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ABB5F4EDA3C2C8886DC72E4D30123DB3.text	ABB5F4EDA3C2C8886DC72E4D30123DB3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) atratula (Meijere 1924) Meijere 1924	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) atratula (Meijere, 1924) Figs 1- 5, 31- 32</p><p>Lauxania atratula Meijere, 1924: 49. Type locality: Indonesia (Sumatra).</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) atratula: Malloch 1929: 26. Shewell 1977: 190. Shatalkin 1996: 147. Jong 2000: 32.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>2 ♂♂, 1♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Hainan: Ledong, Jianfengling National Natural Reserve, Tianchi, 800 m, 18. v. 2006, Hui Dong; 1♂ (CAUC), CHINA, Hainan: Ledong, Jianfengling National Natural Reserve, Tianchi, 800 m, 18. v. 2006, Gang Yao.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Mesonotum 1+3 dc, acr in 2 rows with 1+3 long acr. Fore tibia yellowish brown with yellow at base and black at apex, mid tibia yellow and hind tibia yellow with brown at apex; fore tarsi with basitarsus yellow on basal 3/4 and tarsomeres 2-5 brown, mid and hind tarsi with tarsomeres 1-2 dark yellow and tarsomeres 3-5 pale brown. Mid femur with 4 a.</p><p>Redescription.</p><p>MALE. Body length 3.3-3.5 mm, wing length 3.4-3.5 mm. FEMALE. Body length 3.8 mm, wing length 3.9 mm.</p><p>Head. Frons slightly concave with narrow yellow anterior margin. Gena about 1/4 eye height. Antenna scape and pedicel yellowish brown to brown, 1st flagellomere blackish brown with yellow at base and nearly 2.3 times longer than high; arista bare. Proboscis black with dark yellow at apex. Palpus black.</p><p>Thorax with brownish gray pruinosity. Mesonotum with 1+3 dc, acr in 2 rows with 1+3 long acr in front of prsc and one pair of prsc as long as 1st postsutural dc. Legs: fore tibia mostly yellowish brown with yellow at base and black at apex; mid tibia yellow and hind tibia yellow with brown at apex; fore tarsi with basitarsus yellow on basal 3/4 and tarsomeres 2-5 brown, mid and hind tarsi with tarsomeres 1-2 dark yellow and tarsomeres 3-5 pale brown. Fore femur with 4 pv and 6 pd, fore tibia with 1 long preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 4 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad and 1 strong apv. Hind femura with 1 preapical ad, and hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing with costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 6.7:1:1, r-m at middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1.1; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/6 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen with sparse brownish gray pruinosity. Male genitalia (Figs 1-5): syntergosternite semicircular with three pairs of dorsal setulae, epandrium narrow basally and broad apically, with a deep concave on anterior ventral margin and a digitiform anterior process, triangular apically in lateral view; surstylus separated from epandrium, elliptical in lateral view but crescent-shaped in posterior view; hypandrium nearly Y-shaped; postgonite forming a complete sclerite, with a median ridge; aedeagus consisting of a pair of clavate inner sclerites with short setulae and a pair of dorsolateral concaves, rounded apically; height of aedeagal apodeme nearly as long as aedeagus and broad in ventral view. Female terminalia (Figs 31-32): sternite 8 with a brown U-shaped spot, spermathecae 2+1, elliptical.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan, Taiwan), Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ABB5F4EDA3C2C8886DC72E4D30123DB3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
C7F31313B131155CAD40E40F4A36AFE6.text	C7F31313B131155CAD40E40F4A36AFE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) bawanglingensis	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) bawanglingensis sp. n. Figs 6- 10, 33- 34</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: ♂ (CAUC), CHINA, Hainan: Changjiang, Bawangling National Natural Reserve, Dong’er station, 1000 m, 24. v. 2007, Kuiyan Zhang. Paratype: 1♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Hainan: as holotype.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species is named after the type locality Bawangling National Natural Reserve.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Arista pubescent, with longest rays about 1/4 height of 1st flagellomere. Mesonotum with 0+2 dc, acr in 6 rows, two pairs of long acr. Mid femur with 3 a.