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

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

SUBMITTER: Shi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4233399 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature