Megaselia ciancii, 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 : 456

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1
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scientific name	Megaselia ciancii
status	new species

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Megaselia ciancii new species ( Figs. 5, 37, 67, 97)

Diagnosis. Male. In group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. ciancii keys out to M. pygmaeoides [now considered to be M. berndseni ( Schmitz 1919) ] from which it differs immediately by the presence of 3 notopleural setae compared to the 2 found on M. berndseni .

Description. See Table 2.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of Chris Cianci, host of BioSCAN site 21.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 1–8.III. 2014, Franco, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329764).

Paratype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 31.V. 2014 – 7.VI. 2014, Franco, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329765).

Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Los Feliz, Silverlake, Burbank, Highland Park. 9 ♂, III. 20014, V. 2014, Malaise Traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).

References

Borgmeier, T. (1966) Revision of the North American phorid flies. Part III. The species of the genus Megaselia, subgenus Megaselia. Studia Entomologica, 8, 1 - 160.

Schmitz, H. (1919) Neue europaeische Aphiochaeta-Arten. II. Entomologische Berichten, Ver. 5, 110 - 119.