranidae) from South China. ZooKeys 1262: 335–354. <ext-link xlink:type="simple" ext-link-type="doi" xlink:href="10.3897/zookeys.1262.175635">https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.175635</ext-link></p>
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    <sec sec-type="﻿Introduction" id="SECID0EVH">
      <title>﻿Introduction</title>
      <p>The genus <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Burr, 1908 is a diverse group of earwigs belonging to the family <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family">Pygidicranidae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>, subfamily <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="subfamily">Pygidicraninae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>. Many genera and subgenera have been proposed around it, and opinions regarding their validity have long differed (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Kamimura et al. 2016</xref>). <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> is distributed throughout tropical Asia and Australasia (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Hopkins et al. 2025</xref>). According to the <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="order">Dermaptera</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name> Species File (<abbrev xlink:title="Dermaptera Species File" id="ABBRID0EBBAC">DSF</abbrev>), the genus currently comprises 71 valid extant species (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Hopkins et al. 2025</xref>). This number reflects many recent descriptions and synonymizations, yet the taxonomy of the group remains under ongoing revision (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Anisyutkin 2014</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Kamimura et al. 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Chen 2024</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">2025</xref>).</p>
      <p>Current concepts of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> are founded entirely on adult morphology, with emphasis on male genital structures, the configuration of the ultimate tergite and penultimate sternite, and forceps morphology. Early works recognized informal species groups within <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks (1959)</xref> divided the genus into five species groups based on the structure of the male forceps and genitalia, and the keys and definitions are still widely followed in the Indo–Austral and Oriental regions (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Kamimura et al. 2016</xref>). <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann (1986)</xref> later erected several new genera to accommodate different morphological lineages, again relying heavily on male genital characters. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Gorochov and Anisyutkin (1994)</xref> proposed a three-group subdivision of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> based on the forceps and virga structure. More recently, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Kamimura et al. (2016)</xref> explicitly followed the scheme of <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks (1959)</xref> for Oriental pygidicranines, effectively retaining the five-group classification for <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>.</p>
      <p>The <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> fauna of China remains inadequately investigated. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann (1986)</xref> listed seven <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> species as occurring in China: <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="dravidia">dravidia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Burr, 1914), <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Audinet-Serville, 1839), <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="okunii">okunii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Shiraki, 1928), <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="proxima">proxima</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1959, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="sauteri">sauteri</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Burr, 1912), <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Dohrn, 1863), and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="vitticollis">vitticollis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Stål, 1855). Of these, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="okunii">okunii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> was regarded by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks (1959)</xref> as possibly related to <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="sauteri">sauteri</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, but its status was considered doubtful by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann (1986)</xref> owing to the absence of male genitalia in the holotype. Several nomenclatural and bibliographic errors have propagated in the literature and online databases: for example, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="dravidia">dravidia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> was incorrectly rendered as “<italic>Cranopygia dravida</italic>” in <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann (1986)</xref> and in the <abbrev xlink:title="Dermaptera Species File" id="ABBRID0EMIAC">DSF</abbrev>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Kamimura et al. (2016)</xref> gave the year of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> as 1862, and the <abbrev xlink:title="Dermaptera Species File" id="ABBRID0E6IAC">DSF</abbrev> gives the year of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> as 1838. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann (1986)</xref> also treated <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Bey-Bienko, 1959 (misspelled as “<italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>” in the English text) as a synonym of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="dravidia">dravidia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>. However, the combination of characters in <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, including a virga twice as long as the external paramere, apically forked, and an unforked inner process of the external paramere (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Bey-Bienko 1959</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Chen and Ma 2004</xref>), contrasts with the condition in <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="dravidia">dravidia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (virga slightly longer than the external paramere, apically unforked, with a bifid inner process of the external paramere; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>). On this basis, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> should be considered a valid species.</p>
      <p><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Chen and Ma (2004)</xref> later provided a different account of Chinese <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, listing eight species: <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1955, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="modesta">modesta</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (de Bormans, 1894), <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="proxima">proxima</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="tonkinensis">tonkinensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1955, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="vitticollis">vitticollis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>. That checklist likely reflects incomplete consultation of earlier literature and potential misidentifications. More recently, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Chen (2024)</xref> described a new <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> from Guizhou Province. Taken together, these works report 11 species in China (excluding the dubious <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="okunii">okunii</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>) and indicate that the true diversity of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> is still underestimated.</p>
      <p>South China lies at the northern margin of the Oriental Region and forms a biogeographic bridge between the Oriental and Palearctic faunas. Several provinces in this area (e.g., Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi) contain tropical to subtropical habitats that are suitable for pygidicranine earwigs. Nevertheless, the <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> fauna of China remains incompletely known and likely harbors endemic taxa (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Chen and Ma 2004</xref>). In this study, we describe five new <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> species from South China, thereby expanding the documented distribution of the genus and emphasizing the importance of this region for elucidating the biodiversity of <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="order">Dermaptera</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>.</p>
    </sec>
    <sec sec-type="materials|methods" id="SECID0E3AAE">
      <title>﻿Material and methods</title>
      <p>The specimens were hand-collected from Guangxi and Yunnan provinces (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">1</xref>) and preserved in 75% ethanol. The type specimens are deposited in the 
      	
      	Insect Collection of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (<bold><abbrev content-type="institution" xlink:title="Insect Collection of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology" id="ABBRID0EHBAE">ICJUST</abbrev></bold>), Jiangsu Province, China. 
