taxonID	type	description	language	source
B70CDA1BF93A99408C7DFC0BFC0EA0D8.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Holotype male, China: Xizang Autonomous Region: Medog County, 960 m, 11. viii. 2003, Coll. M. F. Wang. Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype.	en	Wang, Ming-Fu, Wang, Rong-Rong, Xue, Wan-Qi (2006): A review of the H. obtusipennis species­group of the genus Helina R. ­ D. (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 1137: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171990
B70CDA1BF93A99408C7DFC0BFC0EA0D8.taxon	description	Description: Male: Body length 5.0 mm. Head: Eye bare; frons about 2 / 5 of head width, frontal vitta black on upper half, dark brownish on lower half, 5 strong frontal setae, inserted with 2 – 3 pairs of small upcurved hairs, 2 upper orbital setae, upcurved, frontoorbital plate and parafacial with silvery gray pollinosity, parafacial about 1 / 2 – 2 / 3 of first flagellomere width; antennal scape and pedicel­apex brownish, first flagellomere black, about 2.5 times as long as broad, arista long plumose, the longest hair about 1.5 times as wide as first flagellomere; lower face not projecting, vibrissal angle situated behind frontal angle in profile; genal height about 2 / 7 of eye­height, gena and genal dilation with black hairs, upper margin of gena with 1 – 2 rows of upcurved setae; prementum with pruinosity about 2.5 times as long as height; palpus dark brown to black, slender and long. Thorax: Black with densely grayish brown pruinescence, scutum with 4 longitudinal dark stripes in posterior view, the median pairs not reaching to scutoscutellar suture; presutural acr 2 rows, dc 2 + 3, ia 0 + 2, pra about equal to 1 / 2 of posterior notopleural seta in length; notopleuron, lateral and lower margins of scutellum bare; basisternum, proepisternum, anepimeron, katepimeron and meron bare; katepisternal setae 2: 2; anterior spiracle yellowish, posterior one brown. Wing: Tegula and basicosta yellow, costal spine about as long as crossvein r­m, vein Sc curved bow­like, radial node bare, veins R 4 + 5 and M conspicuously a little deviated from each other distally, crossvein dm­cu straight, crossveins without cloudy appearance. Calypteres yellowish, the lower one projecting tongue­like. Haltere yellow. Legs: Femora and tibiae yellow except for dark fore femur, tarsi black; fore tibia with 1 median p; mid femur with a row of ad on basal 3 / 5 with hairlike av row and with 4 pv setae on basal half; mid tibia with 3 p; hind femur with a complete row of ad, av row sparse and complete, 2 strong setae on apical, pv row comblike, only conspicuous on distal 1 / 3, hind tibia with 3 av, 2 ad, 1 small basal pd. Abdomen: Oval with densly grayish yellow pruinescence; tergites 2 to 5 each with a pair of dark brown point­like spots. Sternite 1 bare; sternite 5 and terminalia of male as shown in Figs. 1 – 3. Female: Unknown. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.	en	Wang, Ming-Fu, Wang, Rong-Rong, Xue, Wan-Qi (2006): A review of the H. obtusipennis species­group of the genus Helina R. ­ D. (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 1137: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171990
B70CDA1BF93A99408C7DFC0BFC0EA0D8.taxon	etymology	Etymology: This species name is derived from the collection locality of the type species.	en	Wang, Ming-Fu, Wang, Rong-Rong, Xue, Wan-Qi (2006): A review of the H. obtusipennis species­group of the genus Helina R. ­ D. (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 1137: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171990
B70CDA1BF93A99408C7DFC0BFC0EA0D8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This new species closely resembles Helina eurymetopa Emden but differs from it in having parafacial about 1 / 2 – 2 / 3 of flagellomere width; calypters yellowish; mid femur with 4 pv, hind femur with comb­like pv row on distal 1 / 3; and abdominal tergite 2 with a pair of dark spots.	en	Wang, Ming-Fu, Wang, Rong-Rong, Xue, Wan-Qi (2006): A review of the H. obtusipennis species­group of the genus Helina R. ­ D. (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 1137: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171990
B70CDA1BF93A99408C7DFC0BFC0EA0D8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: China: Xizang Autonomous Region.	en	Wang, Ming-Fu, Wang, Rong-Rong, Xue, Wan-Qi (2006): A review of the H. obtusipennis species­group of the genus Helina R. ­ D. (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 1137: 63-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171990
