Megaselia ciancii, 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
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0282A923-893A-45BC-941A-6CDECBE36618
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093865
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD8784-FFBC-FFE3-C5FA-FABEFB93F8B5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Megaselia ciancii
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Megaselia ciancii View in CoL new species ( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 37 View FIGURES 33 – 42 , 67 View FIGURES 63 – 68 , 97 View FIGURES 93 – 108 )

Diagnosis. Male. In group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. ciancii keys out to M. pygmaeoides [now considered to be M. berndseni ( Schmitz 1919) ] from which it differs immediately by the presence of 3 notopleural setae compared to the 2 found on M. berndseni .

Description. See Table 2.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of Chris Cianci, host of BioSCAN site 21.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 1–8.III.2014, Franco, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329764).

Paratype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014, Franco, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329765).

Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Los Feliz, Silverlake, Burbank, Highland Park. 9 ♂, III.20014, V.2014, Malaise Traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).