title: Five new species of subgenus Plesiominettia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Minettia) in southern China, with a key to known species.
abstract: Five species of the subgenus Plesiominettia Shatalkin from the southern China are described as new to science: Minettia (Plesiominettia) flavoscutellata sp. n., Minettia (Plesiominettia) longaciculiformis sp. n., Minettia (Plesiominettia) nigrantennata sp. n., Minettia (Plesiominettia) tridentata sp. n. and Minettia (Plesiominettia) zhejiangica sp. n. One species, Minettia longistylis Sasakawa, is transferred to the subgenus Plesiominettia from Minettia s. str. A key to separate the known species of the subgenus is presented, along with a taxonomic list of species. The type materials of the new species are deposited in the China Agricultural University, Beijing, China (CAUC).
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: California State Collection of Arthropods, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California 95618, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gaimari
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Lauxaniidae; Minettia; Oriental region; species key