</p><p>Description.</p><p>MALE. Body length 4.4 mm, wing length 4.2 mm. FEMALE. Body length 4.0 mm, wing length 3.9 mm.</p><p>Head. Frons slightly concaved with yellow anterior margin. Gena about 1/6 eye height. Antenna blackish brown, 1st flagellomere yellow at base, and 1st flagellomere nearly 1.6 times longer than high; arista pubescent, with longest rays about 1/4 height of 1st flagellomere. Proboscis black with dark yellow at apex and palpus black.</p><p>Thorax with brownish gray pruinosity. Mesonotum 0+2 dc (anterior dc far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 6 rows; two pairs of long acr present in front of prsc, prsc slightly shorter than 1st post-sutural dc. Legs: tibia black with yellow at base, mid and hind tarsi yellow. Fore femur with 4 pv and 8 pd, fore tibia with 1 short preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 3 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad and 1 strong apv. Hind femura with 1 weak preapical ad, hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing with costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 7:1.3:1; r-m beyond middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/7 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen with sparse brownish gray pruinosity. Male genitalia (Figs 6-10): syntergosternite circular with a weak ventral bridge, epandrium with a tiny subapical concave, surstylus separated from epandrium, consisting of a long claviform process with setulae in lateral view and with a long triangular process in posterior view; hypandrium slender, projecting medially and nearly V-shaped; postgonite contorting, consisting of an acute triangular apical process and three apical setae; aedeagus columnar, truncate basally and blunt rounded apically, consisting of a triangular dorsal process subapically in lateral view and a black bottle-shaped inner process with an elliptical incision and many spiculate processes in ventral view; aedeagal apodeme narrow and short, projecting forwards, nearly right angle between hypandrium and aedeagus. Female terminalia (Figs 33-34): sternite 7 trapeziform with long setae on posterior margin, sternite 8 semicircular with three pairs of long setae on posterior margin and sternite 9 with a groove; spermathecae 2+1, round and all stems leading to the three spermathecae narrow apically.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The new species is very similar to Minettia (Minettiella) dolabriforma from the Palaearctic region in the following characteristics: mesonotum 0+2 dc, legs black with base of tibia yellow and mid and hind tarsi yellow, but it can be separated from the latter in the following characteristics: surstylus consisting of a long claviform process with setulae in lateral view and with a long triangular process in posterior view; hypandrium projecting medially and nearly V-shaped; aedeagus consisting of a triangular dorsal process subapically in lateral view and a black, bottle-shaped inner process with an elliptical incision and many speculate processes in ventral view. In Minettia (Minettiella) dolabriforma, the surstylus has a spatulate process, narrow ventrally and pointed at apex in lateral view; the hypandrium is U-shaped; the aedeagus is pointed dorsoapically with a lobate dorsal process in lateral view, and is spinulose and brownish-striated on the median ventral membrane in ventral view (Sasakawa 1995). The new species is also similar to Minettia (Minettiella) atrata from Indonesia (Java) in mesonotum with 0+2 dc and a pair of long acr present in front of prsc, but it can be separated from the latter in the arista having microscopic setulae, and the mid and hind tarsi being yellow. In Minettia (Minettiella) atrata, the arista is short plumose and only the hind tarsi are yellow (Meijere 1910).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7F31313B131155CAD40E40F4A36AFE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
