Phortica Schiner 1862
Creators: name: Chen, Hong-Wei
name: Toda, Masanori J.
name: Lakim, Maklarin B.
name: Mohamed, Maryati B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Phortica

description: Key to the species of the subgenus Phortica from Malaysia   
 1. Interfrontal setae thick and dense; additional plate between cerci and 10th sternite absent; paramere rod-shaped, basally mostly projected and with a few sensilla, apically usually knobbed (the foliiseta species-complex)..................................................... 2   
– Interfrontal setae thin and rare; additional plate between cerci and 10th sternite present; paramere apically with a few sensilla............................................................................................... 3  
 2. Surstylus with only 2–3 prensisetae; vertical process of gonopods nearly entirely sclerotized apically; aedeagal outer membrane with minute warts.......... P. (P.) nigrifoliiseta (Takada et al.)   
 – Surstylus with ca. 11 prensisetae; vertical process of gonopods slightly sclerotized; aedeagal outer membrane with numerous, weakly sclerotized, small triangle processes.............................................................................. P. (P.) tanabei Chen & Toda   
 3. Surstylus with strong spine(s); additional plate between cerci and 10th sternite lacking pubescence, separated from 10th sternite (the magna species-complex)..................................................................... P. (P.) alpha Chen & Toda, new species   
– Surstylus without strong spine; additional plate between cerci and 10th sternite pubescent, and connected to 10th sternite................................................................................................... 4  
 4. Paramere deeply bifurcated from base (the omega speciescomlpex); male sixth tergite with single prickly projection curved anteriod at anteroventral corner; lateral process of paramere narrower than and ca. 2/3 as long as apical one, apically with 1 sensillum and 1 black spine........................................................................................... P. (P.) ni Chen & Toda, new species   
– Paramere not bifurcated from base....................................... 5  
5. Paramere tripartite distally.................................................... 6  
– Paramere not tripartite distally........................................... 13  
6. Paramere: basal process with tooth or sensillum; median process tongue- or finger-shaped, without tooth or sensillum.......... 7  
– Paramere: basal process tongue- or finger-shaped; median process apically with tooth and sensillum............................ 9  
 7. Aedeagal median rod lacking projections................................................................ P. (P.) gombakana (Takada & Momma)   
– Aedeagal median rod with apically pointed projection(s)... 8  
 8. Aedeagal median rod subapically and submedially with 1 pair of small and 1 pair of long, apically bifurcated projections, respectively................................. P. (P.) jamilii, new species   
 – Aedeagal median rod submedially with 2 pairs of apically unbifurcated projections............................................................................................. P. (P.) liewi Chen & Toda, new species   
 9. Vertical process of gonopods broad, largely membranous except for medial and lateral, strongly sclerotized portions; aedeagal ventral bridge strongly sclerotized, elongated to tip of aedeagal median rod, pointed apically, with large branch submedially..................... P. (P.) membranifera Chen & Toda, new species   
– Vertical process of gonopods basally to submedially narrow and evenly sclerotized................................................................ 10  
 10. Aedeagal basal bridge with somewhat triangular flap acutely pointed only anterodorsally................................................................................. P. (P.) expansa Chen & Toda, new species   
– Aedeagal basal bridge with flap acutely pointed antero- and mediodorsally...................................................................... 11  
 11. Aedeagal median rod with subbasal process................................................... P. (P.) pasohensis Chen & Toda, new species   
– Aedeagal median rod with submedial process................... 12  
 12. Aedeagal basal bridge with long, sclerotized, apically pointed projection anteroventrally; ventral bridge apically somewhat truncate....... P. (P.) kinabalensis Chen & Toda, new species   
 – Aedeagal basal bridge without long projection anteroventrally; ventral bridge apically largely bifurcated............................................................. P. (P.) palmata Chen & Toda, new species   
 13. Anepisternum lacking setulae; paramere lacking pubescence; aedeagal median rod apically with distinct asymmetric bifurcation, subapically expanded and with minute warts on surface................. P. (P.) epsilon Chen & Toda, new species   
– Anepisternum with setulae................................................. 14  
 14. Paramere medially not expanded, distally pubescent; aedeagal median rod with knot subapically; anterior branch of aedeagal basal bridge with ca. 10 acute projections along margin................................ P. (P.) lanuginosa Chen & Toda, new species   
 – Paramere medially much expanded, submedially pubescent; aedeagal median rod much expanded subapically; aedeagal basal bridge without small acute projections....................................................................... P. (P.) zeta Chen & Toda, new species
description: Published as part of Chen, Hong-Wei, Toda, Masanori J., Lakim, Maklarin B. & Mohamed, Maryati B., 2007, The Phortica Sensu Stricto (Insecta: Diptera: Drosophilidae) From Malaysia, pp. 23-41 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5333042