Five new species of subgenus Plesiominettia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Minettia) in southern China, with a key to known species

By

Shi, Li
Gaimari, Stephen D
Yang, Ding

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

520

Pages

61-86

Subjects

Lauxaniidae , Minettia , Oriental region , species key

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.520.9558

 

Abstract

Five species of the subgenus Plesiominettia Shatalkin from the southern China are described as new to science: Minettia (Plesiominettia) flavoscutellatasp. n., Minettia (P.) longaciculiformissp. n., Minettia (P.) nigrantennatasp. n., Minettia (P.) tridentatasp. n. and Minettia (P.) zhejiangicasp. n. One species, Minettia longistylis Sasakawa, is transferred to the subgenus Plesiominettia from Minettia s. str. A key to separate the known species of the subgenus is presented, along with a taxonomic list of species. The type materials of the new species are deposited in the China Agricultural University, Beijing, China (CAUC).