Megaselia species A

(Figs 51–63)

Diagnosis. Thorax and legs yellow. Mesopleuron with hairs. Scutellum with 4 bristles. Vein Sc runs to R1.Abdominal tergites 2-6 part yellow part brown. Halteres brown.

Female. Frons as Fig. 51. Postpedicels with SPS vesicles (Fig. 52). Palps and proboscis as Fig. 53. Side of thorax as Fig. 54. Scutellum with 4 bristles. Abdomen as Fig. 55, the venter with small hairs on segments 3-5 but long bristles on segment 6. Tergite 6 as Fig. 56. Tergite 7 to cerci as Fig. 57. Sternite 7 as Fig. 58. Dufour’s crop mechanism as Fig. 59. Front tarsus (Fig. 60) with a near dorsal palisade on segments 1-5. Mid tibia as Fig. 61. Hind femur as Fig. 62. Wing (Fig. 63) 1.89 mm long. Costal index 0.49. Costal ratios 6.56/4.10/1. Sc runs to R1. Costal cilia 0.08 mm long. No hair at base of vein 3. With 5 axillary bristles, the longest being 0.11 mm long. Halteres brown.

Material examined. IRAN • 1 ♀; Esfahan province, Mobarakeh, Arazi; 32.4036°N, 51.6097 E; alt. 1646 m a.s.l.; 14 Sep. 2022; J. Karimzadeh leg.; reared from larvae of Spodoptera exigua feeding on cauliflower; UCMZ, 26–97; deposited in UCMZ (Cambridge, UK).