Megaselia guanizona, 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 : 9

Megaselia guanizona New Species Fig. 20 .

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Holotype. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Pailas II, PL12-3 , 10.7631°N, 85.3344W °, 820 m, 7.viii.2014, leg. D. Janzen, Malaise trap PL12-3 [ LACM ENT 366310 ] ( BIOUG29965 -C04) ( LACM).

Holotype Barcode ACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTGCATGAG CGGGAATAGTAGGAACCTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAG CTGAACTAGGACATCCAGGAGCTTTAATTGGTGATGAC CAAATTTATAATGTAATTGTAACTGCACACGCATTTATTAT AATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATAGGAGGATTTG GAAATTGATTAGTACCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATAT AGCTTTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTCTGAATATTA CCTCCTTCATTAACATTACTATTAGCAAGAAGTCTAGTAG AAAATGGCGCTGGGACAGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCC CTATCTTCTAGAATTGCTCATAGTGGATCTTCTGTTGAT CTTGCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATCTCGCAGGAATTTCTTCAA TTTTAGGGGCAGTAAACTTTATTACCACAATTATTAATAT ACGATCATCAGGAATTTCTTTTGATCGAATACCTTTATTT GTTTGATCCGTAGGTATTACAGCTTTACTTCTACTTCTATC TTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAATTACTATACTTTTAACAG ATCGA------------------------------

Paratypes. BIOUG 30195-B06, same data as holotype except 13.xi.2014, 30227-B07, 30185-E01, 29628-A05.

Other Specimens. 3 specimens in BOLD from the same site as the holotype.

Diagnosis. The barcode of this species differs by 5.11% minimum p-distance from the western North American species M. cryptizona ( Fig. 1 , Table 1). The wings of the two species are well-differentiated by wing vein landmarking ( Fig. 31 ).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADB5436.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Etymology. Named for Área de Conservación de Guanacaste.

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.