Megaselia colombizona, Brown & Hartop & Wong, 2022

Brown, Brian V., Hartop, Emily A. & Wong, Maria A., 2022, Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (3), pp. 1-17 : 6-7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixac008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7183792

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A587D5-C55C-FFC3-FC93-FB267C7F402B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia colombizona
status

sp. nov.

Megaselia colombizona View in CoL New Species Fig. 17.

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Holotype. Male. COLOMBIA: Bogota: Venado de Oro , 4.5983°N, 74.0614°W, 2,600 m, 9.iii.2016, M. Gonzalez, forest, Malaise trap [ LACM ENT 366286 View Materials ] ( BIOUG40764 View Materials -CO2) ( IAVH). GoogleMaps

Holotype Barcode TTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCTGG AATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCTGAA TTAGGTCATCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAAATTT ATAATGTGATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTT TTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTG ATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTTC CTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCACCCTCT TTAACTTTATTGTTAGCAAGAAGTATAGTAGAAAATGGGGC TGGGACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAGA ATTGCTCATAGAGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCA CTACATTTAGCAGGTATCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAAC TTCATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGATCATCTGGAATTACTT TTGATCGAATACCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTAGGAATTACAG CATTACTACTTCTATTATCTTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAA TTACAATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAACTTTAATACTTCATTTTT TGATCCCGCTGGAGGAGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACACTT ATT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Specimens. 2 males ( BIOUG 41393-C04, BIOUG 40354-C04) same data as holotype except for the dates 9.iii.2016 and 14.xii.2016 ( IAVH).

Diagnosis. The barcode of this species is most similar to that of M. oklizona , from which it differs by aminimum p-distance of 1.68% ( Fig. 1, Table 1). The wings of M. colombizona and M. oklizona are not separated by landmarking ( Fig. 31), but the forecoxa of M. oklizona are yellowish-brown, in contrast to those of M. colombizona , which are dark brown like the mid- and hind coxae. The sympatric species M. paulizona also has the forecoxa dark brown, but it has about 10% mean sequence divergence ( Fig. 1) from M. colombizona , and the wings differ as well ( Fig. 17, Table 3).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADW0335.

Distribution. Colombia.

Etymology. This species is named for the county from which specimens were collected.

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

IAVH

Instituto de Ivestigacion de los Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt

BIOUG

Biodiversity Institute of Ontario

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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