Phortica (Phortica) kava sp. nov.

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Fig. 3

Diagnosis

This species is very similar to P. bipartita in the male terminalia (Fig. 3B–D), but can be distinguished from the latter species by the paramere and body colour; in P. kava sp. nov., paramere mostly yellow, bifurcated from distal ¼, the anterior branch with three pointed teeth apically (Fig. 3D); pleura mostly dark brown to black (in P. bipartita: paramere nearly black, bifurcated submedially, the anterior branch lacking teeth (as in Toda & Peng 1992, fig. 16); pleura mostly orange to orange brown).

Etymology

The name means “Live on hills”, from the language of the Va community in Yunnan, China.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA: ♂, Yunnan, Ximeng, Muyiji Park, 22°37’ N, 99°35’ E, 1200 m a.s.l., 31 Mar. 2011, J.M. Lu leg. (SCAU, No. 124778).

Paratypes

CHINA: 7 ♂♂, Yunnan, Ximeng, Muyiji Park, 22°37’ N, 99°35’ E, 1200 m a.s.l., 30 Apr. 2016, J. Huang, Y.Q. Liu, Y.L. Wang and L. Zhu leg. (KIZ, Nos 0 0 88083, 84; SCAU, Nos 124779–83).

Description

MALE TERMINALIA. Epandrium with sparse pubescence anteroventrally and ca 12 setae on dorsal to posterolateral portion per side (Fig. 3B). Surstylus with sparse pubescence and ca. 15 prensisetae on ventral margin (Fig. 3C). Aedeagal basal bridge tripartite: median lobe slender and bifurcated apically; posterior lobe stout (Fig. 3D).

Measurements

BL = 4.13 mm in holotype (range in 7 ♂♂ paratypes: 4.09–4.43), THL = 2.02 mm (2.07–2.22), WL = 3.11 mm (3.16–3.29), WW = 1.24 mm (1.24–1.44), arb = 4–5/1–2 (3–5/1–2), adv = 0.85 (0.64–0.83), adf = 1.71 (1.65–2.13), flw = 1.93 (1.65–2.13), FW/HW = 0.51 (0.47–0.51), ch/o = 0.17 (0.14–0.17), prorb = 0.88 (87–0.93), rcorb = 0.42 (0.38–0.42), vb = 0.49 (0.47–0.62), dcl = 0.58 (0.53–0.63), presctl = 0.81 (0.71–0.87), sctl = 0.95 (0.90–1.09), sterno = 0.68 (0.68–0.80), orbito = 1.36 (1.10–1.43), dcp = 0.27 (0.28–0.31), sctlp = 0.97 (1.00–1.11), C = 2.14 (2.00–2.33), 4c = 1.46 (1.27–1.48), 4v = 2.50 (2.20– 2.56), 5x = 1.00 (0.88–1.06), ac = 2.40 (2.20–2.57), M = 0.68 (0.50–0.69), C3F = 0.61 (0.61–0.73).