Megaselia largifrontalis Schmitz

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 : 465

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093895
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scientific name	Megaselia largifrontalis Schmitz
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Megaselia largifrontalis Schmitz View in CoL

Megaselia largifrontalis Schmitz 1939: 189 View in CoL , Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , Textfig. 15; Disney 1999 Figs. 121–122 View FIGURES 109 – 124

Type series. Described by Schmitz (1939), likely in the Zoological Research Museum in Bonn, Germany (not examined).

Distribution. We now report this species from Los Angeles, California ( USA). Its confirmed distribution is: British Isles, mainland Europe, St. Helena, Yemen, California ( USA).

Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Jefferson Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Hollywood, Burbank, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico Union, Mid-Wilshire, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 826 ♂, I–V.2014, Malaise traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).