Phortica (Phortica) yena, Zhu & Cao & Chen, 2018

Zhu, Lin, Cao, Huiluo & Chen, Hongwei, 2018, Phortica eparmata species complex (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from the Oriental Region, with DNA barcoding information of Chinese species, European Journal of Taxonomy 403, pp. 1-18 : 13-14

Phortica (Phortica) yena sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

This species is similar to P. mengda sp. nov. in the male terminalia but differs in paramere; in this species, anterior branch of paramere slightly pointed apically, lacking teeth, not bifurcated distally ( Fig. 6C ).

Etymology

From a girls name in the Va community of Yunnan, China.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA: ♂, Yunnan, Ximeng, Muyiji Park , 22°37’ N, 99°35’ E, 1200 m a.s.l., 11 Aug. 2016, H.W. Chen leg. ( SCAU, No. 124797 ).

Description

MALE TERMINALIA. Epandrium with sparse pubescence anteroventrally and ca. seven setae on dorsal to posterolateral portion per side ( Fig. 6A ). Surstylus with pubescence and ca. 12 prensisetae on ventral margin ( Fig. 6B ). Paramere pubescent medially, secondary apically, each with one or two sensilla and one acute projection subapically in anterior and posterior branches ( Fig. 6C ). Aedeagal basal bridge tripartite: anterior lobe with strong projection subapically; median lobe with two small projections apically; posterior lobe thick ( Fig. 6C ).

Measurements

BL = 3.67 mm in holotype, THL = 1.71 mm, WL = 2.76 mm, WW = 1.20 mm, arb = 3/1, adv = 0.67, adf = 1.71, flw = 1.86, FW/HW = 0.48, ch/o = 0.14, prorb = 0.91, rcorb = 0.41, vb = 0.54, dcl = 0.61, presctl = 0.63, sctl = 1.07, sterno = 0.64, orbito = 1.25, dcp = 0.30, sctlp = 1.00, C = 2.11, 4c = 1.69, 4v = 3.05, 5x = 1.04, ac = 2.92, M = 0.77, C3F = 0.73.

Figures

Fig. 6. Phortica (Phortica) yena sp. nov., ♂. A. Epandrium and cercus; B. Surstylus; C. Hypandrium, paramere, aedeagus and aedeagal apodeme. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.