Phortica (Ashima) saltiaristula Chen & Wen, 2005

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 : 17

10) Phortica (Ashima) saltiaristula Chen & Wen, 2005

Phortica saltiaristula Chen & Wen in Chen et al., 2005a: 3956 .

Phortica (Ashima) saltiaristula: Chen & Máca, 2012: 507 .

Diagnosis. Arista with 1 or 2 minute, dorsal branches basally (ch.5-1) and apical, leaf-like expansion roundish and irregularly serrated on apical margin; setulae just before prescutellar acrostichal setae somewhat longer than other acrostichal setulae (ch.15-1); pregonite slightly concave on dorsosubapical margin of apical knob (ch.48-1), strongly curved ventrad distally (“ Fig. 3D ” in Chen et al. 2005a); anterior, sclerotized postgonite on right lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath not bifurcated (“ Fig. 3C ” in Chen et al. 2005a); posterior postgonites both strongly sclerotized and apically pointed (“ Fig. 3C ” in Chen et al. 2005a).

Supplementary description (not repeating characters common to P. foliisetoides ). Supracervical setae 8–9. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme 1/2 as long as basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Cibarial, medial sensilla 7–8 per side; posterior sensilla approximately 5 per side. Anterior postgonite on left lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath broadest, located subapically.

Specimens examined. China: 1♂ paratype, Menglun, Xishuangbanna , Yunnan, 940 m a.s.l., 25.xii.2003, S.- Y. Wen and H.-W. Chen leg. ( SEHU) . Thailand: 1♂, path to Bung La U O, Ban Thi Pho Ji, Umphang Distr. , Tak Prov., ~ 800 m a.s.l., 22.i.2008, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) ; 2♂, Ban Jom Khiri, Amphoe Chiang Dao , Chiang Mai, 19.xi.2009, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand *.

Remarks. This species is closely related to P. foliisetoides and P. sagittaristula ( Cao et al. 2011; An et al. 2015), but can be distinguished from them by the diagnostic characters.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Phortica (Phortica) pappi (Tsacas & Okada, 1983) (A; ♂ from Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia), Phortica (Ashima) machoruka Prigent & Chen, 2008 (B, C; ♂ holotype), Phortica (Ashima) efragmentata Toda, sp. nov. (D–G; ♂ ho- lotype) and Phortica (Ashima) afoliolata Chen & Toda, 2005 (H; ♂ paratype from Jianfeng, Ledong County, Hainan, China). A, B, D, Periphallic organs (caudolateral view in A and D; caudal view in B); C, pregonites and hypandrial phragma (ventral view); E, surstylus; F, phallic organs (ventral view); G, H, phallic organs (lateral view). Abbreviations: aed gd, aedeagal guide; aed m r, aedeagal median rod; aed s, aedeagal sheath; cerc, cercus; epand, epandrium; goncx, gonocoxite; hypd ph, hypandrial phragma; phap, phallapodeme; phap pr, posterior rod-like process of phallapodeme; preg, pregonite; postg, postgonite; sur, surstylus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.