Phortica (Phortica) curvispina Prigent & Chen, 2008, sp. nov.
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Description
Phortica (Phortica) curvispina sp. nov.
(Figs 27–29)
Type material. Holotype ɗ (MNHN): KENYA - labeled “Kakamega equatorial forest, 11.x.2002, S. Prigent”.
Etymology. A combination of the Latin words: curvus and spina, referring to the epandrium with 1 hooklike spine on anteroventral corner.
Diagnosis. Epandrium with 1 hook-like spine on anteroventral corner (Fig. 28); paramere apically with 1 small sclerotized projection (Fig. 29); aedeagal median rod strongly sclerotized, slender on basal half, expanded on distal half (Fig. 29); vertical process of gonopods strongly sclerotized, deeply, nearly symmetrically bifurcated from median (Fig. 29).
Description. Male: Eyes brown. Ocellar triangle brown to black. Frons brown on upper 1/2, black on lower 1/2, with thick dense setae medially. Fronto-orbital plate silvery white. Pedicel and first flagellomere almost yellow; arista apically expanded, without ventral branches (Fig. 27). Face yellow-brown on upper 1/2, dark brown on lower 1/2. Clypeus medially white-yellow, laterally black. Gena and postgena brown to dark brown. Palpus brown basally, grey-yellow distally. Thorax and scutellum orange-brown, with black patches and pollinose pattern. Legs yellow except for fore femur brownish; fore tarsomere V lacking long setae apically. Abdominal tergites I+II yellow, the rest brown. Sternites III to VI slightly longer than respective width. Male terminalia: Epandrium mid-dorsally constricted, laterally broadened, with dense setae along ventral to posterior margins (Fig. 28). Surstylus with numerous setae and 5 prensisetae on apical margin (Fig. 28). Paramere basally with 4 sensilla (Fig. 29).
Measurements. BL = 2.80 mm in holotype; ThL = 1.20 mm; WL = 2.53 mm; WW = 1.10 mm. Indices: arb = 2/0, adf = 1.00, flw = 1.50, FW/HW = 0.40, ch/o = 0.05, prorb = 0.85, rcorb = 0.65, vb = 0.45, dcl =
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Published as part of Prigent, Stéphane & Chen, Hong-Wei, 2008, A survey of the genus Phortica Schiner from Kenya, Africa (Diptera: Drosophilidae), pp. 18-30 in Zootaxa 1773 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182195Files
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.182203 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.182195 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE3FFD1FFB7FF86FFB8FFC1FFD6FFB0 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03DA87A9FFBDFF8CFF2FFF56FA4AF863 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Drosophilidae
- Genus
- Phortica
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- curvispina
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Phortica (Phortica) curvispina Prigent & Chen, 2008