taxonID	type	description	language	source
03AF8783FF812B4DFF34F8973D4FFB2E.taxon	type_taxon	Type genus: Nothybus Rondani, 1875.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF812B4DFF34F8973D4FFB2E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Slender, long-legged flies 5.5 – 15.0 mm in length, usually yellowish orange to brown with abdomen partially dark brown to blackish brown. Head suborbicular with three velvety black patches (rarely fused); two fronto-orbital setae, one inner vertical seta and one outer vertical seta; vibrissa, ocellar and postocellar setae absent; pedicel with dorsal seam; first flagellomere angled, twice as long as wide. Thorax strongly produced anteriorly, anterior margin widely separated from fore coxa; subscutellum inflated and subconical, reaching or surpassing the apex of scutellum; thorax usually with brownish mottling and stripes; one anepisternal seta, one notopleural seta, one supra-alar seta, one postalar seta, one dorsocentral seta, one lateral scutellar seta and one apical scutellar seta; postpronotal, anterior notopleural and katepisternal setae absent. Precoxal bridge present and fused to prosternum; postmetacoxal bridge absent. Wing with alula and anal lobe nearly absent; C unbroken; Sc complete; cells cua and bm very short, but the latter open; cell br open; radial and medial veins divergent. Abdominal sternite 5 in male simple with ventral outline straight; tergite and sternite 7 separate in female, not forming oviscape.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF812B4DFF34F8973D4FFB2E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. For detailed redescription of the family, see Lonsdale & Marshall (2016). Nothybid flies resemble Micropezidae at the first glance, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following features: katepisternal setae absent (vs. present in Micropezidae); fore coxa widely separated from anterior margin of thorax (vs. close to anterior thoracic margin in Micropezidae); subscutellum inflated, at least reaching apex of scutellum (vs. not enlarged in most Micropezidae although a similar state occurs in a few Eurybatinae); precoxal bridge present (vs. absent in Micropezidae); R 4 + 5 and M 1 divergent (vs. convergent in Micropezidae).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF812B4DFF34FC5C38B8FA33.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Nothybus longithorax Rondani, 1875 (= Cardiacephala longicollis Walker, 1856), by monotypy.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF812B4DFF34FC5C38B8FA33.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. As for the family.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF822B4AFF34F8833DC0FBB7.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 19, 75)	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF822B4AFF34F8833DC0FBB7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Frons extensively velvety black on anterior half (Fig. 4). Wing (Figs 1, 2, 7) distally infuscated from level of dm-cu, with clear spots in cells r 2 + 3 and r 4 + 5 and a more diffuse patch in m 1; crossvein r-m with dark brown round spot; distal part of CuA 1 with elongate-oval dark brown area extending to dm-cu. Abdomen (Figs 9 – 11) mostly dark brown, except for the brownish yellow tergite 1; tergites 2 and 3 with diffuse lateral brownish yellow spot; tergite 4 brownish yellow with anterior margin and large posteromedial spot dark brown; and tergite 5 blackish brown with postero-lateral margin yellow.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF822B4AFF34F8833DC0FBB7.taxon	description	Redescription. Male (Fig. 1). Body length 6.3 – 7.2 mm, wing length 5.6 – 6.5 mm. Head (Figs 3 – 5) suborbicular, largely brownish yellow with grayish brown Pruinescence. Frons above antennae convex, with anterior pair of velvety black patches fused on anterior half. Face with dorsal half brownish yellow and ventral half brown and slivery tomentose, with medially shiny pale area. Parafacial dark brown. Ocellar tubercle black. Vertex with large pentagonal velvety black patch behind ocellar tubercle. Head bristles black; head with four pairs of long strong bristles: two fronto-orbital setae, one inner vertical seta and one outer vertical seta. Antenna dark yellow except the dark brown apical half of first flagellomere; arista dark brown, long and plumose. Proboscis yellow with dark brown lateral spot on labellum; palpus narrow and yellow. Thorax (Fig. 6) mostly brownish yellow mottled with orange, grayish brown pruinescence. Postpronotum dark brown. Mesonotum dark brownish yellow with dark brown mid-longitudinal stripe and one pair of narrow brownish lateral stripes; mid-longitudinal brown stripe distinctly narrowing and ill-defined posteriorly. Scutellum dark brown except narrow posterior margin brownish yellow; subscutellum dark brown. Mesopleuron dark brownish yellow except posterior region; katepisternum with dark brown median