Megaselia colombizona, Brown & Hartop & Wong, 2022

Brown, Brian V., Hartop, Emily A. & Wong, Maria A., 2022, Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (3), pp. 1-17 : 6-7

Megaselia colombizona New Species Fig. 17 .

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Holotype. Male. COLOMBIA: Bogota: Venado de Oro , 4.5983°N, 74.0614°W, 2,600 m, 9.iii.2016, M. Gonzalez, forest, Malaise trap [ LACM ENT 366286 ] ( BIOUG40764 -CO2) ( IAVH).

Holotype Barcode TTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCTGG AATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCTGAA TTAGGTCATCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAAATTT ATAATGTGATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTT TTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTG ATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTTC CTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCACCCTCT TTAACTTTATTGTTAGCAAGAAGTATAGTAGAAAATGGGGC TGGGACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAGA ATTGCTCATAGAGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCA CTACATTTAGCAGGTATCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAAC TTCATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGATCATCTGGAATTACTT TTGATCGAATACCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTAGGAATTACAG CATTACTACTTCTATTATCTTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAA TTACAATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAACTTTAATACTTCATTTTT TGATCCCGCTGGAGGAGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACACTT ATT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Specimens. 2 males ( BIOUG 41393-C04, BIOUG 40354-C04) same data as holotype except for the dates 9.iii.2016 and 14.xii.2016 ( IAVH).

Diagnosis. The barcode of this species is most similar to that of M. oklizona , from which it differs by aminimum p-distance of 1.68% ( Fig. 1 , Table 1). The wings of M. colombizona and M. oklizona are not separated by landmarking ( Fig. 31 ), but the forecoxa of M. oklizona are yellowish-brown, in contrast to those of M. colombizona , which are dark brown like the mid- and hind coxae. The sympatric species M. paulizona also has the forecoxa dark brown, but it has about 10% mean sequence divergence ( Fig. 1 ) from M. colombizona , and the wings differ as well ( Fig. 17 , Table 3).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADW0335.

Distribution. Colombia.

Etymology. This species is named for the county from which specimens were collected.

Figures

Figs. 15-22. Wings of Megaselia species. 15. M. albizona. 16. M. borealizona. 17. M. colombizona. 18. M. cryptizona. 19. M. danizona. 20. M. guanizona. 21. M. marizona. 22. M. nivizona.

Fig. 1. Haplotype network and character summary for the Megaselia sulphurizona complex.

Fig. 31. Scatter graph of principle coordinate ordination of wing landmarks of all species of the M. sulphurizona species complex. Species with more than three specimens in large font, species with 1 specimen in small font.