Megaselia carthayensis, 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://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093863
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scientific name	Megaselia carthayensis
status	sp. nov.

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Megaselia carthayensis View in CoL , new species ( Figs. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 36 View FIGURES 33 – 42 , 66 View FIGURES 63 – 68 , 96 View FIGURES 93 – 108 )

Diagnosis: Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. carthayensis keys to M. polyporicola Borgmeier. In contrast to the epandrium with longish hairs on both sides and dark wing veins of M. polyporicola , M. carthayensis has an epandrium with short hairs only ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 63 – 68 ), and very light wing veins ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 33 – 42 ).

Description. See Table 2.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of Carthay Elementary School, site of BioSCAN site 19.

Biology. Unkown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014, Armstrong, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329761)

Paratypes. 4 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Los Feliz, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014, Koch, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329762, LACM 329763, 2 CUMZ)

Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Los Feliz, Larchmont, Carthay, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 11 ♂, II–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.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Habitus images (lateral). 1. Megaselia armstrongorum. 2. Megaselia bradyi. 3. Megaselia brejchaorum. 4. Megaselia carthayensis. 5. Megaselia ciancii. 6. Megaselia creasoni. 7. Megaselia defibaughorum. 8. Megaselia donahuei. 9. Megaselia francoae.

FIGURES 33 – 42. Right wing, dorsal. 33. Megaselia armstrongorum. 34. Megaselia bradyi. 35. Megaselia brejchaorum. 36. Megaselia carthayensis. 37. Megaselia ciancii. 38. Megaselia creasoni. 39. Megaselia defibaughorum. 40. Megaselia donahuei. 41. Megaselia francoae. 42. Megaselia fujiokai.

FIGURES 63 – 68. Male genitalia, left lateral. 63. Megaselia armstrongorum. 64. Megaselia bradyi. 65. Megaselia brejchaorum. 66. Megaselia carthayensis. 67. Megaselia ciancii. 68. Megaselia creasoni.

FIGURES 93 – 108. Hypandria (ventral unless noted otherwise) 92. Megaselia armstrongorum. 93. Megaselia bradyi. 94. Megaselia brejchaorum. 95. Megaselia carthayensis. 96. Megaselia ciancii. 97. Megaselia creasoni. 98. Megaselia defibaughorum. 99. Megaselia donahuei. 100. Megaselia francoae. 101. Megaselia fujiokai. 102. Megaselia hardingorum. 103. Megaselia heini. 104. Megaselia hentschkeae. 105. Megaselia hentschkeae (detail left process). 106. Megaselia hoffmanorum. 107. Megaselia hoggorum. 108. Megaselia hoguei.

Tables

Abbreviations

LACM	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
CUMZ	Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History