Megaselia marquezi, Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015

Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015, Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA), Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 451-484 : 466

Megaselia marquezi new species ( Figs. 20, 52, 82, 113)

Diagnosis. Male. In the group VII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. marquezi keys to M. rotundula Borgmeier , from which it differs by having 3 notopleural setae rather than the 2 found on M. rotundula , and by the lack of a hair at the base of R ( M. rotundula has a long, conspicuous hair).

Description. See Table 5.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of Humberto Marquez, caretaker of the Cesar Chavez Community Garden, site of BioSCAN site 25.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Atwater Village, 30.IV. 2014 – 7.V. 2014, Higgins, Malaise trap ( LACM 329808)

Paratypes. 3 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V. 2014, Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329809, 2 CUMZ). ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Elysian Park, 3–10.V. 2014, Harding, Malaise trap ( LACM 329810).

Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Elysian Valley, Leimert Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Gardena, Hollywood, Glendale, Larchmont, Carthay, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Mid-Wilshire, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 643 ♂, I–V. 2014, Malaise traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).