Four new species of the genus Apsiphortica Okada, 1971 (Diptera, Drosophilidae), with supplementary descriptions of two known species

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Apsiphortica Okada, 1971 are described: A. longiciliata Cao and Chen, A. melanogaster Chen, and A. xui Chen, spp. nov. from southwest China, and A. multiclavata Chen and Toda, sp. nov. from Sabah in Malaysia. Supplementary descriptions are provided for two known species, A. holubi Máca, 2003 and A. lini (Okada, 1971), after examination of the holotype specimens. A key to all the species of the genus Apsiphortica is provided.

Keywords:

• Holotype
• key
• Malaysia
• Sabah
• southwest China
• Steganinae
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr T. Aotsuka (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) and Prof. Y.‐P. Zhang (KIZ) for supporting the fieldwork, Dr G. Bächli (ZMZ) and Dr A. Shinohara (NSMT) for the loan of the type specimens from the museums, and Drs S.‐Y. Wen, J.‐J. Gao, Mrs F. Zhao, and M‐F. Xu for providing us with invaluable specimens. This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (no. 12375002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 30470212) to H.‐W.C., and Project 2‐2 of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature to M.J.T.