Abstract
A new species of Morphosphaera Baly from Mêdog County, Xizang Autonomous Region is described: M. medogensis sp. nov., and a newly recorded species from China is reported: M. montivaga Maulik. Illustrations of the habitus and external genitalia of these species are provided, along with a key and a checklist of all known Morphosphaera species worldwide. And the new provincial distribution of Morphosphaera in China has been added.
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