spot. Thorax bristles black. Irregularly 6 rows of presutural acrostichal setulae in mid-longitudinal stripe; lateral stripe of 2 – 3 additional rows of setulae clearly delimited. Legs brownish yellow except extreme tips of femora dark brown, tibiae brownish black; tarsi brownish black except fore basitarsomere white with base brownish (Fig. 8). Hairs and bristles on legs black; mid coxa with one long outer bristle at base. Wing (Fig. 7) uniformly dark brown from level of dm-cu to distal margin, except for clear spots in cells r 2 + 3 and r 4 + 5 and a diffuse and elongate clear patch in m 1; crossvein r-m partially covered with dark brown round spot; CuA 1 with distal elongate-oval dark brown area extending to dm-cu. Calypter brownish with dark brown margin. Halter whitish with base slightly greyish. Abdomen (Figs 9, 10) dark brown with gray brown pruinescence, except the brownish yellow tergite 1; tergites 2 and 3 with diffuse lateral brownish yellow spot; tergite 4 brownish yellow with anterior margin and large posteromedial spot dark brown; tergite 5 blackish brown with posterolateral margin yellow; and tergite 6 and terminalia light yellow. Sternites narrow and yellow. Abdomen bristles black. Sternite 6 with one pair of larger posterolateral setae. Male genitalia (Figs 12 – 19, 75): Epandrium short and broad. Surstylus approximately 1 / 2 as long as height of epandrium and fused to it at posterior third; apical half strongly narrowed with minute setulae, apex slightly swollen with minute black denticles on inner surface. Cercus finger-like, slightly longer than surstylus. Hypandrium (Figs 15, 16) narrowly rounded anteriorly, more strongly arched medially. Pregonite distinctly curved with truncate apex and with two strong ventromedial setae. Basiphallus (Fig. 17) sclerotized laterally and along dorsobasal surface nearly forming a ring at base with venter incomplete. Distiphallus long with broad, undulating and membranous lateral margin and one pair of darker, diffuse medial ribbons; apex unified into shallow bulb, diverging into one pair of short, narrow, membranous tubules. Ejaculatory apodeme (Fig. 19) well developed with broad base. Female (Fig. 2). Body length 6.9 – 7.8 mm, wing length 5.8 – 6.7 mm. Wing with clear spot in cell r 2 + 3 open to wing margin; abdominal tergite 3 entirely dark brown, tergite 6 brownish yellow with lateral blackish brown area (Fig. 11).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF822B4AFF34F8833DC0FBB7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 1 ³, Yunnan, Lvchun, Mt. Huanglianshan (N 22.88528 °, E 102.271175 °), 20 Apr. 2018, leg. L. Wang (CAU); 1 ³ 2 ♀, Guangxi, Jinxiu, Mt. Dayaoshan (N 39.986525 °, E 116.39857 °), 14 Jun. 1982, leg. C. Yang (CAU).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF822B4AFF34F8833DC0FBB7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CHINA (Guangxi, Yunnan).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF822B4AFF34F8833DC0FBB7.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Lonsdale & Marshall (2016) described N. absens from a female specimen that was lost (escaped) after it was photographed. Utilizing features visible in the photographs, they provided the following combination of diagnostic characters: anterior pair of velvety black patches on frons largely fused; scutum with a complete medial stripe; fore basitarsomere white with narrow dark annulus basally; wing with three clear, iridescent, linearly arranged spots subapically; abdominal tergite 4 brownish yellow with anterior margin and large posteromedial spot dark brown. They also refer to tergite 3 as entirely brown. Newly available male and female specimens of N. absens are consistent with most of these diagnostic traits, but the coloration of wing and abdominal tergite 3 can now be described more accurately, including the following traits: cells r 2 + 3 and r 4 + 5 with a clear, iridescent subapical spot, respectively, with anterior one positioned more distally; middle of cell m 1 with a more diffuse and elongate clear spot; abdominal tergite 3 in male brown with diffuse, indistinct yellowish areas laterally. N. absens resembles N. cataractus Lonsdale & Marshall, 2016, N. kempi (Brunetti, 1913) (Figs 49 – 55) and N. kuznetsovorum Galinskaya & Shatalkin, 2015 (Figs 68 – 74) in having the epandrium relatively broad and fused to posterior part of the surstylus; the surstylus is relatively short and wide but narrowed apically with minute setulae and black denticles on the inner-distal surface; and the distiphallus long and ribbon-like with one pair of relatively short tubules on an apical swelling. However, the cercus of N. absens is slender and slightly longer than the surstylus, which is unique among the N. kempi group, and the relatively narrowed epandrium and hypandrium, the shape of apical surstylus, and the truncated apex of pregonite, also unlike any of the above species.