Phortica Schiner, 1862

Toda, Masanori J., Bänziger, Hans, Sati, Pradeep C., Fartyal, Rajendra S., Suwito, Awit & Katoh, Toru, 2020, Taxonomy and evolution of asymmetric male genitalia in the subgenus Ashima Chen (Diptera: Drosophilidae: Phortica Schiner), with descriptions of seven new species, Zootaxa 4789 (1), pp. 1-54 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5221264
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scientific name	Phortica Schiner, 1862
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Genus Phortica Schiner, 1862 View in CoL

Phortica Schiner, 1862: 433 View in CoL (as genus); Máca, 2003: 251; Bächli et al., 2004: 70; Chen et al., 2005a: 3953 View Cited Treatment . Type species: Drosophila variegata Fallén, 1823 View in CoL .

Phortica View in CoL (as subgenus of Amiota Loew View in CoL ): Wheeler, 1952: 167; Okada, 1971: 96; Máca, 1977: 116.

Diagnosis. Ocellar tubercle with additional pair of setulae below ocellar setae; proclinate orbital seta nearer to inner vertical seta than to ptilinal fissure; palpus with hollow-shaped or depressed sense organ (modified from Chen et al. 2005a).

Characters commonly seen across the genus were described by Chen et al. (2005a), and therefore are not repeated here.