Megaselia shatesae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016

Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2016, Flies from L. A., The Sequel: A further twelve new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) from the BioSCAN Project in Los Angeles (California, USA), Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 7756-7756 : 7756

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7756

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scientific name

Megaselia shatesae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016
status

sp. n.

Megaselia shatesae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016   ZBK sp. n.

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322021 ; recordedBy: Dahl; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: shatesae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: Carthay ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; verbatimEventDate: 2-9.XII.2014; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM; collectionCode: ENT Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322022 ; recordedBy: Hentschke; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: shatesae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: University Park ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; verbatimEventDate: 3-10.XII.2014; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM; collectionCode: ENT

Description

See description Table 2 and Fig. 1h, Fig. 3h, Fig. 5b.

Diagnosis

Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. shatesae keys to couplet 19 where it differs from both M. perplexa Malloch and M. polyporicola Borgmeier by its very long costal setae (0.18 mm). This species is superficially similar to some other species found in Los Angeles, but the combination of dark halters, very long costal setae, 5 alular setae, and a strong, complete subcosta make this species easily separated from any potential lookalike.

Etymology

Named in honor of Tessa Shates whose volunteer work with author Hartop helped in identifying these twelve new species.

Distribution

Los Angeles, California (USA).

Biology

Unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia