Apsiphortica xui Chen, 2007

Cao, Hui-Luo, Toda, Masanori J. & Chen, Hong-Wei, 2007, Four new species of the genus Apsiphortica Okada, 1971 (Diptera, Drosophilidae), with supplementary descriptions of two known species, Journal of Natural History 41 (41 - 44), pp. 2707-2718 : 2715-2716

Apsiphortica xui Chen , sp. nov.

( Figures 12–14 )

Diagnosis

Aedeagal median rod dorsally with strong subbasal process ( Figure 12 ); aedeagal apodeme broadened, horizontally flattened ( Figure 14 ); ventral branch of aedeagal apodeme sclerotized, slightly expanded apically, with a projection submedially ( Figures 12, 14 ).

Description

Some characters commonly seen in A. longiciliata are not referred to in the following description.

Thorax. Yellow, with five narrow black stripes on scutum and a few dark brown patches on pleura. Scutellum grey-brown.

Abdomen. Tergites yellow, each with broad, dark brown band on posterior margin.

Male terminalia. Epandrium strongly protruded at anteroventral corners, with about 28 setae near posterior margin and pubescence except for anteroventral margin ( Figure 12 ). Tenth sternite with non-pubescent median piece ( Figure 13 ). Hypandrium arched, slightly broadened anteromedially ( Figure 14 ). Parameres separated from each other ( Figures 12, 14 ). Aedeagal outer membrane with about eight sclerotized small pieces ( Figures 12, 14 ). Aedeagal median rod apically round, basally fused with aedeagal apodeme ( Figures 12, 14 ).

Measurements. BL 54.30 mm in the holotype; ThL 52.13 mm; WL 53.80 mm; WW 51.75 mm.

Indices. arb510/6, avd51.00, adf51.38, flw51.94, FW/HW50.38, ch/ o50.06, prorb50.87, rcorb50.70, vb50.52, dcl50.46, presctl50.50, sctl51.00, sterno50.88, orbito52.08, dcp50.16, sctlp50.96, C53.07, 4c50.81, 4v51.72, 5x51.13, ac52.01, M50.48, C3F50.63.

Type material

Figures

Figures 12–14. Apsiphortica xui Chen, sp. nov., „. (12) Epandrium, cercus, surstylus, hypandrium, gonopod, paramere, aedeagal median rod, and aedeagal apodeme, lateral view. (13) Surstylus and 10th sternite, ventral view. (14) Epandrium (part), hypandrium, gonopod, paramere, aedeagal median rod, and aedeagal apodeme, ventral view. For abbreviations see Figures 1–3. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.