      	
      	Morphological examinations and identifications were conducted using an SDPTOP SZM45 stereomicroscope (Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Co., Ltd, Zhejiang, China). Images were captured as 8688 × 5792 JPG files by a Canon EOS 5DSR camera (Canon, Tokyo, Japan) with a Canon MP-E 2.8/65 mm macro lens (Canon, Tokyo, Japan). Figure plates were uncompressed and optimized in Adobe Photoshop 2025 (Adobe Inc., San Jose, CA, USA). The distribution map of the new species was produced using QGIS v. 3.40.11-Bratislava (<ext-link xlink:href="https://www.qgis.org" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:type="simple">https://www.qgis.org</ext-link>). Body length was measured from the anterior margin of the head to the posterior tip of the forceps. The forceps was measured from the visible lateral base to the posterior apex. The morphological terminology follows <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann (1986)</xref>, and the species-group classification follows <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks (1959)</xref>. The Chinese translations of the names are provided in Chinese characters, followed by the relative pinyin in square brackets.</p>
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          <p>Distribution of the new <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> species in this study.</p>
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    <sec sec-type="﻿Results" id="SECID0EMCAE">
      <title>﻿Results</title>
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              <named-content content-type="kingdom" xlink:type="simple">Animalia</named-content>
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              <named-content content-type="family" xlink:type="simple">Pygidicranidae</named-content>
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          <label>﻿</label>
          <tp:taxon-name><object-id content-type="arpha">94B1224F-0D72-5637-9719-05E9719EB958</object-id>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="kongqueshana">kongqueshana</tp:taxon-name-part>
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          <tp:taxon-status>sp. nov.</tp:taxon-status>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figs 2</xref>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">, 3</xref>
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        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="material" id="SECID0ECEAE">
          <title>Specimens examined.</title>
          <p><bold><italic>Holotype</italic></bold>: China • ♂; Yunnan Province, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Dimaluo Village, Kongque Mountain; <named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates"><named-content content-type="geo-json" specific-use="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Point&quot;,&quot;coordinates&quot;:[98.732000,28.073200]}" id="NCID0EQEAE">28.0732°N, 98.7320°E</named-content></named-content>; 2500 m; 18.vii.2025. <bold><italic>Paratype</italic></bold>: China • ♂; same data as holotype. No additional non-type material examined.</p>
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        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Differential diagnosis" id="SECID0EYEAE">
          <title>Differential diagnosis.</title>
          <p>The new species belongs to the <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group based on the genital lobe being one-fourth of the entire genitalia length, the external paramere bearing a distinct outer process, and the virga being long, strongly curved, basally sclerotized, without lateral flanges, and unforked apically (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>). Within this group, it most closely resembles <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="guizhouensis">guizhouensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Chen, 2024 from Guizhou Province in the shape of the forceps and genitalia (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Chen 2024</xref>). It differs from <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="guizhouensis">guizhouensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> by the absence of broad yellow patches on the median pronotum and lateral tegmina, the genitalia six times as wide as the basal stem of the external paramere (vs. four times), the external paramere three times as long as the width of basal stem (vs. twice), the outer process twice as wide as long (vs. as long as wide), the inner process narrowly bifid (vs. widely bifid), the virga extending beyond the apex of the genital lobe when not extruded (vs. concealed within the genital lobe), and the basal vesicle near as long as the external paramere (vs. two-thirds as long).</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="description" id="SECID0EGGAE">
          <title>Description.</title>
          <p><bold>Male. <italic>General appearance</italic>.</bold> Large-sized, whole body mostly setose (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">2A–C</xref>). Body length (from anterior of head to posterior of forceps) 42.5 mm. Forceps asymmetrical; left branch length (from visible lateral base to posterior end) 7.2 mm; right branch length 7.1 mm.</p>
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            <label>Figure 2.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="kongqueshana">kongqueshana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male holotype. <bold>A.</bold> Habitus, dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Habitus, lateral view; <bold>C.</bold> Habitus, ventral view; <bold>D.</bold> Tarsomeres of left hind leg, dorsal view. Scale bars: 5 mm (<bold>A–C</bold>); 1 mm (<bold>D</bold>).</p>
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          <p><bold><italic>Head</italic>.</bold> Head longer than broad; mostly dark, medially with one six-lobed pale area. Frontal and coronal sutures obscure. Eyes not prominent, about as long as genae. Antennae mostly brown, with at least 33 segments; first antennal joint slightly shorter than distance between antennal bases. Mouthparts pale brown to dark brown.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Thorax</italic>.</bold> Pronotum longer than wide; anterior and lateral margins rounded; posteromedial margin distinctly emarginate, forming two posterolateral lobes. Median longitudinal furrow distinct. Surface mostly dark, with pale median and lateral areas. Tegmina well developed, near twice as long as pronotum; mostly dark brown, with a small pale area on anterior half of dorsal surface. Scales of hindwings pale; as long as wide; posterior margins weakly rounded. Legs slender, mostly pale brown, with brown spots on dorsal surfaces of all femora; second tarsomere near as wide as third (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">2D</xref>).</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Abdomen</italic>.</bold> Abdomen dark brown, gradually expanded to last tergite. Ultimate tergite broad, subquadrate; posteromedial extension rounded, with truncate posterior margin; weakly punctured; nearly glabrous; median longitudinal sulcus present. Forceps dark brown, subcontiguous, asymmetrical; bases strongly trigonal, with both inner-dorsal ridge and outer dorsal tooth; conical apically; inner margin crenulate nearly throughout except apex. Penultimate sternite rounded, posterior margin weakly emarginate.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Genitalia</italic>.</bold> Genitalia very broad, brown (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">3A, B</xref>). Paramere subtriangular basally. Genital lobes well developed; virga within genital lobe slender, apical one-third with denticulate outer margin until before apex, apex widened and truncate; basal vesicle sclerotized, widened toward apex. External paramere stout, constricted basally, widened apically; incision of anterior margin rounded, shallow, wide; inner process stout, bifid apically, apical incision subtriangular; outer process short, obtuse.</p>
