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Issue: Vol. 1773 No. 1: 21 May. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1773.1.2
Page range: 18–30
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

A survey of the genus Phortica Schiner from Kenya, Africa (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Diptera Africa Drosophilidae Kenya Phortica taxonomy

Abstract

Nine species of the genus Phortica are found from Kenya, African, including two known and seven new species: Phortica (Allophortica) sexpunctata (Séguy, 1938), P. (Phortica) sobodo Burla, 1954, P. (P.) angulata sp. nov., P. (P.) curvispina sp. nov., P. (P.) machoruka sp. nov., P. (P.) manjano sp. nov., P. (P.) melanopous sp. nov., P. (P.) vinywelea sp. nov. and P. (P.) unispina sp. nov. The seven new species belong to the foliiseta species complex that is early found from the Oriental Region. A key to all Kenyan species is provided.

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