D84FB4CBB19CB68627D84289207048EA.text	D84FB4CBB19CB68627D84289207048EA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) clavata	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) clavata sp. n. Figs 11- 15, 35- 36</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: ♂ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: Shennongjia National Natural Reserve, Pingqian, 1650 m, 26. VII. 2007, Qifei Liu. Paratypes: 4 ♂♂, 1♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: Shennongjia National Natural Reserve, Pingqian, 1650 m, 27. vii. 2007, Qifei Liu; 4♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: Shennongjia National Natural Reserve, Pingqian, 1650 m, 25. vii. 2007, Qifei Liu.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin, clavata, meaning clavate; referring to the club-like surstylus; a feminine adjective.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Antenna yellow with 1st flagellomere brown on apical 2/3; arista plumose, with longest rays slightly shorter than height of 1st flagellomere. Mesonotum 0+3 dc, anterior dc weak, hair-like; acr in 6 rows. All tibiae black with pale yellow at base; fore tarsi black, mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Mid femur with 5 a.</p><p>Description.</p><p>MALE. Body length 2.9-3.7 mm, wing length 3.2-3.8 mm. FEMALE. Body length 3.0-3.3 mm, wing length 3.3-3.7 mm.</p><p>Head. Face slightly shining. Frons with yellow anterior margin. Gena about 1/6 eye height. Antenna yellow with brown on apical 2/3 of 1st flagellomere, 1st flagellomere nearly 1.7 times longer than high; arista plumose, with longest rays slightly shorter than height of 1st flagellomere. A blackish brown rectangular spot present between eye and base of antenna. Proboscis and palpus black.</p><p>Thorax with brownish gray pruinosity. Mesonotum 0+3 dc (anterior dc weak, hair-like, far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 6 rows; prsc longer than 1st post-sutural dc; anepisternum with setulae on lower margin. Legs: all tibiae black with pale yellow at base; fore tarsi black, mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Fore femur with 4 pv and 6 pd, fore tibia with 1 short preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 5 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad and 1 strong apv. Hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing with costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 4:1.7:1; r-m at middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1.1; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/5 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen shining. Male genitalia (Figs 11-15): syntergosternite circular with an inner tooth near spiracle, epandrium nearly rectangular; surstylus fused with epandrium, clavate with a triangular basal process, a projecting apical process, a small acute ventroapical process and a tiny incision in lateral view; hypandrium nearly U-shaped, hypandrial apodeme distinct; postgonite slender, broad apically in lateral view; aedeagus columnar and rounded apically, with a slight incision; aedeagal apodeme long, slightly shorter than aedeagus. Female terminalia (Figs 35-36): sternite 7 trapeziform, furcating apically with long setae; sternite 8 pale yellow, nearly columnar with a small apical incision; spermathecae 2+1, round.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The new species is very similar to Minettia (Minettiella) plurifurcata sp. n. (see discussion under Minettia (Minettiella) plurifurcata sp. n.) from China (Hubei). This new species is also similar to Minettia (Minettiella) atrata from Indonesia (Java) in having the arista short plumose and the mesonotum with acr 6 rows, and without other strong acr in front of strong prsc, but it can be separated from the latter by the mid and hind tarsi being yellow. In Minettia (Minettiella) atrata, only the hind tarsi are yellow (Meijere 1910; Malloch 1929).</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hubei).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D84FB4CBB19CB68627D84289207048EA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
3E1B328F5302A2649D18130E5BF82D76.text	3E1B328F5302A2649D18130E5BF82D76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) plurifurcata	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) plurifurcata sp. n. Figs 16- 20</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype: ♂ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: Shennongjia National Natural Reserve, Pingqian, 1650 m, 26. vii. 2007, Qifei Liu.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin, pluri-, meaning many, and furcata, meaning forked; referring to the aedeagus with forked and acute processes in different lengths; a feminine adjective.