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.