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              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="kongqueshana">kongqueshana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male genitalia. <bold>A.</bold> Dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Ventral view. Dashed line indicates the belonging of a broken virga and its apex, rather than a missing part. Abbreviations: bv – basal vesicle; ep – external paramere; gl – genital lobe; ip – inner process; op – outer process; pm – paramere; vi – virga. Scale bars: 1 mm.</p>
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        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="etymology" id="SECID0EZJAE">
          <title>Etymology.</title>
          <p>The new species is named after Kongque Mountain, the type locality.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="distribution" id="SECID0E5JAE">
          <title>Distribution.</title>
          <p>The species is currently known only from Yunnan Province, China.</p>
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      <tp:taxon-treatment>
        <tp:treatment-meta>
          <kwd-group>
            <label>Taxon classification</label>
            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="kingdom" xlink:type="simple">Animalia</named-content>
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            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="order" xlink:type="simple">Dermaptera</named-content>
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            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="family" xlink:type="simple">Pygidicranidae</named-content>
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        <tp:nomenclature>
          <label>﻿</label>
          <tp:taxon-name><object-id content-type="arpha">AE2D3541-6475-588D-917F-43F794BC271F</object-id>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="lisu">lisu</tp:taxon-name-part>
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          <tp:taxon-status>sp. nov.</tp:taxon-status>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figs 4</xref>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">, 5</xref>
        </tp:nomenclature>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Specimen examined" id="SECID0EVLAE">
          <title>Specimen examined.</title>
          <p><bold><italic>Holotype</italic></bold>: China • ♂; Yunnan Province, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Fugong County, Nujiang Grand Canyon National Park; <named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates"><named-content content-type="geo-json" specific-use="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Point&quot;,&quot;coordinates&quot;:[98.883900,26.414300]}" id="NCID0EDMAE">26.4143°N, 98.8839°E</named-content></named-content>; 1800 m; 24.viii.2025; Hu Xiao, leg. No additional non-type material examined.</p>
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        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Differential diagnosis" id="SECID0EIMAE">
          <title>Differential diagnosis.</title>
          <p>The new species belongs to the <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group based on the male genital structure (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>). It is most similar to <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="kongqueshana">kongqueshana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov. in general habitus and genital morphology but differs by the pronotum being wider than long (vs. longer than wide), posteromedial margin weakly emarginate (vs. distinctly emarginate), inner process of the external paramere with rounded apical incision (vs. subtriangular), and virga (when in situ) outside of genital lobe near as long as genital lobe (vs. half as long).</p>
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        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="description" id="SECID0EHNAE">
          <title>Description.</title>
          <p><bold>Male. <italic>General appearance</italic>.</bold> Large-sized, whole body mostly setose (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">4A–C</xref>). Body length 31 mm. Forceps asymmetrical; left branch length 6.7 mm; right branch length 6.2 mm.</p>
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            <label>Figure 4.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="lisu">lisu</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male holotype. <bold>A.</bold> Habitus, dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Habitus, lateral view; <bold>C.</bold> Habitus, ventral view; <bold>D.</bold> Tarsomeres of left foreleg, dorsal view. Scale bars: 5 mm (<bold>A–C</bold>); 1 mm (<bold>D</bold>).</p>
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          <p><bold><italic>Head</italic>.</bold> Head longer than broad; mostly dark, medially with one M-like pale area. Frontal sutures invisible, coronal suture obscure. Eyes not prominent, about as long as genae. Antennae mostly brown, with at least 33 segments; first antennal joint slightly shorter than distance between antennal bases. Mouthparts brown to dark brown.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Thorax</italic>.</bold> Pronotum slightly wider than long; anterior and lateral margins rounded; posteromedial margin weakly emarginate. Median longitudinal furrow distinct. Surface mostly dark, with pale median and lateral areas. Visible part of mesonotum pale. Tegmina well developed, near twice as long as pronotum; mostly dark brown, with a big pale area on anterior half of dorsal surface. Scales of hindwings mostly pale, posterolateral margins dark; wider than long; posterior margins weakly rounded. Legs slender, mostly pale brown, with brown spots on dorsal surfaces of all femora; second tarsomere narrower than third (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">4D</xref>).</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Abdomen</italic>.</bold> Abdomen dark brown, gradually expanded to last tergite. Ultimate tergite broad, subquadrate; posteromedial extension rounded, with truncate posterior margin; weakly punctured; nearly glabrous; median longitudinal sulcus present. Forceps dark brown, subcontiguous, asymmetrical; bases strongly trigonal, with both inner-dorsal ridge and outer dorsal tooth; conical apically; inner margin crenulate mostly at basal two-thirds. Penultimate sternite rounded, posterior margin weakly emarginate.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Genitalia</italic>.</bold> Genitalia very broad, dark brown (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">5A, B</xref>). Paramere subtriangular basally. Genital lobes well developed; virga within genital lobe slender, apical one-third with denticulate outer margin until before apex, apex widened and truncate; basal vesicle sclerotized, widened toward apex. External paramere stout, constricted basally, widened apically; incision of anterior margin rounded, shallow, wide; inner process stout, bifid apically, apical incision rounded; outer process short, obtuse.</p>
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            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="lisu">lisu</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male genitalia. <bold>A.</bold> Dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Ventral view. Abbreviations: bv – basal vesicle; ep – external paramere; gl – genital lobe; ip – inner process; op – outer process; pm – paramere; vi – virga. Scale bars: 1 mm.</p>
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        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="etymology" id="SECID0E1QAE">
          <title>Etymology.</title>
          <p>The species is dedicated to the Lisu nationality.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="distribution" id="SECID0E6QAE">
