Megaselia defibaughorum, Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0282A923-893A-45BC-941A-6CDECBE36618 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093869 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD8784-FFBF-FFE1-C5FA-F8C7FDE9FD0D |
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Plazi |
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Megaselia defibaughorum |
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sp. nov. |
Megaselia defibaughorum View in CoL new species ( Figs. 7 View FIGURES 1 – 9 , 39 View FIGURES 33 – 42 , 69 View FIGURES 69 – 74 , 99 View FIGURES 93 – 108 )
Diagnosis. Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. defibaughorum keys to couplet 9, where its CI of 0.36–0.38 makes it too long to be M. pygmaeoides [now considered to be M. berndseni ( Schmitz 1919) ], but not long enough to continue in the key. Taking the upper end of the CI range and continuing to couplet 10, M.
defibaughorum View in CoL keys to M. bovista Gimmersthal View in CoL [now considered to be M. agarici ( Lintner 1895) View in CoL ] from which it can immediately be distinguished by its lack of the clear posterior epandrial processes that make M. agarici View in CoL so easily identifiable. M. defibaughorum View in CoL superficially appears quite similar to M. folliculorum Disney (Disney, Taylor et al. 2011) , but in addition to differences in the structure and setation of the epandrium (the epandrium of M. defibaughorum View in CoL is more pronounced behind, under the anal tube and has longer and more plentiful setae), M. defibaughorum View in CoL lacks the 1–1.5 rows of reduced, spinose rows of setae on the fore basitarsus (foretarsomere 1).
Description. See Table 3.
Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).
Etymology. Named in honor of the Defibaugh family, hosts of BioSCAN site 15.
Biology. Unknown.
Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Mid-City, 28.XII.2013 – 4.I.2014, Oxborough, Malaise trap ( LACM 329769).
Paratypes. 1 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 1–8.II.2014, Franco, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329770), 3 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Mid-City, 28.XII.2013 – 4.I.2014, Oxborough, Malaise trap ( LACM 329771, 2 CUMZ).
Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Glendale, Gardena, 3 ♂, II–III.2014, Malaise traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).
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