Megaselia noctuidpasco Disney & Karimzadeh, 2024
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.9 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D9565967-E9EF-4345-BA7A-C876A0EB5CD6 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11231854 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE378790-FFF2-922F-FF30-968FD74C890A |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Megaselia noctuidpasco Disney & Karimzadeh |
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sp. nov. |
Megaselia noctuidpasco Disney & Karimzadeh sp. n.
( Figs 27–37 View FIGS 27–37 )
Diagnosis. In Disney (1989) ’s key to the males of the British species this runs to couplet 76, but neither option fits. 6 subsequent additions differ in their hypopygia, costal index and other details. Likewise with similar specie from elsewhere.
Description. Male. Frons as Fig. 27 View FIGS 27–37 . Postpedicels, which lack SPS vesicles as Fig. 28 View FIGS 27–37 . Palp and proboscis as Fig. 29 View FIGS 27–37 . Side of thorax as Fig. 30 View FIGS 27–37 . Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdomen ( Fig. 31 View FIGS 27–37 ) with hairs on segments 3-6 of venter. Hypopygium as Figs 32 & 33 View FIGS 27–37 , the long hypandrial lobe of the right side is very pale, that of the right side is vestigial. Front tarsus ( Fig. 34 View FIGS 27–37 ) with a near dorsal palisade on segments 1–5 and some small spinules on the basitarsus. Mid tibia as Fig. 35 View FIGS 27–37 . Hind femur and tibia as Fig. 36 View FIGS 27–37 . Wing ( Fig. 37 View FIGS 27–37 ) 1.09 mm long. Costal index 0.38. Costal ratios 4.04/1.05/1. Sc free. Costal cilia 0.08 mm long. Vein 3 hair 0.03. with 2 unequal axillary bristles, the outer on 0.09 mm long. Halteres brown ( Fig. 31 View FIGS 27–37 ).
Material examined. Holotype: 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). GoogleMaps
Etymology. Named after the fact that noctuid larvae supply it with (pasco) feed. The specific name is a noun in nominative case.
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