          <title>Distribution.</title>
          <p>The species is currently known only from Yunnan Province, China.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
      </tp:taxon-treatment>
      <tp:taxon-treatment>
        <tp:treatment-meta>
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            <label>Taxon classification</label>
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            </kwd>
            <kwd>
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            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="family" xlink:type="simple">Pygidicranidae</named-content>
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        </tp:treatment-meta>
        <tp:nomenclature>
          <label>﻿</label>
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            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="liuhuaishana">liuhuaishana</tp:taxon-name-part>
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          <tp:taxon-status>sp. nov.</tp:taxon-status>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figs 6</xref>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">, 7</xref>
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        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Specimen examined" id="SECID0EWSAE">
          <title>Specimen examined.</title>
          <p><bold><italic>Holotype</italic></bold>: China • ♂; Guangxi Province, Nanning City, Wuming District, Liuhuai Mountain; <named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates"><named-content content-type="geo-json" specific-use="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Point&quot;,&quot;coordinates&quot;:[108.337000,22.977400]}" id="NCID0EETAE">22.9774°N, 108.3370°E</named-content></named-content>; 880 m; 20.v.2024. No additional non-type material examined.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Differential diagnosis" id="SECID0EJTAE">
          <title>Differential diagnosis.</title>
          <p>This species belongs to the <italic>picta</italic>-group, characterized by a mucronate external paramere with a poorly developed outer process and an extremely long virga that is basally sclerotized, without lateral flanges, and unforked apically (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>). It resembles <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="manipurensis">manipurensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Srivastava, 1975 in having tegmina shorter than the pronotum, a deeply notched penultimate sternite, and a virga with a medial knob (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Srivastava 1975</xref>), but differs by its genital lobes and virga being about twice as long. It is also similar to <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="corymbifera">corymbifera</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Anisyutkin, 1997 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Anisyutkin 1997</xref>), but can be distinguished by its tegmina twice as long as wide (vs. three times) and by the virga near four times as long as the genital lobe (vs. near twice).</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="description" id="SECID0ETUAE">
          <title>Description.</title>
          <p><bold>Male. <italic>General appearance</italic>.</bold> Median-sized, whole body mostly setose (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">6A–C</xref>). Body length 26 mm. Forceps asymmetrical in shape, with same length 5.1 mm.</p>
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            <label>Figure 6.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="liuhuaishana">liuhuaishana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male holotype. <bold>A.</bold> Habitus, dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Habitus, lateral view; <bold>C.</bold> Habitus, ventral view; <bold>D.</bold> Tarsomeres of right hind leg, dorsal view. Scale bars: 5 mm (<bold>A–C</bold>); 1 mm (<bold>D</bold>).</p>
            </caption>
            <graphic xlink:href="zookeys-1262-335_article-175635__-g006.jpg" position="float" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" id="oo_1489352.jpg">
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          <p><bold><italic>Head</italic>.</bold> Head longer than broad; mostly dark, with small pale spot near antero-inner margin of each eye. Frontal and coronal sutures obscure. Eyes not prominent, about as long as genae. Antennae brown, with at least 31 segments; first antennal joint shorter than distance between antennal bases. Mouthparts pale brown to dark brown.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Thorax</italic>.</bold> Pronotum slightly wider than long; anterior and lateral margins rounded; posteromedial margin weakly emarginate. Median longitudinal furrow distinct. Surface mostly dark brown, with pale lateral areas. Visible part of mesonotum dark brown. Tegmina strongly reduced, slightly shorter than pronotum; dark brown. Scales of hindwings pale absent. Legs slender, mostly pale, with basal half of tibia brown; second tarsomere narrower than third (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">6D</xref>).</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Abdomen</italic>.</bold> Abdomen dark, gradually expanded to last tergite. Ultimate tergite broad, subquadrate; posteromedial extension rounded, with truncate posterior margin; weakly punctured; mostly hairy; median longitudinal sulcus obscure. Forceps dark brown, subcontiguous; asymmetrical, right branch more curved than left branch; bases strongly trigonal, with inner-dorsal ridge; conical apically; inner margin crenulate nearly throughout except apex. Penultimate sternite rounded, posterior margin deeply notched.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Genitalia</italic>.</bold> Genitalia slender, pale brown (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">7A, B</xref>). Paramere subtriangular basally. Genital lobes well developed; virga within genital lobe thin, extremely long, with a distinct nodule near midpoint, apex widened and truncate; basal vesicle sclerotized, thicker than virga. External paramere slender, inner margin convex, outer margin straight, with mostly consistent width; inner process pointed, with a small tooth near midpoint of its inner margin; outer process weakly developed, rounded.</p>
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            <label>Figure 7.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="liuhuaishana">liuhuaishana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male genitalia. <bold>A.</bold> Dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Ventral view. Abbreviations: bv – basal vesicle; ep – external paramere; gl – genital lobe; ip – inner process; op – outer process; pm – paramere; vi – virga. Scale bars: 1 mm.</p>
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        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="etymology" id="SECID0EGYAE">
          <title>Etymology.</title>
          <p>The new species is named after Liuhuai Mountain, the type locality.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="distribution" id="SECID0ELYAE">
          <title>Distribution.</title>
          <p>The species is currently known only from Guangxi Province, China.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
      </tp:taxon-treatment>
      <tp:taxon-treatment>
        <tp:treatment-meta>
          <kwd-group>
            <label>Taxon classification</label>
            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="kingdom" xlink:type="simple">Animalia</named-content>
            </kwd>
            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="order" xlink:type="simple">Dermaptera</named-content>
            </kwd>
            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="family" xlink:type="simple">Pygidicranidae</named-content>
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          </kwd-group>
