Phortica (Phortica) kava, 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 : 10-11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.403

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619175

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA2687B9-FFC6-102B-5979-6D17FAFFFD13

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scientific name

Phortica (Phortica) kava
status

sp. nov.

Phortica (Phortica) kava View in CoL sp. nov.

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Fig. 3 View Fig. 3

Diagnosis

This species is very similar to P. bipartita in the male terminalia ( Fig. 3B–D View Fig. 3 ), but can be distinguished from the latter species by the paramere and body colour; in P. kava sp. nov., paramere mostly yellow, bifurcated from distal ¼, the anterior branch with three pointed teeth apically ( Fig. 3D View Fig. 3 ); pleura mostly dark brown to black (in P. bipartita : paramere nearly black, bifurcated submedially, the anterior branch lacking teeth (as in Toda & Peng 1992, fig. 16); pleura mostly orange to orange brown).

Etymology

The name means “Live on hills”, from the language of the Va community in Yunnan, China.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA: ♂, Yunnan, Ximeng, Muyiji Park , 22°37’ N, 99°35’ E, 1200 m a.s.l., 31 Mar. 2011, J.M. Lu leg. ( SCAU, No. 124778 ). GoogleMaps

Paratypes

CHINA: 7 ♂♂, Yunnan, Ximeng, Muyiji Park , 22°37’ N, 99°35’ E, 1200 m a.s.l., 30 Apr. 2016, J. Huang, Y.Q. Liu, Y.L. Wang and L. Zhu leg. ( KIZ, Nos 0 0 88083, 84 ; SCAU, Nos 124779–83 ). GoogleMaps

Description

MALE TERMINALIA. Epandrium with sparse pubescence anteroventrally and ca 12 setae on dorsal to posterolateral portion per side ( Fig. 3B View Fig. 3 ). Surstylus with sparse pubescence and ca. 15 prensisetae on ventral margin ( Fig. 3C View Fig. 3 ). Aedeagal basal bridge tripartite: median lobe slender and bifurcated apically; posterior lobe stout ( Fig. 3D View Fig. 3 ).

Measurements

BL = 4.13 mm in holotype (range in 7 ♂♂ paratypes: 4.09–4.43), THL = 2.02 mm (2.07–2.22), WL = 3.11 mm (3.16–3.29), WW = 1.24 mm (1.24–1.44), arb = 4–5/1–2 (3–5/1–2), adv = 0.85 (0.64–0.83), adf = 1.71 (1.65–2.13), flw = 1.93 (1.65–2.13), FW/HW = 0.51 (0.47–0.51), ch/o = 0.17 (0.14–0.17), prorb = 0.88 (87–0.93), rcorb = 0.42 (0.38–0.42), vb = 0.49 (0.47–0.62), dcl = 0.58 (0.53–0.63), presctl = 0.81 (0.71–0.87), sctl = 0.95 (0.90–1.09), sterno = 0.68 (0.68–0.80), orbito = 1.36 (1.10–1.43), dcp = 0.27 (0.28–0.31), sctlp = 0.97 (1.00–1.11), C = 2.14 (2.00–2.33), 4c = 1.46 (1.27–1.48), 4v = 2.50 (2.20– 2.56), 5x = 1.00 (0.88–1.06), ac = 2.40 (2.20–2.57), M = 0.68 (0.50–0.69), C3F = 0.61 (0.61–0.73).

KIZ

Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Drosophilidae

Genus

Phortica

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