PHORTICA PINGUISETA CAO & CHEN SP. NOV.

(FIGS 4, 18, 19)

Material examined: Holotype male, CHINA: Weixi, Shangrila, Yunnan, 27.vii.2004, HW Chen (SCAU, No. 120003).

Description: Male. Head: frons villiform black. Thorax: scutum and scutellum blackish, with dense silver-grey pollinose pattern. Legs: hind tibia with two black rings (Fig. 4); distally with one row of about eight strong setae on anteroventral surface, most of which are shorter than tibiae width (Fig. 4C), basally with eight thin, long setae on posterior surface, these longer than 1.5 times the tibiae width (Fig. 4D), apically with one long seta (Fig. 4B). All fifth tarsomeres black, the rest grey-yellow. Male terminalia: epandrium much elongated ventral margin, covered with surstylus (Fig. 18). Cercus with three strong setae (Fig. 18). Surstylus with about seven prensisetae apically (Fig. 18). Paramere with one process submedially, lacking sensilla; basal process with fine sawteeth (Fig. 19).

Measurements: BL = 3.36 mm in holotype; ThL = 1.90 mm; WL = 3.25 mm; WW = 1.35 mm.

Indices: arb = 3/0, adf = 0.58, flw = 1.83, FW/HW = 0.50, ch/o = 0.14, prorb = 1.14, rcorb = 0.39, vb = 0.24, dcl = 0.54, presctl = 0.51, sctl = 1.08, sterno = 0.85, orbito = 1.73, dcp = 0.33, sctlp = 1.04, C = 2.63, 4c = 1.46, 4v = 2.80, 5x = 0.94, ac = 2.07, M = 0.68, C3F = 0.54.

Etymology: A combination of the Latin words pinguis and setea meaning strong setae, referring to the cercus with setae ventrally.

Distribution: China (Yunnan).