Megaselia brejchaorum, 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.6093861
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scientific name	Megaselia brejchaorum
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Megaselia brejchaorum View in CoL new species ( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 35 View FIGURES 33 – 42 , 65 View FIGURES 63 – 68 , 95 View FIGURES 93 – 108 )

Diagnosis. Male. In the group V key of Borgmeier (1964), M. brejchaorum keys to couplet 4 where it differs from both M. pressicauda Borgmeier and M. divergens Malloch in details of the genitalia ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 63 – 68 ). The epandrium of M. brejchaorum lacks the foveolate impression of M. pressicauda and has long, robust bristles in contrast to the short hairs found on M. divergens .

Description. See Table 2.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of the Brejcha family, hosts of BioSCAN site 29.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 1–8.II.2014, Brejcha, Malaise trap ( LACM 329758).

Paratypes. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 1–8.III.2014, Hogue, Malaise trap ( LACM 329759). ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 1–8.II.2014, Hogue, Malaise trap ( LACM 329760).

References

Borgmeier, T. (1964) Revision of the North American phorid flies. Part II. The species of the genus Megaselia, subgenus Aphiochaeta. Studia Entomologica, 7, 257 - 416.

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.