Phortica (Ashima) nudiarista Cheng & Chen, 2008

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 : 20

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15) Phortica (Ashima) nudiarista Cheng & Chen, 2008 View in CoL

Phortica (Phortica) nudiarista Cheng & Chen in Cheng et al., 2008: 619 View in CoL .

Phortica brachychaeta Chen & Toda in Chen et al., 2005b: 422 View in CoL (part, misidentification).

Phortica (Ashima) nudiarista: Chen & Máca, 2012: 507 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Arista apically with distinct, leaf-like expansion narrower than long and apically tapering and pointed but neither dorsal nor ventral branches (“ Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ” in Cheng et al. 2008); one lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath with 2 anterior postgonites widely separated; the other lateral lobe with 1 posterior and 1 anterior postgonites (“Fig. 11” in Cheng et al. 2008).

Supplementary description (not repeating characters common to P. pavriarista ). Supracervical setae 9–11. Cibarial, medial sensilla approximately 9 per side; posterior sensilla approximately 5 per side.

The antisymmetry is observed in the postgonites: in A-type, the left lateral lobe bears 2 anterior postgonites, and the right lobe 1 posterior and 1 anterior postgonites (“Fig. 11” in Cheng et al. 2008); but in B-type, vice versa.

Specimens examined. China: 1♂ (B-type), Zhengxing, Jingdong , Yunnan, 24.vii.2009 ( SEHU) . Thailand: 1♂ (B-type), above Sangwal, Doi Suthep , Chiang Mai, 1,250 m a.s.l., 24.vii.2008, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) ; 1♂ (Atype), above Sangwal, Doi Suthep , Chiang Mai, 1,250 m a.s.l., 9.i.2008, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) ; 1♂ (B-type), path to Pha Lad, Doi Suthep , Chiang Mai, 5.x.2008, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) ; 1♂ (B-type), path to Bung La U O, Ban Thi Pho Ji, Umphang Distr. , Tak, ~ 800 m, 22.i.2008, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) . Malaysia: 1♂ (B-type), Ulu Gombak , Selangor, 9.xii.2013, M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU) . India: 1♂ (B-type), Uttarakhand, Chamoli Distr., Simli ( Narainbagar ), 5.ix.2010, P.C. Sati leg. ( SEHU) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand *, Peninsular Malaysia *, India (Uttarakhand)*.

Remarks. This species resembles P. pavriarista in the morphology of the aedeagal sheath and postgonites, but can be distinguished from it by the diagnostic characters.

Chen, H. W., Toda, M. J. & Gao, J. J. (2005 b) The Phortica (s. str.) foliiseta species-complex (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from China and its adjacent countries. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 30, 419 - 429.

Chen, H. W. & Maca, J. (2012) Ten new species of the genus Phortica from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zootaxa, 3478 (1), 493 - 509. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3478.1.42

Cheng, Y., Gao, J. J., Watabe, H. & Chen, H. W. (2008) Revision of the genus Phortica Schiner 1862 in China (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zoological Studies, 47, 614 - 632.

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FIGURE 8. Phortica (Ashima) kerinciensis Toda, sp. nov. (♂ paratype). A, Antenna; B, posterior portion of scutum (dorsal view); C, medial and posterior sensilla on cibarium (dorsal view); D, fore tarsus; E, abdominal sternites; F, habitus (ventral view); G, periphallic organs (caudolateral view); H, aedeagus and postgonites; I–K, phallic organs (lateral, ventral and ventrolateral views, respectively; B-type). Scale bars: 0.1 mm in A, C, D, G–K; 0.5 mm in B, E, F.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Drosophilidae

Genus

Phortica

SubGenus

Ashima