Phortica (Phortica) kinabalensis Chen & Toda 2007, new species
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
Phortica kinabalensis

description: Phortica (Phortica) kinabalensis Chen & Toda, new species   
(Figs. 41–45)  
  Diagnosis. –  Aedeagal median rod submedially with slender, apically asymmetric, slightly sclerotized process (Fig. 44); aedeagal basal bridge with long, sclerotized, apically pointed projection anteroventrally, and large flap bearing 2 small acute projections antero- and mediodorsally (Fig. 44).   
  Material examined. –  Holotype male (terminalia dissected), MALAYSIA: Park Headquarters, Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, coll. M. J. Toda, 2 Oct.1999 (KPSP). Paratypes: MALAYSIA: Mahua, Crocker Range, Sabah, 2 males (terminalia dissected), coll. M. J. Toda, 16 Oct.1999 (SEHU, ITBC).   
  Description. –  Male. Head: Frons brown on upper half, dark brown on lower half.   
Thorax: Orange yellow. Scutellum with trifurcate dark brown patch, pale yellow on tip.  
Wing: Hyaline.  
Legs: Foreleg femur only partly brown. Midleg tibia subapically with 3-4 longer setae on anterior surface.  
Abdomen: First to fifth tergites yellow; second tergite with brown patches submedially; third to fifth tergites each with medially slightly protruded, brown band on posterior margin and 1 pair of yellow patches laterally; sixth tergite nearly entirely dark except yellow medial line, with expanded lobe on lateral margin.  
Male terminalia: Epandrium pubescent anteroventrally and dorsomedially, with ca. 15 setae on dorsal to posterolateral portion per side (Fig. 41). Surstylus with pubescence basally and several wedge-shaped prensisetae on apical margin to inner surface (Fig. 42). Additional plate between cerci and 10th sternite pubescent, medially connected to 10th sternite (Fig. 43). Posterolateral lobe of hypandrium undeveloped. Paramere expanded distally; apical process with 1 sensillum; medial process with 2 teeth; proximal process pubescent (Fig. 45). Vertical process of gonopods apically with 4-6 sclerotized projections per side (Fig. 44). Aedeagus with 2 pairs of bridges; ventral bridge slender, apically somewhat truncate (Fig. 44).  
Female: Unknown.  
Measurements: BL = 3.80 mm in holotype (range in 2 male paratypes: 3.68-4.10); ThL = 1.92 mm (1.72-1.88); WL = 2.80 mm (2.68-3.00); WW = 1.40 mm (1.20-1.40).  
Indices: arb = 5/2-3 (4-5/2-3), avd = 0.60 (0.70), adf = 1.90 (1.80), flw = 1.60 (1.65-1.70), FW/HW = 0.38 (0.40), ch/o = 0.06 (0.06), prorb = 1.00 (1.10-1.20), rcorb = 0.40 (0.40), vb = 0.45 (0.45), dcl = 0.60 (0.60), presctl = 0.70 (0.70), sctl = 1.10 (1.10), sterno = 1.00 (0.90-0.95), orbito = 1.50 (1.45- 1.60), dcp = 0.25 (0.24-0.26), sctlp = 1.10 (1.10), C = 2.25 (2.11-2.15), 4c = 1.54 (1.67-1.73), 4v = 2.69 (3.00-3.08), 5x = 1.13 (1.13-1.14), ac = 4.00 (3.80-4.00), M = 0.69 (0.73- 0.75), C3F = 0.70 (0.68-0.70).  
  Etymology.  – Pertaining to the type locality.   
  Distribution.  – Malaysia (Sabah).   
  Remarks. –  This species is similar to P. (P.) expansa in the morphology of aedeagus, but can be distinguished from it by the diagnostic characters.
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 pages 35-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5333042