Four new species of the genus Apsiphortica Okada, 1971 (Diptera, Drosophilidae), with supplementary descriptions of two known species Author Cao, Hui-Luo Author Toda, Masanori J. Author Chen, Hong-Wei text Journal of Natural History 2007 2010-12-02 41 41 - 44 2707 2718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701633638 journal article 10.1080/00222930701633638 1464-5262 4658301 Apsiphortica multiclavata Chen and Toda , sp. nov. ( Figures 10, 11 ) Diagnosis Epandrium without strong setae on ventral margin ( Figure 10 ); aedeagal outer membrane with 13 elongated, tentacle-like, sclerotized pieces ( Figure 11 ). Description Some characters commonly seen in A . longiciliata are not referred to in the following description. Head. Eye dark brown. Frons and ocellar triangle nearly black. Clypeus dark brown. Palpus yellow-brown. Thorax. Yellow, with brown patches on pleura. Scutellum brown. Abdomen. Tergites yellow, each with black caudal band not reaching to lateral margins. Male terminalia. Epandrium pubescent, with 15–16 setae near posterior margin ( Figure 10 ). Surstylus basally broad, ventro-apically narrowing and curved posteriod, with setulae in two patches on dorso-apical corner and ventro-apical portion ( Figure 10 ). Paramere articulated with base of aedeagus, extending ventrad, slightly longer and paler than tentacle-like pieces on aedeagal outer membrane, apically slightly dilated and serrated ( Figure 11 ). Gonopods anteriorly with a pair of strongly sclerotized, divergent processes ( Figure 11 ). Aedeagal median rod basally fused to aedeagal apodeme ( Figure 11 ). Ventral branches of aedeagal apodeme very small, apically knobbed and strongly sclerotized, but not fused to each other ( Figure 11 ). Figures 10, 11. Apsiphortica multiclavata Chen and Toda , sp. nov. , „ . (10) Epandrium, cercus, and surstylus, lateral view. (11) Hypandrium, gonopod, paramere, aedeagal median rod, and aedeagal apodeme, lateral view. For abbreviations see Figures 1–3. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Measurements. BL 53.42 mm in the holotype ( 3.88 in 1 (male) paratype ); ThL 51.72 mm (1.68); WL 52.60 mm (2.80); WW 51.28 mm (1.20). Indices. arb57/2–4 (7/3), avd50.90 (0.87), adf52.20 (2.50), flw52.00 (1.75), FW/ HW50.38 (0.34), ch/ o50.04 (0.04), prorb50.95 (0.90), rcorb50.65 (0.60), vb50.40 (0.40), dcl50.47 (0.55), presctl50.60 (0.70), sctl50.85 (0.80), sterno51.05 (1.05), orbito51.80 (1.80), dcp50.26 (0.27), sctlp50.95 (1.00), C52.67 (2.63), 4c51.00 (0.94), 4v52.00 (1.65), 5x51.40 (1.14), ac53.00 (3.20), M50.47 (0.50), C3F50.67 (0.63). Type material Holotype : „ (terminalia dissected), Malaysia : Ulu Senagang , Crocker Range Park , Sabah , 18 October 1999 , ex around human eyes, M. J. Toda leg. ( KPSP ). Paratype : 1 „ , same data as holotype ( SEHU ). Distribution Malaysia ( Sabah ). Etymology A combination of the Latin words: multus + clava , referring to the rod-like processes on the aedeagal outer membrane.