Taxonomy and evolution of asymmetric male genitalia in the subgenus Ashima Chen (Diptera: Drosophilidae: Phortica Schiner), with descriptions of seven new species Author Toda, Masanori J. Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan Author Bänziger, Hans Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand hans. banziger @ cmu. ac. th; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8913 - 3034 Author Sati, Pradeep C. Systematic & Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India. & satipradeep 28 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6809 - 8575 Author Fartyal, Rajendra S. Systematic & Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal, 246174, Uttarakhand, India. & rs. fartyal @ hnbgu. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8844 - 6263 Author Suwito, Awit Zoology Division (Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense), Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46, Cibinong 16911, West Java, Indonesia. awitswt @ yahoo. com Author Katoh, Toru Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan t _ katoh @ sci. hokudai. ac. jp; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3376 - 8545 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-08 4789 1 1 54 journal article 21673 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1 c12aaed8-264c-459c-b1aa-09eaeb686670 1175-5326 3884610 311A27A2-A053-4D20-A43E-EF57DBE55166 5) Phortica ( Ashima ) biclavata Chen, 2012 Phortica ( Ashima ) biclavata Chen in Chen & Máca, 2012: 499 . Diagnosis. Aedeagal sheath with submedial and anterior, sclerotized, marginally serrated postgonites on left lateral lobe (“Fig. 18” in Chen & Máca 2012 ). Supplementary description. Supracervical setae 15–17. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme 1/2 as long as basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Some interfrontal setulae as long as lowest setulae on ocellar triangle (ch.3-0). Arista with neither dorsal nor ventral branches (ch.5,6-2); apical, leaf-like expansion narrower than long, apically tapering, slightly serrated on apical margin. Cibarial, medial sensilla 7–9 per side; posterior sensilla 4–6 per side. Setulae just before prescutellar acrostichal setae somewhat longer than other acrostichal setulae (ch.15-1). Fore and mid tibiae entirely yellow (ch.17,18-0); all tarsi with gray tarsomeres IV and V. Abdominal sternite III wider than long (ch.22-1), widest among sternites (ch.23-1), with dense setulae on medial surface (ch.26-1); IV and V wider than long (ch.24,25-1). Surstylus without expansion at caudoventral corner (ch.35-0). Pregonite not concave on dorsosubapical margin of apical knob (ch.48-0). Sclerotized postgonites on lateral lobes of aedeagal sheath medially separated from each other (ch.66-0). Specimens examined. Myanmar : ♂ holotype , Yangon , 14.i.1982 , M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU ) ; 2♂ paratypes , ditto ( SEHU ) ; 2♂ paratypes , ditto, except 10.i.1982 ( SEHU ) ; 4♂ paratypes , ditto, except 11–15.i.1982 ( SEHU ) ; 4♂ para- types, Mandalay , 26.xii.1981 – 4.i.1982 , M.J. Toda leg. ( SEHU ) . Thailand : 1♂ , near Tonluong Temple , Chiang Dao , Chiang Mai , 700 m a.s.l. , 22.ii.2008 , H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU ) ; 1♂ , ditto, except 6.xi.2008 ( SEHU ) . Laos : 1♂ , path to Phousi , Luang Prabang , 26.vii.2009 , H. Bänziger leg. ( SEHU ) . Distribution. Myanmar , Thailand *, Laos *.