Megaselia paulizona, 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 : 11

Megaselia paulizona New Species Fig. 24.

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Holotype. Male. COLOMBIA: Bogota: Venado de Oro , 4.5983°N,- 74.0614°W, 2600 m, 7.ix.2016, M. Gonzalez, forest, Malaise trap [ LACM ENT 366293 ] ( BIOUG40364 -D09) ( IAVH).

Holotype Barcode TTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCTGG AATAGTGGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTTTAATTCGAGCTGAAT TAGGCCACCCAGGAGCTTTAATCGGAGATGACCAAATTTAT AACGTAATTGTAACTGCCCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTA TAGTAATACCTATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAG TACCTCTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCCCGT ATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATGCTTCCTCCTTCATTAACTT TATTACTAGCAAGTAGTATAGTTGAAAATGGAGCTGGGACA GGATGAACTGTATACCCTCCTTTATCCTCTAGAATTGCTCAT AGAGGCTCTTCTGTAGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCCCTTCATTTA GCAGGAATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAATTTTATTACT ACAATTATTAACATACGCTCATCCGGAATTACTTTTGACCGA ATGCCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTAGGAATTACAGCTTTACTC TTACTTCTTTCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGGAGCAATTACTATAC TTTTAACTGACCGAAATTTTAATACGTCATTTTTTGACCCTG CTGGAGGAGGAGACCCAATTTTATACCAACATTTATT

BOLD Specimens Examined. 4 further specimens ( BIOUG 40594-C12, BIOUG 40668-C04, BIOUG 41075-H03, BIOUG 41217-F04)from the same locality as the holotype ( IAVH).

Diagnosis. This species differs from the sympatric M. colombizona by about 10% mean divergence in the barcode ( Fig. 1), as well as the wing shape ( Fig. 24). The most similar barcode is that of M. winnizona , from which it differs by 6.8% minimum p-distance ( Fig. 1, Table 1).

This species is in the BOLD as BOLD:ADV9367.

Distribution. Colombia.

Etymology. Named for Paul Hebert, who has kindly helped the senior author with barcoding issues.