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF862B4BFF34FDA738DCFF33.taxon	description	(Figs 20 – 28)	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF862B4BFF34FDA738DCFF33.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Frons (Figs 21 – 23) with two velvety black anterior patches. Ocellar tubercle blackish. Frons with narrow brownish stripe extending from ocellar tubercle to anterior third. Mesonotum (Fig. 24) with regularly 4 rows of acrostichal setulae in mid-longitudinal stripe. Wing (Fig. 25) uniformly dark brown from level of dm-cu to distal margin, except for clear spots in cells r 2 + 3 and r 4 + 5 and a diffuse patch in m 1; crossveins r-m and dm-cu surrounded by brown stripe; distal portion of veins R 2 + 3, R 4 + 5 and M 1, surrounded with large brown spots; distal part of CuA 1 subtended by elongate-oval dark brown area extending to dm-cu. Fore basitarsomere (Fig. 26) dark brown base and apex and median two thirds white. Abdominal tergites mostly dark yellow with dark brown markings on posteromedial and lateral margins (Figs 27 – 28).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF862B4BFF34FDA738DCFF33.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♀, Yunnan, Lushui, Pianma (N 24.124037 °, E 120.675028 °), 25 Jul. 2012 – 10 Aug. 2012, leg. J. Wang (CAU).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF862B4BFF34FDA738DCFF33.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CHINA (Yunnan) [new record], LAOS, MYANMAR.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF862B4BFF34FDA738DCFF33.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is still known only from females and the material studied herein, differs from the redescription of Lonsdale & Marshall (2016) in the following characters: (i) head with narrow brownish stripe from ocellar tubercle to anterior third of frons; (ii) anepisternum dark brown with whitish dorsal stripe; (iii) katepisternum dark brown with whitish yellow spot at posterodorsal margin; (iv) mid coxa with anterior half dark brown and posterior half yellow; (v) hind coxa partially brown and yellow; (vi) mid and hind femora with diffuse brownish distomedial rings (Fig. 20); (vii) abdominal tergite 5 with broad dark brown area laterally, fusing to the posterome- dial brown spot; (viii) tergite 6 brownish yellow with narrow lateral area dark brown. Lonsdale & Marshall (2016) did not mention the color of palpus, however we note that it is dark brown, unlike other species in the genus except N. biguttatus Wulp, 1896.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF892B45FF34F9FE3B78FCC0.taxon	description	(Figs 29 – 37)	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF892B45FF34F9FE3B78FCC0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Frons (Figs 30 – 32) with two velvety black anterior patches. Mesonotum (Fig. 33) with regularly 4 rows of acrostichal setulae in mid-longitudinal stripe. Wing (Fig. 34) distal to level of dm-cu uniformly dark brown except for clear spots in cells r 2 + 3 and r 4 + 5 and a more diffuse patch in m 1; crossvein r-m surrounded by dark brown round spot; distal part of CuA 1 subtended by elongate-oval dark brown area extending to dm-cu. Fore basitarsomere (Fig. 35) dark brown with wide middle portion white. Abdominal tergites almost entirely black (Figs 36, 37).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF892B45FF34F9FE3B78FCC0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♀, Tibet, Medog, Beibeng (N 29.330938 °, E 95.339495 °), 29 May. 2019, leg. Y. He & R. Shen (CAU).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF892B45FF34F9FE3B78FCC0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CHINA (Tibet) [new record], INDONESIA (Java, Sumatra), NEPAL, VIETNAM.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF892B45FF34F9FE3B78FCC0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The specimen examined here is similar to the northern Vietnamese variation mentioned by Galinskaya & Shatalkin (2015) and Lonsdale & Marshall (2016), but the mid femur has a dark medial ring and the hind femur lacks a dark medial band. These specimens are also darker than those from Java and Sumatra but they are identical in other external features.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34F9FE3A28FCE3.taxon	description	(Figs 38 – 55, 76)	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34F9FE3A28FCE3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Frons (Figs 40 – 42) with two velvety black anterior patches. Mesonotum (Fig. 43) with irregularly 6 rows of presutural acrostichal setulae in mid-longitudinal stripe. Wing (Fig. 44) with dark brown transverse stripe extending from C to CuA 1 along dm-cu; three clear and strongly iridescent spots arranged in a straight line; CuA 1 with brown elongate oval spot extending into cell dm and not reaching dm-cu. Fore basitarsomere (Fig. 45) white or whitish-yellow with base dark brown. Abdominal tergite 1 and anterior margin of tergite 2 yellowish orange, tergite 3 dark brown, tergite 4 with orange lateral margin (Figs 46 – 48).