Megaselia nivizona, 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 : 9-11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixac008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7183803

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A587D5-C551-FFCF-FC93-F9967E2A469C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia nivizona
status

sp. nov.

Megaselia nivizona View in CoL New Species Figs. 7, 22.

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Holotype. Male. Canada: Ontario: Warsaw, Ferris Provincial Park , 44.2829°N, 77.7963°W, 131 m, 18.vii.2014, CBG Collections staff [ LACM ENT 366287 About LACM ] ( BIOUG33920 View Materials -B09) ( CNCI). GoogleMaps

Holotype Barcode AACACTTTATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCT GGAATAGTAGGAACCTCTCTTAGAGTTATAATTCGAGCTGAAT TGGGTCACCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGATCAAATTTATAA TGTAATTGTAACTGCCCATGCATTTATTATAATTTCTTTTATAG CTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGACTAGTACCC

TTGATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAA TATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCTCCTTCCTTAACTCTATTACTAG CAAGAAGTATAATAGAAAATGGCGCTGGGACAGGTTGAACTG TTTACCCACCTCTATCCTCTAGAATCGCTCATAGAGGGTCTTCT GTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCACTTCATCTAGCAGGAATCTCTTC AATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAATTTTATCACTACAATTATTAATATACG GTCATCAGGAATTACTTTTGACCGAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGAT CTATTGGAATTACAGCTTTACTATTACTTTTATCTTTACCTGTTC TTGCAGGAGCAATTACTATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAATTTTAAT ACCTCATTTTTTGACCCAGCTGGAGGGGGAGATCCTATTCTTT ATCAACACCTATTT------

Paratypes. BIOUG33915-A02, -D07, -D12, BIOUG33920-C05, 4 males, same data as holotype.

Other Specimens. 58 further specimens from Ontario (Guelph, Warsaw), and Quebec (Montreal Botanical Garden).

Diagnosis. This is one of the most northeastern of the North American M. sulphurizona -group species, known from Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is distinguished by the light-colored halter and the barcode, which differs from that of the most similar species, M. solizona new species by 5.64% minimum p-distance ( Fig. 1, Table 1).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD: AAN8707.

Distribution. Eastern Canada.

Etymology. The name is based on Latin for “snow” (nivis), referring to the white color, and “belt”, a play on words as some of this species’ range is in what is called the “snow belt” of the Great Lakes.

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

CNCI

Canadian National Collection Insects

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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