Megaselia pongsaiae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7756 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/323FD1E4-B715-B8AA-45C0-E36650BA14AC |
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Megaselia pongsaiae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016 |
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Megaselia pongsaiae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016 ZBK sp. n.
Materials
Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322030 ; recordedBy: Dahl; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: pongsaiae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: Carthay ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; verbatimEventDate: 29.VII-5.VIII.2014; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM; collectionCode: ENT Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322031 ; recordedBy: Brejcha; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: pongsaiae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: Highland Park ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; verbatimEventDate: 1-8.II.2014; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM; collectionCode: ENT
Description
See description Table 2 and Fig. 1g, Fig. 2f, Fig. 3g, Fig. 5a.
Diagnosis
Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. pongsaiae keys to couplet 19 where it keys to M. polyporicola Borgmeier. These species differ in a number of ways, but most easily M. pongsaiae has a long seta at the base of vein R on the wing, and M. polyporicola lacks a seta in this position.
Etymology
Named by Kathy Omura in honor of USC work study student Jean Pongsai for her hard work training and supervising students.
Distribution
Los Angeles, California (USA).
Biology
Unknown.
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