Phortica (Ashima) afoliolata Chen & Toda, 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 : 11

1) Phortica (Ashima) afoliolata Chen & Toda, 2005

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Phortica afoliolata Chen & Toda in Chen et al., 2005b: 421 .

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

Diagnosis. Aedeagal sheath ventro-apically with a pair of strongly sclerotized postgonites much shorter than bifurcated pieces of aedeagal median rod ( Fig. 3H ); aedeagus with free sclerite within outer membrane (ch.59-1; Fig. 3H ).

Supplementary description. Supracervical setae 18–20. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme slightly longer than 1/2 basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Arista with arb (dorsal/ventral branches of arista) = 7–9/4–7. Palpus with hollow-shaped sense organ. Cibarial, medial sensilla 7–8 per side; posterior sensilla 6–7 per side. All tarsi entirely yellow.

Specimens examined. China: 1♂ paratype , 4♂, Jianfeng , Ledong County, Hainan, 21.ix.1993, M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU) ; 1♂, ditto, except 22.ix.1993 ( SEHU) ; 5♂ paratypes, ditto, except 25.ix.1993 ( SEHU) . Myanmar: 1♂ paratype, Yangon, 14.i.1982, M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU) . Laos: 2♂, near Vang Vieng , 27.vii.2009, H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Hainan), Myanmar, Laos *. * New record.

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.