''Minettia'' is a genus of small

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

of the family

Lauxaniidae The Lauxaniidae are a family of Acalyptratae, acalyptrate fly, flies. They generally are small flies (length 7 mm or less) with large compound eyes that often are brightly coloured in life, sometimes with characteristic horizontal stripes, s ...

. They have almost worldwide distribution, is one of the most species rich

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of the family with more than 120 described species. The

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is the most diverse with some 56 described species. The genus is divided into 3 subgenera.Séguy, E. (1934) ''Diptères: Brachycères''. II. ''Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae''. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 2
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Species

*Subgenus '' Plesioninettia'' Shatalkin, 2000 :*'' M. crassulata'' Shatalkin, 1998 :*'' M. divaricata'' Sasakawa, 1985 :*'' M. filia'' (

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, 1895) :*'' M. fuscescens'' Shatalkin, 1998 :*'' M. gemina'' Shatalkin, 1992 :*'' M. gemmata'' Shatalkin, 1992 :*'' M. helva''

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, 1932 :*'' M. helvola'' (

, 1895) :*'' M. ishidai'' (Sasakawa, 1985) :*'' M. loewi'' ( Schiner, 1864) :*'' M. omei'' Shatalkin, 1998 :*'' M. punctata'' Sasakawa, 1985 :*'' M. styriaca'' (

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, 1892) :*'' M. tenebrica'' Shatalkin, 1992 *Subgenus '' Frendelia'' Collin, 1948 :*'' M. acuminata'' Sasakawa, 1985 :*'' M. austriaca'' Hennig, 1951 :*'' M. eoa'' Shatalkin, 1992 :*'' M. kunashirica'' Shatalkin, 1992 :*'' M. longipennis'' (

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, 1794) :*'' M. martineki'' Ceianu, 1991 :*'' M. nigritarsis'' Shatalkin, 1998 *Subgenus '' Minettia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 :*'' M. andalusiaca'' (

, 1899) :*'' M. biseriata'' ( Loew, 1847) :*'' M. bulgarica'' Papp, 1981 :*'' M. cantolraensis'' Carles-Tolra, 1998 :*'' M. caucasica'' Shatalkin, 1998 :*'' M. cypriota'' Papp, 1981 :*'' M. czernyi'' Freidberg & Yarom, 1990 :*'' M. dedecor'' ( Loew, 1873) :*'' M. desmometopa'' (de Meijere, 1907) :*'' M. fasciata'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' M. filippovi'' Shatalkin, 1998 :*'' M. flavipalpis'' ( Loew, 1847) :*'' M. flaviventris'' (Costa, 1844) :*'' M. galil'' Freidberg, 1991 :*'' M. hyrcanica'' Shatalkin, 1999 :*'' M. inusta'' ( Meigen, 1826) :*'' M. linguifera'' Sasakawa & Kozanek, 1995 :*'' M. longiseta'' ( Loew, 1847) :*'' M. lupulina'' (

, 1787) :*'' M. muricata'' (

, 1895) :*'' M. palaestinensis'' Papp, 1981 :*'' M. pallida'' ( Meigen, 1830) :*'' M. plumicheta'' (

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, 1868) :*'' M. plumicornis'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' M. punctiventris'' (

, 1868) :*'' M. quadrisetosa'' (

, 1907) :*'' M. rivosa'' ( Meigen, 1826) :*'' M. subtinctiventris'' Papp, 1981 :*'' M. subvittata'' ( Loew, 1847) :*'' M. suillorum'' ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) :*'' M. tabidiventris'' (Papp, 1877) :*'' M. tetrachaeta'' ( Loew, 1873) :*'' M. tinctiventris'' (

, 1868) :*'' M. tubifer'' ( Meigen, 1826) :*'' M. tunisica'' Papp, 1981 *Unplaced :*'' M. aberrans'' (Malloch, 1925) :*'' M. maculithorax'' (Malloch, 1926)'''' :* ''M. nigriventris'' (

, 1932)'''' :*'' M. rufiventris'' (Macquart, 1848)''''

References

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