Phortica, 2009

He, Xiaofang, Gao, Jianjun, Cao, Huazhi, Zhang, Xiaolei & Chen, Hongwei, 2009, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Phortica hani species complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2), pp. 359-372 : 367-368

PHORTICA PANDA CAO & CHEN SP. NOV.

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Material examined: Holotype male, CHINA: Fengtongzhai, Baoxing , Sichuan, 20.ix.2005, H. W. Chen ( SCAU, No. 120001).

Description: Male. Head: frons black on upper part, brown on lower part. Face black on upper part, orange-brown on lower part. Thorax: scutum with black patches and silver-grey pollinose pattern. Scutellum orange-brown, black along margin. Legs: hind tibiae with three black rings; subapically with two to three rows of short, scopiform setae on ventral surfaces ( Fig. 5E ) and one very long apical seta ( Fig. 5B ), lacking any long setae on ventral and posteroventral surface ( Fig. 5 ). All fifth tarsomeres black, the rest grey-yellow. Male terminalia: ventral margin of epandrium not elongated ( Fig. 20 ). Cercus with three strong setae ( Fig. 20 ). Surstylus with two prensisetae apically ( Fig. 20 ). Paramere mediobasally with a triangular projection, submedially with one small process, which bears one sensillum; basal process with fine sawteeth ( Fig. 21 ).

Measurements: BL = 4.40 mm in holotype; ThL = 1.95 mm; WL = 3.50 mm; WW = 1.50 mm.

Indices: arb = 4/0, adf = 0.69, flw = 1.92, FW/HW = 0.56, ch/o = 0.12, prorb = 0.97, rcorb = 0.41, vb = 0.33, dcl = 0.59, presctl = 0.63, sctl = 1.05, sterno = 0.77, orbito = 2.00, dcp = 0.30, sctlp = 0.89, C = 2.70, 4c = 1.42, 4v = 2.83, 5x = 0.77, ac = 2.02, M = 0.64, C3F = 0.59.

Etymology: Pertaining to the giant panda, which was first discovered by P.D. Armand in 1869 in Baoxing, the type locality of the new fly species.

Distribution: China (Sichuan).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Hindlegs of male. For details of the parts denoted by letters a–e see the descriptions of individual species.

Figures 7–12. Fifth sternites of male: 7, Phortica hani Zhang & Shi; 8, Phortica floccipes Cao & Chen sp. nov.; 9, Phortica hirtotibia Cao & Chen sp. nov.; 10, Phortica panda Cao & Chen sp. nov.; 11, Phortica longicauda Cao & Chen sp. nov.; 12, Phortica longiseta Cao & Chen sp. nov. The scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Figures 20, 21. Phortica panda Cao & Chen sp. nov., male. 20, epandrium, surstylus, and cercus; 21, hypandrium, gonopods, paramere, aedeagus, and aedeagal apodeme. For abbreviations see Figs 14 and 15. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.