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Arista plumose, with longest rays slightly shorter than height of 1st flagellomere. Thorax with whitish gray pruinosity, sparse on anterior 1/2 and dense on posterior 1/2. Mesonotum 0+3 dc (anterior dc far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 6 rows. All tibiae pale yellow at base; fore tarsi black, mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Mid femur with 4 a.</p><p>Description.</p><p>MALE. Body length 3.7 mm, wing legth 4.2 mm.</p><p>Head. Frons with yellow anterior margin. Gena about 1/7 eye height. Antenna yellow with brown on apical 2/3 of 1st flagellomere, 1st flagellomere nearly 2.0 times longer than high; arista plumose, with longest rays slightly shorter than height of 1st flagellomere. A black round spot present between eye and base of antenna. Proboscis and palpus black.</p><p>Thorax with whitish gray pruinosity, sparse on anterior 1/2 and dense on posterior 1/2. Mesonotum 0+3 dc (anterior dc far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 6 rows; prsc as long as 1st postsutural dc; anepisternum with setulae on lower margin. Legs: tibia black with pale yellow at base; fore tarsi black, mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Fore femur with 5 pv and 8 pd, fore tibia with 1 short preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 4 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad and 1 strong apv. Hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing with costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 5.2:4:1; r-m at middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1.2; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/5 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen with sparse whitish gray pruinosity. Male genitalia (Figs 16-20): syntergosternite circular with dorsal setulae, epandrium with a wide median incision on dorsal margin in lateral view; surstylus short subuliform and originating from inner side of epandrium in lateral view and convergent apically in posterior view; hypandrium nearly W-shaped; postgonite slender, slightly curved with 2-3 short apical setulae; aedeagus slender, columnar and rounded apically, with furcated acute processes in different length; aedeagal apodeme short, as long as 1/3 length of aedeagus.</p><p>FEMALE. Unknown.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The new species is very similar to Minettia (Minettiella) clavata sp. n. from China (Hubei) in the following characteristics: acr in 6 rows; all femora black and tibiae black with pale yellow at base; fore tarsi black, mid and hind tarsi dark yellow; wing yellow at base, but it can be separated from the latter in the following characteristics: the mesonotum having whitish gray pruinosity, sparse on anterior half and dense on posterior half, and 0+3 dc, anterior dc strong; the surstylus being long triangular and originating from the inner side of the epandrium. In Minettia (Minettiella) clavata, the mesonotum has 0+3 dc with anterior dc weak, hair-like; the epandrium is nearly rectangular; the surstylus is fused with the epandrium, and claviform with a triangular basal process a projecting apical process, a small acute ventroapical process and a tiny incision in lateral view.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hubei).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E1B328F5302A2649D18130E5BF82D76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
5044ECE70DE61C19E5691A3A0BE15128.text	5044ECE70DE61C19E5691A3A0BE15128.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) sasakawai Shi, Wang & Yang 2011	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) sasakawai Shi, Wang &amp; Yang, 2011</p><p>Sapromyza (Sapromyza) acrostichalis Sasakawa, 2001: 50. Type locality: Vietnam.</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) sasakawai nom. n. (comb. n. preoccupied by acrostichalis (Sasakawa &amp; Kozánek, 1995), a new name as a replacement of acrostichalis Sasakawa, 2001)</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) sasakawai Shi, Wang &amp; Yang, 2011: 80 (with figures).