Published February 13, 2026 | Version v1

Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

  • 1. Breeding Research Center of Insect Pest's Natural Enemies, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 45003, China & Henan International Joint Laboratory of Taxonomy and Systematic Evolution of Insecta, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan 45003, China

Description

Genus

MoriniaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 264. Type species: Morinia velox Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= Musca doronici Scopoli, 1763], by subsequent designation (Rondani 1862: 159).

Diagnosis.

Small to medium-sized, slender flies, black in ground colour, rarely showing metallic bronze sheen or uniformly covered with grey pruinosity; outer ph s and presutural ia s absent; posterior thoracic spiracle small, circular, with anterior and posterior lappets subequal in size (posterior slightly larger) and directed outward; lower calypter narrow, diverging from scutellum; node at base of R 4 + 5 bare; distal angle (bend of vein M 1) obtusely curved (in M. lactineala Pape, 1997, vein M 1 fading within the membrane); hind tibia with equally strong dorsal, anterodorsal and posterodorsal preapical setae.

Distribution.

Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.

Notes

Published as part of Fu, Tong, Xue, Yawen & Cui, Jianxin, 2026, Two new species of Polleniidae (Diptera) from China, pp. 25-40 in ZooKeys 1269 on pages 25-40, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1269.172931

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Robineau-Desvoidy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Polleniidae
Genus
Morinia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 sec. Fu, Xue & Cui, 2026

References

  • Rondani C (1862) Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus (Vol. V). Species Italicae Ordinis Dipterorum in Genera Characteribus Definita, Ordinatim Collectae, Methodo Analitica Distinctae, et Novis vel Minus Cognitis Descriptis. Pars quarta. Muscidae, Phasiinae – Dexinae – Muscinae – Stomoxidinae. Grazioli P, Parmae [= Parma], 239 pp.