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Phortica (Ashima) spinosa Chen & Gao 2005

Authors :: Toda, Masanori J.
B��nziger, Hans
Sati, Pradeep C.
Fartyal, Rajendra S.
Suwito, Awit
Katoh, Toru
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2020.
Abstract: 27) Phortica (Ashima) spinosa Chen & Gao, 2005 Phortica spinosa Chen & Gao in Chen et al., 2005a: 425. Phortica (Ashima) spinosa: Chen & M��ca, 2012: 507. Diagnosis. Abdominal sternite III longer than wide (ch.22-0), without dense setulae on medial surface (ch.26-0); IV not wider than long (ch.24-0), without dense setulae on medial surface (ch.27-0); strongly sclerotized arch on anterior margin of aedeagal sheath nearly symmetric in posterior portion bearing posterior postgonites subequal in size, but asymmetric in anterior portion bearing anterior postgonites (��Fig. 22�� in Chen et al. 2005b). Supplementary description (not repeating characters common to P. semiannulata). Supracervical setae 14�� 15. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme 1/2 as long as basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Arista with arb = 2��3/0; apical, leaf-like expansion apically with 1 or 2 awn-like projections. Cibarial, medial sensilla approximately 11 per side; posterior sensilla approximately 5 per side. Pregonite without sensilla on submedial portion (ch.52-0). The antisymmetry is observed in the anterior postgonites: in A-type, the left postgonite is shorter, and the right one longer (��Fig. 22�� in Chen et al. 2005b); but in B-type, vice versa. Specimens examined. China: 4&male; (A-type) 1&male; (B-type) paratypes, Jianfengling, Ledong County, Hainan, 23.ix.1993, M.J. Toda leg. (SEHU); 2&male; (A-type) 2&male; (B-type), ditto, except 24.ix.1993 (SEHU). Myanmar: 1&male; (Atype) paratype, Pyinoolwin, 30.xii.1981 �� 6.i.1982, M.J. Toda leg. (SEHU). Thailand: 1&male; (B-type), above Sangwal, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 1,250 m a.s.l., 30.v.2008, H. B��nziger leg. (SEHU); 1&male; (B-type), below Sangwal, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 31.viii.2008, H. B��nziger leg. (SEHU); 2&male; (A-type), Chang Khian, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 1,200 m a.s.l., 2.ii.2009, H. B��nziger leg. (SEHU). Distribution. China (Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand *.<br />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 page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3884610<br />{"references":["Chen, H. W., Gao, J. J. & Wen, S. Y. (2005 a) Species diversity of the genus Phortica Schiner in Yunnan, China, with descriptions of nine new species (Diptera, Drosophildae [sic]). Journal of Natural History, 39, 3951 - 3978. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930500533534","Chen, H. W. & Maca, J. (2012) Ten new species of the genus Phortica from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zootaxa, 3478 (1), 493 - 509. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3478.1.42","Chen, H. W., Toda, M. J. & Gao, J. J. (2005 b) The Phortica (s. str.) foliiseta species-complex (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from China and its adjacent countries. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 30, 419 - 429."]}