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>CHINA, Hainan (CAUC): 5 ♂♂, Ledong, Jianfengling National Natural Reserve, Plant garden, 800 m, 8. v. 2008, Qifei Liu; 1 ♂, Ledong, Jianfengling National Natural Reserve, Sanfenqu, 800 m, 8. v. 2008, Qifei Liu; 2 ♂♂, Ledong, Jianfengling National Natural Reserve, Plant garden, 800 m, 18. v. 2006, Gang Yao; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Changjiang, Bawangling National Natural Reserve, Donger station, 1000 m, 24-25. v. 2007, Junhua Zhang; 1 ♂, Baisha, Yinggeling National Natural Reserve, 2. iv. 2006, Hui Dong; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Baisha, Yinggeling National Natural Reserve, Hongmao village, 430 m, 21-22. v. 2007, Kuiyan Zhang; 1 ♂, Baisha, Yinggeling National Natural Reserve, Hongmao village, 430 m, 21-22. v. 2007, Junhua Zhang; 1 ♀, Baisha, Yinggeling National Natural Reserve, Hongmao village, 430 m, 21. v. 2007, Yongjie Wang.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Body black with brownish gray. Face and parafacial black flat with dense whitish gray pruinosity. Antennal 1st flagellomere blackish brown except yellow at base. Mesonotum 0+2 dc (anterior dc far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 4 rows; a pair of long acr present in front of prsc. Legs mostly black except fore basal tarsus dark yellow on basal 3/4 and mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Basal part of wing yellow. Abdomen shining black with sparse brownish gray pruinosity.</p><p>Redescription.</p><p>MALE. Body length 3.2-4.1 mm, wing length 3.4-4.4 mm. FEMALE. Body length 3.4-3.7 mm, wing length 3.6-3.9 mm.</p><p>Head black. Frons shining black except yellow, slightly concaved anterior margin; oc slightly longer than anterior or. Gena about 1/6 height of eye. Antenna scape and pedicel yellowish brown, 1st flagellomere blackish brown except yellow on basal part, 1st flagellomere nearly 1.8 times longer than high; arista with microscopic setulae. Proboscis black except yellow at apex; palpus black.</p><p>Thorax black with brownish gray pruinosity. Mesonotum with 0+2 dc (anterior dc far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 4 rows; a pair of long acr present in front of prsc, prsc nearly as long as 1st postsutural dc; 1 ia, 1 kepst. Legs with fore basal tarsus dark yellow on basal 3/4 and mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Fore femur with 5 pv, 8 pd, fore tibia with 1 long preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 4 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad, 1 strong apv. Hind femura with 1 weak preapical ad, hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing: costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 6:1.7:1; r-m at middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1.1; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/6 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen black with sparse brownish gray pruinosity. Male genitalia: protandrium semicircular (with a weak ventral bridge in a few specimens), narrow under spiracle; epandrium slender, with dorsal setae in lateral view; surstylus separated from epandrium, slender, narrow apically with a falcate apical process in lateral view; hypandrium very narrow at middle and broad on two lateral sides; postgonite columnar with two long setae; aedeagus acute apically with a tiny incision in ventral view but oblique truncate apically in lateral view; aedeagal apodeme nearly as long as aedeagus. Female terminalia: tergite 6 with a pair of long dorsal setae on posterior margin; spermathecae 2+1, round.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hainan), Vietnam.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The species is very similar to Minettia (Minettiella) tianmushanensis sp. n. from Zhejiang (see Minettia (Minettiella) tianmushanensis sp. n.). The new species is also similar to Minettia (Minettiella) atrata from Indonesia (Java) in the following characters: mesonotum with 0+2 dc and a pair of long acr present in front of prsc, but it can be separated from the latter by the arista having microscopic setulae, the mesonotum having the acr in 4 rows, and the legs mostly black except the fore basal tarsus dark yellow on basal 3/4 and the mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. In Minettia (Minettiella) atrata, the arista is short plumose, the mesonotum has acr in 6 rows and the hind tarsi is yellow (Meijere 1910).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5044ECE70DE61C19E5691A3A0BE15128	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
