Phortica eparmata Okada 1977
Creators: name: Zhu, Lin
name: Cao, Huiluo
name: Chen, Hongwei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Drosophilidae
Phortica
Phortica eparmata

description: Key to all species of the Phortica eparmata species group
Adults (males)
1. Anepisternum lacking setulae ……………………………other species of the subgenus Phortica
– Anepisternum with setulae ……………………………………………… eparmata complex …… 2
2. Aedeagal median rod not expanded subapically (as in Chen et al. 2007, fig. 29); anterior branch of aedeagal basal bridge with ca. 10 acute projections along margin (as in Chen et al. 2007, fig. 29) …………………………………………………………………… P. lanuginosa Chen & Toda, 2007
– Aedeagal median rod expanded subapically (Fig. 2D, F); anterior branch of aedeagal basal bridge lacking acute projections ……………………………………………………………………………3
3. Arista lacking ventral branch ………………………………………………………………………4
– Arista with ventral branch(es) ………………………………………………………………………5
4. Paramere submedially pubescent and expanded to two strong branches (as in Chen et al. 2005, fig. 7C) …………………………………………………………… P. latipenis Chen & Gao, 2005
– Paramere lacking pubescence, slightly bifurcated apically (as in Chen et al. 2005, fig. 8C) …………………………………………………………………… P. setitabula Chen & Wen, 2005
5. Paramere with one expanded, suberect lobe-like process submedially (Fig. 2D, F) ……………… …………………………………………………………………………………… P. jadete sp. nov.
– Paramere lacking expanded, suberect lobe-like process …………………………………………6
6. Paramere much expanded medially (as in Chen et al. 2005, fig. 9C; Chen et al. 2007, fig. 34) …7
– Paramere not expanded medially; aedeagal median rod lacking acute projections ………………8
7. Paramere lacking process (as in Chen et al. 2007, fig. 34); aedeagal median rod with one pair of small acute projections submedially (as in Chen et al. 2007, fig. 33) … P. zeta Chen & Toda, 2007
– Paramere with one small triangular process (as in Chen et al. 2005, fig. 9C); aedeagal median rod lacking projection submedially ………………………………… P. unipetala Chen & Wen, 2005
8. Posterior branch of paramere slender, neither process nor projection (Fig. 3D) ………………9
– Posterior branch of paramere thick, with process or projection ………………………………10
9. Paramere mostly yellow, bifurcated from distal ¼, the anterior branch with three pointed teeth apically (Fig. 3D); pleura mostly dark brown to black …………………………… P. kava sp. nov.
– Paramere nearly black, bifurcated submedially, the anterior branch lacking teeth (as in Toda & Peng 1992, fig. 16); pleura mostly orange to orange brown ………… P. bipartita (Toda & Peng, 1992)
10. Paramere strongly sclerotized distally or apically (Figs 4C, 6C) ………………………………11
– Paramere not black ………………………………………………………………………………12
11. Paramere deeply bifurcated distally, anterior branch truncate, with three teeth apically (Fig. 4C) ………………………………………………………………………………….. P. mengda sp. nov.
Paramere not bifurcated distally, anterior branch pointed, lacking teeth apically (Fig. 6C) …… …………………………………………………………………………………… P. yena sp. nov.
12. Paramere bifurcated distally (Fig. 5C); aedeagal median rod without processes subapically …13
– Paramere not bifurcated distally (as in Chen et al. 2005, fig. 10C); aedeagal median rod with a pair of triangular processes subapically (as in Chen et al. 2005, fig.10C) … P. pangi Chen & Wen, 2005
13. Posterior branch of paramere with one triangular process submedially, slender distally (Fig. 5C) ……………………………………………………………………………… P. wongding sp. nov.
– Posterior branch of paramere with one quadrate process submedially, broadened distally (as in Okada 1977, fig. 3B) ………………………………………………… P. eparmata (Okada, 1977)
description: Published as part of Zhu, Lin, Cao, Huiluo & Chen, Hongwei, 2018, Phortica eparmata species complex (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from the Oriental Region, with DNA barcoding information of Chinese species, pp. 1-18 in European Journal of Taxonomy 403 on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.403, http://zenodo.org/record/1173235