Phortica longiseta Cao & Chen, 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 : 369

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00516.x

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scientific name

Phortica longiseta Cao & Chen
status

sp. nov.

PHORTICA HANI View in CoL SPECIES COMPLEX 369

black, the rest grey yellow. Male terminalia. Epandrium with elongated ventral margin ( Fig. 24 View Figures 24, 25 ). Cercus with two long setae ( Fig. 24 View Figures 24, 25 ). Surstylus with one prensiseta apically ( Fig. 24 View Figures 24, 25 ). Paramere submedially with two small processes and two sensilla; basal process lacking fine sawteeth ( Fig. 25 View Figures 24, 25 ).

Measurements: BL = 3.25 mm in holotype; ThL = 1.60 mm; WL = 2.90 mm; WW = 1.25 mm.

Indices: arb = 5/0, adf = 0.75, flw = 1.67, FW/HW =0.52, ch/o = 0.14, prorb = 1.12, rcorb = 0.32, vb = 0.50, dcl = 0.35, presctl = 0.44, sctl = 1.15, sterno = 0.92, orbito = 1.36, dcp = 0.21, sctlp = 0.90, C = 2.90, 4c = 1.24, 4v = 2.66, 5x = 1.03, ac = 1.8, M = 0.71, C3F = 0.44.

Etymology: A combination of the Latin words longus and seta, referring to the cercus with long setae.

Distribution: China (Hubei).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Drosophilidae

Genus

Phortica

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