Megaselia lombardorum, Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0282A923-893A-45BC-941A-6CDECBE36618 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093897 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD8784-FFB7-FFE9-C5FA-F880FF4BFD9D |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Megaselia lombardorum |
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sp. nov. |
Megaselia lombardorum View in CoL new species ( Figs. 19 View FIGURES 19 – 27 , 51 View FIGURES 43 – 52 , 81 View FIGURES 81 – 86 , 112 View FIGURES 109 – 124 )
Diagnosis. Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), keys to M. pygmaeoides [now considered to be M. berndseni ( Schmitz 1919) ] which has a shorter costa (CI 0.30–0.33 compared to M. lombardorum at 0.33–0.37, usually being at the upper end of that range) than this new species and more than twice as many spinuli on the labellum.
Description. See Table 5.
Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).
Etymology. Named in honor of the Lombard family, hosts of BioSCAN site 26.
Biology. Unknown.
Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014, Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329805)
Paratypes. 4 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014, Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329806, LACM 329807, CUMZ)
Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Elysian Valley, Leimert Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Gardena, Hollywood, Glendale, Larchmont, Carthay, Burbank, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Mid- Wilshire, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 1911 ♂, 1-V.2014, Malaise traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).
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