Phortica (Phortica) wongding, Zhu & Cao & Chen, 2018

Zhu, Lin, Cao, Huiluo & Chen, Hongwei, 2018, Phortica eparmata species complex (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from the Oriental Region, with DNA barcoding information of Chinese species, European Journal of Taxonomy 403, pp. 1-18 : 13

Phortica (Phortica) wongding sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

This species resembles P. eparmata in male terminalia, but can be distinguished from it by the paramere and aedeagal basal bridge; in P. wongding sp. nov., posterior branch of paramere with one triangular process submedially, slender distally ( Fig. 5C ); while in P. eparmata , posterior branch of paramere with one quadrate process submedially, broadened distally (as in Okada 1977, fig. 3B).

Etymology

The name means “the place is surrounded by clouds”, from the language of the Va community in Yunnan, China.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA: ♂, Muyiji Park, Ximeng , Yunnan, 22°37’ N, 99°35’ E, 1200 m a.s.l., 4 Apr. 2011, YR Su leg. ( SCAU, No. 123274 ).

Paratypes

CHINA: 1 ♂ ( SCAU, No. 123284 ), same data as holotype; 3 ♂♂, 29 Apr. 2016, J. Huang, Y.Q. Liu, Y.L. Wang and L. Zhu leg. ( KIZ, Nos 0088087–89 ); 6 ♂♂, 11 Aug. 2016, same data as holotype, H.W. Chen, L. Gong and Y.Q. Liu leg. ( SCAU, Nos 124791–96).

Description

MALE TERMINALIA. Epandrium lacking pubescence anteroventrally, with ca. nine setae on dorsal to posterolateral portion per side ( Fig. 5A ). Surstylus lacking pubescence, with ca. 14 prensisetae on ventral margin ( Fig. 5B ). Paramere pubescent, with two or three teeth and one sensillum apically in anterior branch, one tooth apically in posterior branch ( Fig. 5C ). Aedeagal basal bridge tripartite: anterior lobe thick; median lobe slender, concave apically; posterior lobe slender ( Fig. 5C ).

Measurements

BL = 3.56 mm in holotype (range in 10 ♂♂ paratypes: 3.47–3.87), THL = 1.69 mm (1.67–1.96), WL = 2.74 mm (2.62–3.02), WW = 1.17 mm (1.07–1.38), arb = 4–5/1–2 (4–5/1–2), adv = 0.67 (0.57–0.73), adf = 1.88 (1.75–2.14), flw = 1.66 (1.63–2.00), FW/HW = 0.45 (0.45–0.52), ch/o = 0.17 (0.14–0.18), prorb = 0.82 (0.80–0.92), rcorb = 0.45 (0.39–0.48), vb = 0.50 (0.50–0.60), dcl = 0.51 (0.44–0.58), presctl = 0.66 (0.58–0.71), sctl = 1.05 (1.00–1.07), sterno = 0.67 (0.67–0.83), orbito = 1.49 (1.29–1.50), dcp = 0.31 (0.25–0.31), sctlp = 1.07 (0.95–1.14), C = 2.05 (1.83–2.50), 4c = 1.57 (1.28–1.77), 4v = 2.86 (2.53–2.86), 5x = 1.00 (1.00–1.11), ac = 3.14 (2.86–3.29), M = 0.69 (0.56–0.69), C3F = 0.78 (0.67–0.80).

Figures

Fig.5.Phortica(Phortica)wongdingsp.nov.,♂.A.Epandriumandcercus;B.Surstylus;C.Hypandrium, paramere, aedeagus and aedeagal apodeme. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.