Descriptions of six new species of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China.

This paper provides diagnoses and keys to species in the Phaonia fuscicoxa-group and the Phaonia barkama-group from China; describes six new species, namely Phaonia subfuscicoxa Xue and Rong, sp nov: , Phaonia hypotuberosurstyla Xue and Rong, sp nov: , Phaonia caesiipollinosa Xue and Rong, sp nov: , Phaonia daliensis Xue and Du, sp nov: , Phaonia quadratilamella Xue, sp nov: , and Phaonia maoershanensis Xue, sp nov: We report the distributions and provide notes on the affinities of known species.