title: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Nei Mongol 010019, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Minettiella; Oriental region; female terminalia; synonym