        </tp:treatment-meta>
        <tp:nomenclature>
          <label>﻿</label>
          <tp:taxon-name><object-id content-type="arpha">2D16EB82-22D7-5DC3-BD80-36D5E0036787</object-id>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="longibifurcata">longibifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part>
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          </tp:taxon-name>
          <tp:taxon-status>sp. nov.</tp:taxon-status>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">Figs 8</xref>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F9">, 9</xref>
        </tp:nomenclature>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Specimen examined" id="SECID0EC1AE">
          <title>Specimen examined.</title>
          <p><bold><italic>Holotype</italic></bold>: China • ♂; Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Mang City, Kongque Valley Forest Park; <named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates"><named-content content-type="geo-json" specific-use="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Point&quot;,&quot;coordinates&quot;:[98.646800,24.531300]}" id="NCID0EQ1AE">24.5313°N, 98.6468°E</named-content></named-content>; 1350 m; 6.vii.2025. No additional non-type material examined.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Differential diagnosis" id="SECID0EV1AE">
          <title>Differential diagnosis.</title>
          <p>The new species belongs to a previously undefined <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group, which includes <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1955, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="bifurcata">bifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Srivastava, 1979, and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>, characterized by symmetrical forceps, external paramere with inner and outer processes of similar size, and virga long, basally sclerotized, without lateral flanges, and apically forked. It closely resembles <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="bifurcata">bifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> in male habitus and genitalia, but differs in the penultimate sternite with convex lateral margins (vs. emarginate) and apical branches of the virga about 1.1 times as long as the external paramere (vs. about two-thirds its length) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Srivastava 1979</xref>). In addition, the new species differs from <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> in having apical branches of the virga of similar length (vs. one branch more than twice as long as the other), and from <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> in possessing apical branches of the virga slightly longer than the external paramere (vs. approximately one-third its length) and external paramere three times as long as wide (vs. twice) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Hincks 1955</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Bey-Bienko 1959</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Chen and Ma 2004</xref>).</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="description" id="SECID0EX4AE">
          <title>Description.</title>
          <p><bold>Male. <italic>General appearance</italic>.</bold> Large-sized, whole body mostly setose (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">8A–C</xref>). Body length 40.5 mm. Forceps symmetrical, length 9.4 mm.</p>
          <fig id="F8" position="float" orientation="portrait">
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            <object-id content-type="arpha">B03984CF-1BA4-5ADF-AA3B-B96AE61ACCC8</object-id>
            <label>Figure 8.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="longibifurcata">longibifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male holotype. <bold>A.</bold> Habitus, dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Habitus, ventrolateral view; <bold>C.</bold> Habitus, ventral view; <bold>D.</bold> Tarsomeres of left hind leg, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10 mm (<bold>A–C</bold>); 1 mm (<bold>D</bold>).</p>
            </caption>
            <graphic xlink:href="zookeys-1262-335_article-175635__-g008.jpg" position="float" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" id="oo_1489354.jpg">
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          <p><bold><italic>Head</italic>.</bold> Head longer than broad; mostly dark, medially with one bilobed pale area. Frontal and coronal sutures distinct. Eyes not prominent, about as long as genae. Antennae mostly brown, with at least 39 segments; first antennal joint shorter than distance between antennal bases. Mouthparts pale brown to dark brown.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Pronotum</italic>.</bold> Pronotum about as long as wide; anterior and lateral margins rounded; posteromedial margin emarginate. Median longitudinal furrow distinct. Surface mostly dark, with pale lateral areas.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Thorax</italic>.</bold> Tegmina well developed, near twice as long as pronotum; mostly dark brown, with a continuous pale stripe on lateral surface and an interrupted pale stripe on anterior half of dorsal surface. Scales of hindwings pale; longer than wide; posterior margins weakly rounded. Legs slender, mostly pale, with brown stripes on femora; second tarsomere near as wide as third (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">8D</xref>).</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Abdomen</italic>.</bold> Abdomen dark brown, gradually expanded to last tergite. Ultimate tergite broad, subquadrate; posteromedial extension rounded, with truncate posterior margin; weakly punctured; mostly hairy; median longitudinal sulcus present. Forceps dark brown, subcontiguous, symmetrical; bases strongly expanded, with two stout inner teeth; inner margin with giant tooth near apex and sparse denticles throughout; apex pointed, incurved. Penultimate sternite rounded, posterior margin weakly emarginate.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Genitalia</italic>.</bold> Genitalia broad, brown (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F9">9A, B</xref>). Paramere subtriangular basally. Genital lobes well developed; virga within genital lobe slender, apex bifurcated into a thick inner branch and a thin outer branch, each branch longer than external paramere, abruptly constricted apically. External paramere slender, with mostly consistent width; incision of anterior margin deep, wide; inner process subconical, pointed apically; outer process shorter than inner process, obtuse.</p>
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            <label>Figure 9.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="longibifurcata">longibifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male genitalia. <bold>A.</bold> Dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Ventral view. Abbreviations: ep – external paramere; gl – genital lobe; ip – inner process; op – outer process; pm – paramere; vi – virga. Scale bars: 1 mm.</p>
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            <graphic xlink:href="zookeys-1262-335_article-175635__-g009.jpg" position="float" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" id="oo_1489355.jpg">
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        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="etymology" id="SECID0ESBAG">
          <title>Etymology.</title>
          <p>The specific epithet refers to the long bifurcate apex of the virga</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="distribution" id="SECID0EXBAG">
          <title>Distribution.</title>
          <p>The species is currently known only from Yunnan Province, China.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
      </tp:taxon-treatment>
      <tp:taxon-treatment>
        <tp:treatment-meta>
