Megaselia seaverorum, Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015

Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015, Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA), Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 451-484 : 475

Megaselia seaverorum new species ( Figs. 27, 59, 89, 120)

Diagnosis. Male. In the group V key of Borgmeier (1964), M. seaverorum keys to M. subnudifemur Borgmeier. M. seaverorom can be distinguished from this species (and a majority of other species in the genus) by the unique, wedge shaped structure of its cerci, which each have 10 + setae ( Fig. 89).

Description. See Table 7.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of the Seaver family, whose gracious donations from the Seaver Foundation make BioSCAN possible.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 1–8.II. 2014, Hoffman, Malaise trap ( LACM 329829).

Paratype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 28.XII. 2013 – 4.I. 2014, Hoffman, Malaise trap ( LACM 329830).