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Phortica Schiner 1862

Description

Genus Phortica Schiner, 1862

Diagnosis. Ocellar triangle with a pair of small setae below ocellar setae; proclinate orbital seta nearer to inner vertical seta than to ptilinal fissure; palpus with hollow sense organ subapically; subscutellum protruded; aedeagal apodeme mostly flattened laterally, with deep apical notch dividing it into dorsal and ventral rods. For more detailed description see Bächli et al. 2004; Chen et al. 2005a, b, 2007.

Notes

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 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182195

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schiner
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Phortica
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Phortica Schiner, 1862 sec. Prigent & Chen, 2008

References

  • Bachli, G., Vilela, C. R., Andersson, S. & Saura, A. (2004) The Drosophilidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. In: Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 39. Brill, Leiden, New York, pp. 1 - 362.
  • 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, Drosophilidae). Journal of Natural History, 40, 3951 - 3978.
  • Chen, H. W., Toda, M. J. & Gao, J. J. (2005 b) The Phortica (s. str.) foliiseta species-complex (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from China and adjacent countries. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 30, 198 - 209.
  • Chen H. W., Toda M. J., Lakim M. B. & Mohamed M. B. (2007) The Phortica sensu stricto (Insecta: Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 55, 23 - 41.