Phortica Schiner, 1862

Prigent, Stéphane & Chen, Hong-Wei, 2008, A survey of the genus Phortica Schiner from Kenya, Africa (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Zootaxa 1773, pp. 18-30 : 19

Genus Phortica Schiner, 1862

Diagnosis. Ocellar triangle with a pair of small setae below ocellar setae; proclinate orbital seta nearer to inner vertical seta than to ptilinal fissure; palpus with hollow sense organ subapically; subscutellum protruded; aedeagal apodeme mostly flattened laterally, with deep apical notch dividing it into dorsal and ventral rods. For more detailed description see Bächli et al. 2004; Chen et al. 2005a, b, 2007.