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34F9FE3A28FCE3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 3 ³ 2 ♀, Yunnan, Dehong, Ruili (N 24.111210 °, E 97.986650 °), 13 May. 2018, leg. B. Zhang (CAU).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34F9FE3A28FCE3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CHINA (Yunnan) [new record], INDIA, LAOS, THAILAND, VIETNAM.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34F9FE3A28FCE3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The Chinese specimens from our study differ from the redescriptions of Lonsdale & Marshall (2016) as follows: male abdominal tergite 4 laterally with large orange regions, tergite 6 and terminalia light yellow (Figs 46, 47). Female abdominal tergite 6 dark brown (Figs 39, 48).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34FA123B25F991.taxon	description	(Figs 56 – 74, 77)	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34FA123B25F991.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Frons (Figs 59 – 61) with two velvety black anterior patches. Mesonotum (Fig. 62) with irregularly 8 rows of presutural acrostichal setulae in mid-longitudinal stripe. Wing (Fig. 63) with three clear and iridescent spots arranged in a straight line; dark brown transverse stripe anteriorly wide, entirely filling apex of cell r 1; CuA 1 with brown elongate oval patch not reaching dm-cu. Fore basitarsomere (Fig. 64) white with base dark brown. Abdominal tergite 1 and anterior margin of tergite 2 yellowish orange, tergites 2 and 3 laterally with relatively wide orange regions (Fig. 56).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34FA123B25F991.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 2 ³ 1 ♀, Yunnan, Lvchun, Mt. Huanglianshan (N 22.88528 °, E 102.271175 °), 15 Apr. 2018, leg. L. Wang & X. Li (CAU); 1 ³, Yunnan, Mengla, Bubang Village (N 21.605465 °, E 101.590457 °), 11 May. 2009, leg. T. Zhang (CAU); 1 ³, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun, Shilin (N 24.777702 °, E 103.296508 °,), 21 Apr. 2007, leg. F. Wang (CAU).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34FA123B25F991.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CHINA (Yunnan) [new record]; LAOS; THAILAND; VIETNAM.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B47FF34FA123B25F991.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The Chinese specimens from our study differ from the redescriptions of Lonsdale & Marshall (2016) as follows: male abdominal tergite 4 yellowish orange with medial portion, anterior margin and posterior margin narrowly brownish; tergite 6 and terminalia pale yellow (Figs 65, 66). Female abdominal tergite 6 mostly blackish brown, orange medially (Figs 58, 67).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B43FF34FFC53B27FE3C.taxon	description	(Figs 78 – 84)	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B43FF34FFC53B27FE3C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Frons (Figs 79 – 81) with two velvety black anterior patches. Mesonotum (Fig. 82) with irregularly 8 rows of presutural acrostichal setulae in mid-longitudinal stripe. Wing (Fig. 83) with three clear iridescent spots with second spot in cell r 4 + 5 displaced apically, crossvein r-m with narrow medial brown spot; subapical spot on CuA 1 absent. Fore basitarsomere (Fig. 84) white with base dark brown. Abdominal tergite 1 and anterolateral corner of tergite 2 widely yellowish orange, tergite 3 laterally with orange regions (Figs 85, 86).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B43FF34FFC53B27FE3C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♀, Yunnan, Mengla, Manzhuang (N 22.129471 °, E 101.31371 °), 18 Mar. 2018, leg. G. Wang (CAU).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B43FF34FFC53B27FE3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. CHINA (Yunnan) [new record], MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND, VIETNAM.	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
03AF8783FF8B2B43FF34FFC53B27FE3C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The Chinese specimens from our study differ from the redescriptions of Lonsdale & Marshall (2016) as follows: scutum (Fig. 82) with medial stripe not reaching anterior margin, narrowed subapically and slightly fused to posterolateral stripe. Abdominal tergite 2 dark brown with anterior and lateral margins widely yellowish orange, tergite 3 laterally with orange regions, tergite 4 almost yellow except posterior margin dark brown, tergite 6 entirely light yellow (Figs 78, 85, 86).	en	Zhou, Jiale, Marshall, Stephen A., Yang, Ding (2021): Synopsis of Nothybidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from China, with redescription of Nothybus absens Lonsdale & Marshall. Zootaxa 4926 (2): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.3
