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Main Authors: Fu, Tong, Xue, Yawen, Cui, Jianxin
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Published: Zenodo 2026
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18635258
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  • <p><i>Morinia zhenhang</i> Fu, Xue & Cui sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 26</p><p><b>Vernacular name.</b></p><p>(振航墨粉蝇)</p><p><b>Type material.</b></p><p><i>Holotype</i> • male (HIST), Beihang University campus, Beijing, China, 40°9'4"N, 116°15'55"E, 4. VI. 2025, 20 m, leg. Zhenshuang Huang. <i>Paratypes</i> • 2 male (HIST), same data as holotype; 1 male (SEMCAS), Huanglong, Shaanxi Province, China, 10. VIII. 1983, leg. data absent.</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b></p><p>Eyes with short, sparse microsetae; parafacial bare; ac s 1 + 1, ia s 0 + 2, pra s 1, sa s 1, kept s 1: 1, prepst s 1, and prepm s 1; basicosta black; ventral hairs of costa not reaching subcostal break; ST 5 with a membranous, semicircular median protuberance between lateral lobes; anterior processes of the basal part of paraphallus present.</p><p><b>Description.</b></p><p><b>Male. <i>Head</i></b> (Figs 1, 2). Holoptic, eyes with short, sparse microsetae, upper ommatidia relatively enlarged; frontal vitta dark brown, narrowed medially to a thin line; frons index about 0.02; iv s 1 (weak), povt s 1, pavt s 1; fronto-orbital plate and parafacial black, with silvery-white pruinosity, former with 1–2 rows of black hairs, latter bare; fr s 6, on lower about 3 / 5 of frons; genal groove dark, slightly reddish brown at junction of ptilinal fissure and facial ridge; facial ridge black, with hairs on lower 1 / 3; lunule, face, and facial carina black; facial carina weak; gena anterior part with silvery-white pruinosity, hairs black; gena height about 0.16 × eye height; beard black; antenna black, postpedicel about 2.0 × length of pedicel; arista dark brown, plumose, basal 1 / 4 thickened, dorsal branches more numerous than ventral branches, apical 1 / 3 bare; palpus black.</p><p><i>Thorax</i> (Figs 2, 25, 26). Black, with black hairs; anterior and posterior thoracic spiracles dark; prosternum, anatergite, katatergite, metapleuron, and metasternum bare, remaining pleura with black hairs; suprasquamal ridge bare, anterior, posterior, and tympanic tufts absent.</p><p><i>Chaetotaxy</i> (Figs 2, 25, 26). Ac s 1 + 1, dc s 2 + 3, ia s 0 + 2, pprn s 2, ph s 1: 0, pr s 1, pra s 1, sa s 2, pal s 2, sc s 1: 2; npl s 2; kept s 1: 1, prepst s 1, prepm s 1.</p><p><i>Wings</i> (Fig. 2). Grayish-brown, transparent; costal margin distinctly dark infuscated, A 1 vein slightly infuscated, other veins without distinct infuscation; tegula, and basicosta black; subcostal sclerite brown, with black microsetae; ventral hairs of costa extending beyond the humeral break but not reaching the subcostal break, covering about 1 / 4 of the distance between them; radial node bare dorsally and ventrally; cell r 4 + 5 open, opening narrow, about 0.3 × length of r – m; distal angle (bend of vein M 1) obtusely curved, posterior portion slightly curved toward cell r 4 + 5; dm – m slightly S-shaped; upper calypter dirty white, with dark margin; lower calypter narrow, brownish; halter brownish.</p><p><i>Legs</i> (Fig. 2). Black; fore femur with complete posterodorsal and posteroventral rows of setae, fore tibia with 1 ad s; mid femur with posteroventral row of setae on basal half only, mid tibia with 1 ad s, 1 pd s, 2 p s, and 1 v s; hind femur with anterodorsal setae from base to apex, anteroventral setae from near base to near apex, and posteroventral setae on the basal part, hind tibia with 2 ad s, 1 av s, and 2 pd s.</p><p><i>Abdomen</i> (Figs 2, 8, 25, 26). Ovoid, ground colour black; T 3 without median marginal setae; T 4 with marginal setae; ST 1–5 with black hairs; ST 5 with a membranous, semicircular median protuberance between lateral lobes (Fig. 8).</p><p><i>Terminalia</i> (Figs 3–7, 9). In ventral view, cerci gradually taper from base to apex, with apices not extending beyond those of the surstyli (Fig. 9); surstyli with base slightly wider than apex (Fig. 6); hypandrium nearly equal in length to phallapodeme; pregonite bearing 3 setae (Fig. 8); postgonite with 2 setae (absent in type materials); distal process of paraphallus slightly incurved, its length extending far beyond the lateral hypophallic lobe (Figs 3–6); hypophallic middle piece fused at the junction of the hypophallic lobes; apex of hypophallic middle piece heavily sclerotized and expanding laterally and fused ventrally; acrophallus membrous and thin (Figs 3–6); lateral hypophallic lobes distinctly sclerotized, with many small spines.</p><p><b>Female</b>. Unknown.</p><p><b>Measurements.</b></p><p>Male. Body length 4.6–4.8 mm.</p><p><b>Etymology.</b></p><p>Named for the fly collector Zhen-Shuang Huang (“ Zhen ”, meaning “ inspiring ”) and the location of type specimens, Bei-Hang University (“ Hang ”, meaning “ flying in sky ”).</p><p><b>Distribution.</b></p><p>China (Beijing, Shaanxi).</p>