The genus Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Lauxaniinae) from the Oriental Region with descriptions of seventeen new species Author Li, Wenliang 0000-0001-9019-1223 College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China. & laughonce @ 126. com; wenliangli @ haust. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9019 - 1223 wenliangli@haust.edu.cn Author Bai, Yingming 0000-0003-2605-8924 College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China. & baiym 0923 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2605 - 8924 Author Yang, Ding 0000-0002-7685-3478 Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. & dyangcau @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7685 - 3478 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-20 5256 3 201 249 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.1 1175-5326 7751440 C4629899-BDC2-4A22-99AB-2D4A93FCBB13 Key to separate Oriental species of the subgenus Minettia 1. Mesonotum and abdomen shining.................................... Minettia ( Minettia ) imparispinosa (Sasakawa) – Mesonotum and abdomen not as above.................................................................... 2 2. Mesonotum without pruinose or colored stripes ( Fig. 133 ); abdomen entirely black without yellow stripe ( Fig. 134 )........................................................................................... M . ( M .) baii 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 )............................ M . ( M .) annulifera 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 ); all tibiae with three brown rings ( Fig. 152 ); apex of R 1 with one brown spot ( Fig. 151 ); abdomen yellow, tergites 1–4 with discontinuous black stripes, tergites 5–6 with six black spots ( Fig. 154 ); syntergosternite not as below ( Fig. 157 )............................................................... M . ( M .) terminalis 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 ); tibia without brown ring ( Fig. 142 ); subcostal cell without brown spot ( Fig. 141 ); abdomen tergites 4–6 yellow on posterior margin, tergites 5–6 with yellow triangular median spots confluent with yellow posterior margin stripes ( Fig. 144 ); syntergosternite circular ( Fig. 147 )...................... M . ( M .) scutellata sp. nov.