Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China

By

Shi, Li
Yang, Ding

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

449

Pages

81-103

Subjects

female terminalia , Minettiella , Oriental region , synonym

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807

 

Abstract

Five species of Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from the South of China are described as new to science: Minettia (Minettiella) bawanglingensissp. n., M. (Minettiella) clavatasp. n., M. (Minettiella) plurifurcatasp. n., M. (Minettiella) spinosasp. n. and M. (Minettiella) tianmushanensissp. n. Minettiella elbergi Shatalkin, 1996 and Minettia japonica Sasakawa, 1995 are treated as junior synonyms of M. (Minettiella) dolabriforma (Sasakawa & Kozánek, 1995). A key to five subgenera of Minettia and eleven species of Minettia (Minettiella) is presented.