Mitjaevia mianningensis Yang & Zhang, 2025

9. Mitjaevia mianningensis Yang & Zhang sp. nov.

( Figs 8 View FIGURE 8 , 15i View FIGURE 15 )

Description: Ground color yellow-whitish, with black patches. Middle line of scutellum brown, line broad at upper part ( Fig. 15i View FIGURE 15 ).

Pygofer dorsal appendage with base broad, apex tapering and slightly curved, ventral margin protruding near middle part; without ventral appendage ( Fig. 8a View FIGURE 8 ). Subgenital plate rounded apically; lateral margin with two rows of short stout setae subbasally, forming one row from subbase to apex; with 3 macrosetae in subapical area ( Fig. 8b View FIGURE 8 ). Style with apex foot-like ( Fig. 8c View FIGURE 8 ). Aedeagal shaft broad in lateral view, moderately long, with pair of processes on basal sides; preatrium longer than shaft; gonopore subapical on ventral surface ( Figs 8e, f View FIGURE 8 ).

Measurement: Length of male 2.95mm.

Material examined: Holotype: ♂, China: Sichuan Prov., Mianning County, 1650m, 8 xi 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska ( NWAFU).

Diagnosis: This new species is similar to M. flexuosa Lin & Zhang, 2022 , but has a thicker aedeagal shaft in lateral view and the aedeagal processes are closely appressed to the aedeagal shaft.

Etymology: The specific epithet is named after its type locality “Mianning”.