          <kwd-group>
            <label>Taxon classification</label>
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            <kwd>
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            <kwd>
              <named-content content-type="family" xlink:type="simple">Pygidicranidae</named-content>
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        </tp:treatment-meta>
        <tp:nomenclature>
          <label>﻿</label>
          <tp:taxon-name><object-id content-type="arpha">66728AA7-222F-54F8-83B4-37876C1FD6EC</object-id>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part>
            <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="shidianensis">shidianensis</tp:taxon-name-part>
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          <tp:taxon-status>sp. nov.</tp:taxon-status>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F10">Figs 10</xref>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">, 11</xref>
          <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F12">, 12</xref>
        </tp:nomenclature>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="material" id="SECID0ESDAG">
          <title>Specimens examined.</title>
          <p><bold><italic>Holotype</italic></bold>: China • ♂; Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Shidian County, Guojiafenbaobao; <named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates"><named-content content-type="geo-json" specific-use="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;Point&quot;,&quot;coordinates&quot;:[99.285300,24.461100]}" id="NCID0EAEAG">24.4611°N, 99.2853°E</named-content></named-content>; 1210 m; 6.v.2025; Wei He leg. <bold><italic>Paratype</italic></bold>: China •♀; same data as holotype. No additional non-type material examined.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="Differential diagnosis" id="SECID0EIEAG">
          <title>Differential diagnosis.</title>
          <p>This species belongs to the <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group based on the genital lobe near half of the entire genitalia length, external paramere with a distinct outer process, and virga slender, slightly undulate, basally sclerotized, without lateral flanges, and unforked apically (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>). Within this group, it most closely resembles <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="celebensis">celebensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (de Bormans, 1903) in male genital structure but differs in the shortened tegmina and concealed hindwings (vs. fully developed), penultimate sternite with an emarginate posterior margin (vs. rounded), and virga over three times as wide as that of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="celebensis">celebensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann 1986</xref>).</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="description" id="SECID0E1FAG">
          <title>Description.</title>
          <p><bold>Male. <italic>General appearance</italic>.</bold> Median-sized, whole body mostly setose (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F10">10A–C</xref>). Body length 28 mm. Forceps symmetrical, length 5 mm.</p>
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            <label>Figure 10.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="shidianensis">shidianensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male holotype. <bold>A.</bold> Habitus, dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Habitus, lateral view; <bold>C.</bold> Habitus, ventral view; <bold>D.</bold> Tarsomeres of left hind leg, dorsal view. Scale bars: 5 mm (<bold>A–C</bold>); 1 mm (<bold>D</bold>).</p>
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          <p><bold><italic>Head</italic>.</bold> Head longer than broad; mostly dark brown, medially with one six-lobed pale area. Frontal and coronal sutures distinct. Eyes not prominent, about as long as genae. Antennae pale brown, with at least 29 segments; first antennal joint shorter than distance between antennal bases. Mouthparts brown to dark brown.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Thorax</italic>.</bold> Pronotum slightly longer than wide; anterior and lateral margins rounded; posteromedial margin distinctly emarginate, forming two posterolateral lobes. Median longitudinal furrow distinct. Surface mostly dark brown, with pale anteromedian and lateral areas. Visible part of mesonotum pale. Tegmina shortened, near 1.5 times as long as pronotum; mostly dark brown, with a big pale area on anterior half of dorsal surface. Scales of hindwings strongly reduced, with only extreme end visible. Legs slender, pale; second tarsomere near as wide as third (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">8D</xref>).</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Abdomen</italic>.</bold> Abdomen pale basally, other parts dark brown, gradually expanded to last tergite. Ultimate tergite broad, subquadrate; posteromedial extension rounded, with truncate posterior margin; weakly punctured; hairy laterally; median longitudinal sulcus present. Forceps dark brown, symmetrical, gently curved; bases strongly expanded; dorsal margin of inner surface with giant teeth basally and subapically, ventral margin fringed with small teeth and terminated by a giant subapical tooth; inner margin between subapical tooth and apex concaved. Penultimate sternite rounded, posterior margin emarginate.</p>
          <p><bold><italic>Genitalia</italic>.</bold> Genitalia slender, pale brown (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">11A, B</xref>). Paramere subtriangular basally. Genital lobes well developed; virga within genital lobe slender, apex widened and truncate; basal vesicle sclerotized, short, thin. External paramere slender, with mostly consistent width; incision of anterior margin deep, wide; inner process subconical, pointed apically; outer process shorter than inner process, obtuse.</p>
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            <label>Figure 11.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="shidianensis">shidianensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., male genitalia. <bold>A.</bold> Dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Ventral view. Abbreviations: bv – basal vesicle; ep – external paramere; gl – genital lobe; ip – inner process; op – outer process; pm – paramere; vi – virga. Scale bars: 1 mm.</p>
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          <p><bold>Female.</bold> Body shape and coloration similar to male (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F12">12A–C</xref>). Body length 29.6 mm. Second tarsomere near as wide as third (Fig. <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F12">12D</xref>). Forceps length 5.4 mm. Forceps contiguous, tapering, symmetrical; apically incurved; inner margins mostly straight and denticulate, basal teeth larger than subsequent ones.</p>
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            <label>Figure 12.</label>
            <caption>
              <p><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="shidianensis">shidianensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov., female paratype. <bold>A.</bold> Habitus, dorsal view; <bold>B.</bold> Habitus, lateral view; <bold>C.</bold> Habitus, ventral view; <bold>D.</bold> Tarsomeres of left hind leg, dorsal view. Scale bars: 5 mm (<bold>A–C</bold>); 1 mm (<bold>D</bold>).</p>
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        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="etymology" id="SECID0E4KAG">
          <title>Etymology.</title>
          <p>The new species is named after Shidian County, the type locality.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
        <tp:treatment-sec sec-type="distribution" id="SECID0ECLAG">
          <title>Distribution.</title>
          <p>The species is currently known only from Yunnan Province, China.</p>
        </tp:treatment-sec>
      </tp:taxon-treatment>
      <sec sec-type="﻿Key to Chinese species of Cranopygia based on males" id="SECID0EHLAG">
        <title>﻿Key to Chinese species of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> based on males</title>
        <table-wrap content-type="key" position="anchor" orientation="portrait">
          <table id="TID0EQIAE" rules="all">
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga simple, not forked apically, short (c. 1.5–2 × length of external paramere)</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>2</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga forked apically; or if simple, then long (c. 3–5 × length of external paramere) with a well-developed, sclerotized basal vesicle</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>5</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Forceps symmetrical, inner margins mostly diverging, with a large inner tooth near apex</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="dravidia">dravidia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Burr, 1914)</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Forceps asymmetrical, tapering, inner margins subcontiguous, crenulate</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>3</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga stout, strongly undulate, c. 2 × length of genital lobe</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="modesta">modesta</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (de Bormans, 1894)</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga slender, at most slightly undulate, c. 1.5 × length of genital lobe (<italic>cumingi</italic>-group)</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>4</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tegmina and hindwings well developed; inner process of external paramere with two equal apical teeth</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="guizhouensis">guizhouensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Chen, 2024</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tegmina shortened, hindwings absent; inner process of external paramere with one distinct apical tooth and one minute subapical tooth</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="sauteri">sauteri</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Burr, 1912)</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">5</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga simple, not forked apically</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>6</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga forked apically (<italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group)</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>12</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">6</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">External parameres with barely distinguishable outer process</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="liuhuaishana">liuhuaishana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov.</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">External parameres with well-developed outer process</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>7</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga strongly curved, its junction with basal vesicle located at mid-length of paramere when not everted (<italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group)</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>8</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga slender, straight or slightly undulate, its junction with basal vesicle located near anteromedial margin of paramere (<italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group)</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>14</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">8</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Inner process of external paramere clearly bidentate apically</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>9</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Inner process of external paramere unidentate</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>11</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">9</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga simple, c. 3 × length of external paramere</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="tonkinensis">tonkinensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1955</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga denticulate in apical one-third, c. 5 × length of external paramere</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>10</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">10</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pronotum wider than long, posteromedial margin weakly emarginate; inner process of external paramere with rounded apical incision; virga (in situ) outside of genital lobe nearly as long as genital lobe</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="lisu">lisu</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov.</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Pronotum longer than wide, posteromedial margin distinctly emarginate; inner process of the external paramere with subtriangular apical incision; virga (in situ) outside of genital lobe c. half length of genital lobe</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="kongqueshana">kongqueshana</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov.</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">11</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genital lobe c. 1.5 × length of external paramere; outer process of external paramere located at basal one-third; virga stout</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="proxima">proxima</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1959</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Genital lobe c. two-thirds length of external paramere; outer process of external paramere located at mid-length; virga slender</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Dohrn, 1863)</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">12</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Virga with one apical branch more than twice the length of the other</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Hincks, 1955</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Apical branches of virga subequal in length</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>13</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">13</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Apical branches of virga slightly longer than external paramere; external paramere 3 × as long as wide</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="longibifurcata">longibifurcata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov.</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Apical branches of virga c. one-third length of external paramere; external paramere 2 × as long as wide</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="yunnanea">yunnanea</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Bey-Bienko, 1959</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">14</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tegmina and hindwings well developed; lateral margins of external paramere diverging toward apex</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Audinet-Serville, 1839)</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tegmina shortened, hindwings absent; lateral margins of external paramere nearly parallel</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold>15</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">15</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Inner and outer processes of external paramere similar in shape; virga c. 1.5 × length of genital lobe</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="shidianensis">shidianensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> sp. nov.</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">–</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Inner process of external paramere longer and narrower than outer process; virga c. 2 × length of genital lobe</td>