B8E666E1C2511AAC74CF7836678C697E.text	B8E666E1C2511AAC74CF7836678C697E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) spinosa	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) spinosa sp. n. Figs 21- 25, 39- 40</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype ♂ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: Shennongjia National Natural Reserve, Pingqian, 1650 m, 25. vii. 2007, Qifei Liu. Paratypes: 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: as holotype; 6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Hubei: Shennongjia National Natural Reserve, Pingqian, 1650 m, 27. vii. 2007, Qifei Liu.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin, spinosa, meaning spinose or with spinules; referring to the aedeagus with many short ventral spinules; a feminine adjective.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Face with a yellow triangular median spot or only slightly yellow in center of face. Arista with microscopic setulae, longest rays shorter than 1/3 height of 1st flagellomere. All tibiae dark yellow and tarsi dark yellow with tarsomeres 3-5 pale brown (apex of fore tibia pale brown in a few specimens); mid femur with 3 a. Wing black at base.</p><p>Description.</p><p>MALE. Body length 3.4-4.0 mm, wing length 3.9-4.4 mm. FEMALE. Body length 3.5-4.1 mm, wing length 4.3-4.6 mm.</p><p>Head. Face with a yellow triangular median spot or only slightly yellow in center of face, and parafacial brown with dense whitish gray pruinosity. Frons with yellow anterior margin (sometimes with a wide yellow median stripe in a few of specimens). Gena about 1/6 eye height. Antenna yellow with pale brown on apical 2/3 of 1st flagellomere, 1st flagellomere nearly 1.7 times longer than high; arista with microscopic setulae, longest rays shorter than 1/3 height of 1st flagellomere. An indistinct brown spot present between eye and base of antenna. Proboscis black with dark yellow at apex and palpus black.</p><p>Thorax with sparse whitish gray pruinosity. Mesonotum 0+3 dc (anterior dc far behind transverse scutal suture), acr in 6 rows; prsc slightly longer than 1st post-sutural dc. Scutellum with dense yellowish brown pruinosity. Legs: all tibiae dark yellow and tarsi dark yellow with tarsomeres 3-5 pale brown (apex of fore tibia pale brown in a few specimens). Fore femur with 5 pv and 8 pd, fore tibia with 1 short preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 3 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad and 1 strong apv. Hind femura with 1 weak preapical ad, hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing slightly yellow with black at base; costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 11:1.5:1; r-m at middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1.2; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/6 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen with sparse whitish gray pruinosity. Male genitalia (Figs 21-25): syntergosternite circular with a setula near spiracle, epandrium with a small subapical incision in lateral view and acute apically in posterior view, and surstylus contorting with apical setulae and originating from inner side of epandrium in lateral view; hypandrium slender, nearly H-shaped and hypandrial apodeme indistinct; pregonite tiny, slightly curved with two setulae; aedeagus broad, with dorsal sclerite round apically, membranous parts beyond apex of dorsal sclerite with short spinules and a pair of long hook-like basal processes; aedeagal apodeme slender. Female terminalia (Figs 39-40): sternite 7 rectangular, slightly concave on prosterior margin, sternite 8 semicircular with a pair of processes on anterior margin and a wide groove between processes; spermathecae 2+1, round.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The new species is similar to Minettia (Minettiella) plurifurcata sp. n. from Hubei in the following characteristics: mesonotum 0+3 dc, acr in 6 rows; fore femur with 5 pv and 8 pd, but it can be separated from the latter in the epandrium having a small subapical incision in lateral view and acute apically in posterior view and the surstylus being contorting with apical setulae in lateral view. In Minettia (Minettiella) plurifurcata, the epandrium has a wide median incision on the dorsal margin in lateral view and the surstylus is short subuliform in lateral view and convergent apically in posterior view.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Hubei).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B8E666E1C2511AAC74CF7836678C697E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
