Megaselia kelleri, 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 : 465

Megaselia kelleri new species (Figs. 18, 50, 80, 111)

Diagnosis. Male. In the group VII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. kelleri keys to M. rotundula Borgmeier , from which it differs by the lack of a hair at the base of the R vein ( M. rotundula has a long, conspicuous hair) and having 3 notopleural setae (2 on M. rotundula ).

Description. See Table 5.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of Eric Keller, host of BioSCAN site 28.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Carthay, 29.IV.2014 – 6.V.2014, Dahl, Malaise trap ( LACM 329802).

Paratypes. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014, Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329803). 2 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Atwater Village, 30.IV.2014 – 7.V.2014, Higgins, Malaise trap ( LACM 329804, CUMZ). ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Los Feliz, 30.IV.2014 – 7.V.2014, Louie, Malaise trap ( CUMZ).

Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, Los Feliz, Koreatown, Hollywood, Carthay, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, 11 ♂, I–V.2014, Malaise traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).