Megaselia guanizona, Brown & Hartop & Wong, 2022

Brown, Brian V., Hartop, Emily A. & Wong, Maria A., 2022, Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (3), pp. 1-17 : 9

Megaselia guanizona New Species Fig. 20.

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Holotype. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Pailas II, PL12-3 , 10.7631°N, 85.3344W °, 820 m, 7.viii.2014, leg. D. Janzen, Malaise trap PL12-3 [ LACM ENT 366310 ] ( BIOUG29965 -C04) ( LACM).

Holotype Barcode ACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTGCATGAG CGGGAATAGTAGGAACCTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAG CTGAACTAGGACATCCAGGAGCTTTAATTGGTGATGAC CAAATTTATAATGTAATTGTAACTGCACACGCATTTATTAT AATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATAGGAGGATTTG GAAATTGATTAGTACCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATAT AGCTTTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTCTGAATATTA CCTCCTTCATTAACATTACTATTAGCAAGAAGTCTAGTAG AAAATGGCGCTGGGACAGGTTGAACGGTTTATCCTCCC CTATCTTCTAGAATTGCTCATAGTGGATCTTCTGTTGAT CTTGCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATCTCGCAGGAATTTCTTCAA TTTTAGGGGCAGTAAACTTTATTACCACAATTATTAATAT ACGATCATCAGGAATTTCTTTTGATCGAATACCTTTATTT GTTTGATCCGTAGGTATTACAGCTTTACTTCTACTTCTATC TTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAATTACTATACTTTTAACAG ATCGA------------------------------

Paratypes. BIOUG 30195-B06, same data as holotype except 13.xi.2014, 30227-B07, 30185-E01, 29628-A05.

Other Specimens. 3 specimens in BOLD from the same site as the holotype.

Diagnosis. The barcode of this species differs by 5.11% minimum p-distance from the western North American species M. cryptizona ( Fig. 1, Table 1). The wings of the two species are well-differentiated by wing vein landmarking ( Fig. 31).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADB5436.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Etymology. Named for Área de Conservación de Guanacaste.