Fig. 2

Morphological features of Phortica variegata including (a) an intact female; (b) red coloured eyes encircled by a pale white ring; (c) the arista of the antenna with four short dorsal branches (arrow) decreasing in length towards the apical tip; (d) an additional cross-vein separating the discal and second basal wing cells (arrow) plus two interruptions of the costal vein- a characteristic feature of Drosophilidae; (e) the abdomen with three transversal and one longitudinal dark band on a paler sub-colour; and (f) legs with three dark bands around the tibia and dark coloured coxae and femur