Minettia, Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Li, Wenliang, Bai, Yingming & Yang, Ding, 2023, The genus Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Lauxaniinae) from the Oriental Region with descriptions of seventeen new species, Zootaxa 5256 (3), pp. 201-249 : 205

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7760534
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scientific name	Minettia
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Key to separate Oriental species of the subgenus Minettia View in CoL View at ENA

1. Mesonotum and abdomen shining.................................... Minettia (Minettia) imparispinosa (Sasakawa) View in CoL

– Mesonotum and abdomen not as above.................................................................... 2

2. Mesonotum without pruinose or colored stripes ( Fig. 133 View FIGURES 130–134 ); abdomen entirely black without yellow stripe ( Fig. 134 View FIGURES 130–134 )........................................................................................... M. (M.) baii View in CoL sp. nov.

- Mesonotum with pruinose or colored stripes; abdomen entirely yellow to brown or black with yellow stripes............. 3

3. Abdomen entirely yellow to brown, without stripes ( Fig. 124 View FIGURES 120–124 )............................ M. (M.) annulifera View in CoL sp. nov.

- Abdomen yellow to black, if yellow with stripes............................................................. 4

4. Mesonotum with three pairs of grayish white pruinose stripes and three pairs of grayish white pruinose spots, one grayish white short pruinose stripe present between prescutellar setae, scutellum with a pair of grayish white pruinose spots at tip; two postsutural dorsocentral setae ( Fig. 153 View FIGURES 150–154 ); all tibiae with three brown rings ( Fig. 152 View FIGURES 150–154 ); apex of R 1 with one brown spot ( Fig. 151 View FIGURES 150–154 ); abdomen yellow, tergites 1–4 with discontinuous black stripes, tergites 5–6 with six black spots ( Fig. 154 View FIGURES 150–154 ); syntergosternite not as below ( Fig. 157 View FIGURES 155–159 )............................................................... M. (M.) terminalis View in CoL sp. nov.

– Mesonotum with one broad grayish white pruinose stripe extending to tip of scutellum; the margin of scutellum yellow; three post-sutural dorsocentral setae ( Fig. 143 View FIGURES 140–144 ); tibia without brown ring ( Fig. 142 View FIGURES 140–144 ); subcostal cell without brown spot ( Fig. 141 View FIGURES 140–144 ); abdomen tergites 4–6 yellow on posterior margin, tergites 5–6 with yellow triangular median spots confluent with yellow posterior margin stripes ( Fig. 144 View FIGURES 140–144 ); syntergosternite circular ( Fig. 147 View FIGURES 145–149 )...................... M. (M.) scutellata View in CoL sp. nov.