Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier, 1966

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 : 12-13

Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier

Megaselia (Megaselia) sulphurizona Borgmeier 1966: 111–112 , fig. 93, in part.

Figs. 4 , 6, 11, 14, 27, 31.

Holotype. Male , USA: CA: Riverside Co., Riverside, 22.xii.1934, A.L. Melander ( USNM, examined).

Diagnosis. This species differs from the extremely similar, and sympatric, M. cryptizona by the overall shape of the wing, but also by the shape of the subcostal vein (Fig. 9), which in M. sulphurizona is longer and straighter. Its barcode is most similar to that of M. colombizona , from which it differs by about 3.89% minimum p-distance.

DNA Barcodes. This species is in the BOLD database as BOLD:ACM1802.

Consensus sequence based on material in BOLD (the holotype is an older museum specimen that we chose not to barcode at this time):

AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGRGCATGAGCTGGGATAGTA GGAACTTCTCTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCTGAATTAGGYCAT CCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAAATTTATAATGTAATT GTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATAC CAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGAYTAGTACCCTTAA TATTRGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATAT AAGATTTTGAATACTTCCACCCTCATTAACTTTATTGTTAGCA AGAAGAATAGTAGAAAATGGAGCTGGRACAGGTTGAACTGT TTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAGAATTGCTCATAGAGGTTCTTC TGTTGACCTCGCAATTTTTTCACTTCATTTAGCAGGAATTTC TTCAATTTTAGGRGCAGTAAAYTTCATTACTACAATTATTAAT ATACGATCATCAGGAATTACTTTTGATCGAATACCTTTATTTG

TMTGATCAGTWGGAATTACTGCATTACTACTTCTCTTATCTT TACCTGTTCTTGCAGGAGCAATTACAATACTTTTAACAGATC GAAATTTTAATACATCATTTTTTGATCCCGCTGGAGGAGGAG ATCCTATCTTATACCAACACTTATTT

Other Material Examined. BIOUG15683 -C05, -E08, BIOUG15684 -B07, E03, 4 males, USA: California: San Diego County: San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, site 1 (Santa Ysabel), 33.115, –116.601, 1,185 m, 30.viii.2013, J. Kohn, Malaise trap ( CNCI) ; BIOUG15829 - H07 , 1 male,same as preceding except site 4 (Safari Park), 33.097, –116.996, 145 m, 7.ii.2014, J. Kohn, Malaise trap ( CNCI) .

Distribution. Western North America; specimens in BOLD are from southern California and southern British Columbia.

Figures

Fig. 4. Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier, male terminalia, left lateral. Abbreviations: cl – cercus loop; hp- hypandrial process. Figs 5-9. Lateral habitus photographs of Megaselia species.Fig. 5. M. albizona new species.Fig. 6. M. sulphurizona Borgmeier.Fig.7.M. nivizona new species.Fig. 8. M. reductizona new species. Fig. 9. M. solizona new species.Abbreviations: cl- cercus loop; hp- hypandrial process.