Megaselia shatesae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016
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Megaselia shatesae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016 |
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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.
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