Four new species of the subgenus Minettiella from China (Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Minettia)

Wenliang Li; Xulong Chen; Ding Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.932.50763

Four new species of the subgenus Minettiella from China (Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Minettia)

Zookeys. 2020 May 12:932:93-111. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.932.50763. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Wenliang Li¹, Xulong Chen¹, Ding Yang²

Affiliations

¹ College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China Henan University of Science and Technology Luoyang China.
² Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China China Agricultural University Beijing China.

Abstract

Four species of Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from Southwest China are described as new to science: Minettia (Minettiella) dashahensissp. nov., M. (Minettiella) longispinasp. nov., M. (Minettiella) membranaceasp. nov. and M. (Minettiella) zhaotongensissp. nov. A key to the species of the subgenus Minettiella of the world is presented.

Keywords: Minettiella; Oriental Region; new species; southwest China.

Wenliang Li, Xulong Chen, Ding Yang.