B54D45B8F52F95AD2215DEC0CEFE5CD8.text	B54D45B8F52F95AD2215DEC0CEFE5CD8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Minettia (Minettiella) tianmushanensis	<div><p>Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Lauxaniidae</p><p>Minettia (Minettiella) tianmushanensis sp. n. Figs 26- 30, 41- 43</p><p>Type materials.</p><p>Holotype ♂ (CAUC), CHINA, Zhejiang: Lin’an, Tianmushan National Natural Reserve, 19. vii. 2007, Yajun Zhu. Paratypes: 5♂♂, 3♀♀ (CAUC), Zhejiang: as holotype; 1♂, 1♀ (CAUC), CHINA, Zhejiang: Lin’an, Tianmushan National Natural Reserve, Dajinggu, 20. vii. 2007, Yajun Zhu.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species is named after the type locality Tianmushan National Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Frons slightly upturned with yellow anterior margin and short brownish yellow median stripe. Antenna brown with 1st flagellomere yellow at base; arista pubescent, with longest rays about 1/3 height of 1st flagellomere. Mesonotum 0+2 dc, acr in irregular 4 rows. Mid tarsi dark yellow and basitarsus with 1 subbasal pv, and hind tarsi dark yellow.</p><p>Description.</p><p>MALE. Body length 3.4-3.7 mm, wing length 3.4-3.6 mm. FEMALE. Body length 3.2-3.5 mm, wing length 3.3-3.6 mm.</p><p>Head. Frons with yellow anterior margin, slightly upturned and short brownish yellow median stripe. Gena about 1/10 eye height. Antenna brown with 1st flagellomere yellow at base and 1st flagellomere nearly 1.8 times longer than high; arista pubescent, longest rays about 1/3 height of 1st flagellomere. Proboscis and palpus blackish brown.</p><p>Thorax with brownish gray pruinosity. Mesonotum with 0+2 dc, acr in irregular 4 rows, a pair of long acr in front of prsc, prsc longer than 1st postsutural dc. Legs: tibia black, fore tarsi black, mid and hind tarsi dark yellow. Fore femur with 4-5 pv and 8 pd, fore tibia with 1 long preapical ad and 1 short apv. Mid femur with 3-4 a and 1 app; mid tibia with 1 strong preapical ad and 1 strong apv, mid basitarsus with 1 subbasal pv. Hind femur with 1 preapical ad, hind tibia with 1 weak preapical ad and 1 short apv. Wing with costa with 2nd (between R1 and R2+3), 3rd (between R2+3 and R4+5) and 4th (between R4+5 and M1) sections in proportion of 5:1:1; r-m beyond middle of discal cell; ultimate and penultimate sections of M1 in proportion of 1:1.1; ultimate section of CuA1 about 1/6 of penultimate section.</p><p>Abdomen with sparse brownish gray pruinosity. Male genitalia (Figs 26-30): syntergosternite circular; epandrium slender, nearly rhombic and narrow apically; surstylus separated from epandrium, contorted claviform in lateral view and subuliform in posterior view with two acute apical teeth; hypandrium nearly U-shaped in ventral view, hypandrial apodeme distinct; postgonite S-shaped with two apical setulae in lateral view; aedeagus subuliform, narrow apically with a small incision in ventral view and wide rectangular, slightly projecting subapically with a small acute apical process in lateral view; aedeagal apodeme long, as long as height of aedeagus. Female terminalia (Figs 41-43): ternite 7 concave in lateral view, tergite 8 constricted medially; sternite 9 semicircular, sternite 8 slender, sternite 7 concave apically with a pair of triangular apical processes, curved outward; spermathecae 2+1, elliptical.</p><p>Remarks .</p><p>The new species is very similar to Minettia (Minettiella) sasakawai from China (Hainan) and Vietnam in the following characteristics: mesonotum with 0+2 dc, acr in 4 rows, and a pair of long acr present in front of prsc; wing pale yellow at base, but it can be separated from the latter in the syntergosternite being circular, the surstylus being contorting and claviform in lateral view and subuliform in posterior view with two acute apical teeth, and the female abdominal tergite 6 having no long dorsal setae on the posterior margin. In Minettia (Minettiella) sasakawai, the syntergosternite is semicircular and narrow under the spiracle; the surstylus is slender, narrow apically with a falcate apical process in lateral view and the female abdominal tergite 6 has a pair of long dorsal setae on the posterior margin.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Zhejiang).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B54D45B8F52F95AD2215DEC0CEFE5CD8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shi, Li;Yang, Ding	Shi, Li, Yang, Ding (2014): Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China. ZooKeys 449: 81-103, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.449.7807
