Phortica (Ashima) sagittaristula Chen & Wen, 2005

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 : 16

8) Phortica (Ashima) sagittaristula Chen & Wen, 2005

Phortica sagittaristula Chen & Wen in Chen et al., 2005a: 3954 .

Phortica (Ashima) sagittaristula: Chen & Máca, 2012: 507 .

Diagnosis. Setulae just before prescutellar acrostichal setae as short as other acrostichal setulae (ch.15-0); anterior, sclerotized postgonite on right lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath bifurcated into subequal, long projections (“ Fig. 2C ” in Chen et al. 2005a).

Supplementary description (not repeating characters common to P. foliisetoides ). Supracervical setae approximately 9. Cibarial, medial sensilla 7–8 per side; posterior sensilla approximately 6 per side.

Specimens examined. Malaysia: 1♂, Ulu Gombak , Selangor, 8.xii.2013, M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU) . Indonesia: 1♂, Bogor , West Java, 13–18.xi.2009, M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU) .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Peninsular Malaysia *, Java*.

Remarks. This species is closely related to the foregoing species, P. foliisetoides , in the molecular phylogeny reconstructed by Cao et al. (2011), but can be distinguished from it by the diagnostic characters.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Phortica (Ashima) efragmentata Toda, sp. nov. (♂ holotype).A, Antenna; B, palpus; C, cibarium (dorsal view); D, proboscis (lateral view); E, fore tarsus; F, abdomen (dorsal view); G, legs; H, abdominal sternites. Abbreviations: a s, anterior sensilla; m s, medial sensilla; p s, posterior sensilla; s c, sensilla campaniformia; s-I–IV, sternites I–IV; t-I–IV, tergites I–IV. Character states are indicated in the form of ‘character No.-state code’. Scale bars: 0.1 mm in A–D; 0.5 mm in E–H.