Phortica (Ashima) angulata Prigent & 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 : 34-35

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

Diagnosis. Aedeagal, median rod apically with 2 claw-like projections (“Fig. 16” in Chen & Máca 2012).

Supplementary description. Supracervical setae approximately 11. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme 3/4 as long as basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Arista with arb = 2/0; apical, leaf-like expansion distally dilated, apically with small, awn-like projection. Cibarial, medial sensilla 7–8 per side; posterior sensilla approximately 6 per side. All tarsi entirely yellow.

The antisymmetry is observed in the postgonites: in A-type, the left postgonite is a broader, large plate with 2 moderate and 1 small, strongly sclerotized projections and 1 long, less sclerotized process, but the right one narrower, with 2 long, strongly sclerotized projections and 1 long, less sclerotized process (“Figs 16, 17” in Chen & Máca 2012); but in B-type, vice versa.

Specimens examined. Kenya: holotype ♂ (B-type), Kakamega Equatorial Forest , 11.x.2002, S. Prigent leg. ( MNHN); 1♂ paratype, ditto, except 11–23.x.2002 ( MNHN) .

Distribution. Kenya.