                <td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <bold><italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">C.</tp:taxon-name-part> <tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="vitticollis">vitticollis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> (Stål, 1855)</bold>
                </td>
              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>
        </table-wrap>
      </sec>
    </sec>
    <sec sec-type="﻿Discussion" id="SECID0EG6AG">
      <title>﻿Discussion</title>
      <p>The discovery of five new <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> species from South China expands the known diversity of the genus and highlights both taxonomic complexity and biogeographic interest within the group. These <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> species are characterized by a second tarsomere that is nearly as wide as, or narrower than, the third tarsomere. This condition contrasts with that of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Tagalina">Tagalina</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> Dohrn, 1863, in which the second tarsomere is extraordinarily dilated, approximately three times as wide as the third (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks 1959</xref>). The new taxa fall into three established <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> species groups (<italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="siamensis">siamensis</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-, <italic>picta</italic>-, and <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="marmoricrura">marmoricrura</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-groups) and a tentatively delimited <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia"/><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="species" reg="appendiculata">appendiculata</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>-group, showing that the Chinese fauna encompasses a spectrum of morphological variation comparable to that recorded in Indo-Malayan regions.</p>
      <p>Within <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="subfamily">Pygidicraninae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name>, <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> remains one of the most morphologically heterogeneous lineages. Male genital characters, particularly the shapes of parameres, the virga and its branches, and the genital lobes, continue to provide the most consistent, diagnostic features. At the same time, uneven or incomplete descriptions of historical types have fostered taxonomic uncertainty and the persistence of dubiously defined species (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Steinmann 1986</xref>). Our results lend practical support to the species-group framework of <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Hincks (1959)</xref>: each of the five taxa described here can be placed in an existing group or in a reasonable extension of one. However, some species groups may constitute convenience assemblages rather than natural clades (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Kamimura et al. 2016</xref>); testing this will require broader sampling and molecular phylogenetic analysis.</p>
      <p>The variation observed in wing development among the new species, ranging from fully developed tegmina and hindwings to strongly reduced or concealed wings, suggests potential evolution of flight reduction within <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic>. Such losses of flight capability are plausibly linked to habitat specialization: species with reduced wings are often associated with sheltered microhabitats (e.g., leaf litter, under bark or in karst crevices) where active dispersal is less important. The structural modifications of the virga and parameres observed in the new species may also indicate reproductive isolation mechanisms among sympatric species.</p>
      <p>Biogeographically, the five species demonstrate that South China harbors a richer and more structurally diverse pygidicranine fauna than previously recognized. Yunnan and Guangxi, with their complex topography and mosaic of subtropical to tropical habitats, appear to function as both speciation centers and corridors linking Indochina and southern China. Future research should focus on the expanded sampling across South China and Indochina, the re-evaluation of species-group definitions using morphometric and molecular datasets, the exploration of ecological correlates of wing reduction and genital variation, and the conservation assessments of localized endemic species. These efforts will refine our understanding of <italic><tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="genus" reg="Cranopygia">Cranopygia</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name></italic> evolution and provide a foundation for reconstructing the phylogeny of <tp:taxon-name><tp:taxon-name-part taxon-name-part-type="family">Pygidicranidae</tp:taxon-name-part></tp:taxon-name> as a whole.</p>
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      <title>﻿Acknowledgements</title>
      <p>We express our sincere gratitude to Ms Jing Zhong (Beijing) for assistance in sample preparation. We also thank the editor Fabian Haas and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.</p>
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      <title>﻿Additional information</title>
      <sec sec-type="Conflict of interest" id="SECID0EFDBG">
        <title>Conflict of interest</title>
        <p>The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.</p>
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      <sec sec-type="Ethical statement" id="SECID0EKDBG">
        <title>Ethical statement</title>
        <p>No ethical statement was reported.</p>
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      <sec sec-type="Use of AI" id="SECID0EPDBG">
        <title>Use of AI</title>
        <p>No use of AI was reported.</p>
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      <sec sec-type="Funding" id="SECID0EUDBG">
        <title>Funding</title>
        <p>This research was supported by grants from the CACMS Innovation Fund (nos. CI2024E003) and Key project at central government level: The ability establishment of sustainable use for valuable Chinese medicine resources (nos. 2060302).</p>
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      <sec sec-type="Author contributions" id="SECID0EZDBG">
        <title>Author contributions</title>
        <p>Zhi-Teng Chen: Conceptualization, Resources, Methodology, Software, Data Curation, Writing − Original Draft. Chao Jiang: Writing − Review &amp; Editing, Project administration, Funding acquisition.</p>
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      <sec sec-type="Author ORCIDs" id="SECID0E5DBG">
        <title>Author ORCIDs</title>
        <p>Zhi-Teng Chen <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6331-8978" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:type="simple">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6331-8978</ext-link></p>
        <p>Chao Jiang <ext-link xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-1169" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:type="simple">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-1169</ext-link></p>
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      <sec sec-type="Data availability" id="SECID0EOEBG">
        <title>Data availability</title>
        <p>All of the data that support the findings of this study are available in the main text.</p>
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