关键词: 双翅目, 丽蝇科, 蜗蝇属, 新种, 中国

Abstract:

This paper recorded a new species of Melinda sichuanica Qian et Feng, sp. nov. which provided an overview of current research on Melinda (Robineau-Desoidy, 1830) in China. A key and a checklist of all the known species of Melinda in China are given in this paper. The type specimens of new species were kept in Ya'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
Melinda sichuanica Qian et Feng, sp. nov.
Male: Body length 7.0 mm. This new species is similar to M. yunnanensis Fan, Chen et Li, 1997, but differs from the latter in the following aspects. (1) the par phallus with a long arc forward curved in lateral view, but crescent moon profile to forward curved for the latter. (2) the acrophallus long and thin in lateral view, but it is short and thick for the latter. (3) the cerci healing on apical part in posterior view, but it is forklike for the latter. (4) before the dorsal central bristles 2, but it is 3 for the latter.
Holotype:♂, Cangxi (Mt. Jiulong, 1 200 m, 31°37'N, 105°43'E), Sichuan province, China, 2014-05-12, collected by QIAN Wei-ping cage. The type specimens were kept in the Ya'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sichuan province, China.
Etymology: The name of new species is derived from Chinese phonetic alphabet "sichuan" and Latin word "ica", indicating that the type locality of the new species is Sichuan province.

Key words: Diptera, Calliphoridae, Melinda, New species, China