Phortica (Ashima) eseta Chen in Chen & Maca 2012

3) Phortica (Ashima) eseta Chen, 2012 Phortica (Ashima) eseta Chen in Chen & M��ca, 2012: 495. Diagnosis. Palpus concave on subapicolateral surface (ch.9-1); cibarial, medial sensilla 65���69 in 3���4 irregular rows per side; postgonites forming large, somewhat triangular plate (in ventral view); two pieces of aedeagal median rod not bifurcated; aedeagal free sclerite C-shaped, larger than median rod. Supplementary description. Supracervical setae approximately 20���21. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme 4/5 as long as basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Arista with arb = 6/4���5. Cibarial, posterior sensilla approximately 5 per side. All tarsi entirely yellow. Specimens examined. Malaysia: holotype ♂, Poring, Sabah, 30.xii.1998, M.J. Toda leg. (SEHU); 2♂ paratypes, 1♂, Ulu Senagang, Crocker Range, Sabah, 18.x.1999, M.J. Toda leg. (SEHU); 2♂, Tawau, Sabah, 17.iii.2002, M.J. Toda leg. (SEHU); 3♂, Deramakot, Sabah, 22���31.ii.2004, K. Akutsu leg. (SEHU); 1♂ paratype, Kubah, Sarawak, 21.i.1999, M.J. Toda leg. (FRCK). Distribution. Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah). Remarks. This species is peculiar in the diagnostic characters among the species of the afoliolata group.
Published as part of Toda, Masanori J., B��nziger, 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, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 4789 (1) on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3884610
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