Megaselia colombizona, 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 : 6-7

Megaselia colombizona New Species Fig. 17.

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Holotype. Male. COLOMBIA: Bogota: Venado de Oro , 4.5983°N, 74.0614°W, 2,600 m, 9.iii.2016, M. Gonzalez, forest, Malaise trap [ LACM ENT 366286 ] ( BIOUG40764 -CO2) ( IAVH).

Holotype Barcode TTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCTGG AATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCTGAA TTAGGTCATCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAAATTT ATAATGTGATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTT TTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTG ATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTTC CTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCACCCTCT TTAACTTTATTGTTAGCAAGAAGTATAGTAGAAAATGGGGC TGGGACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAGA ATTGCTCATAGAGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCA CTACATTTAGCAGGTATCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAAC TTCATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGATCATCTGGAATTACTT TTGATCGAATACCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTAGGAATTACAG CATTACTACTTCTATTATCTTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAA TTACAATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAACTTTAATACTTCATTTTT TGATCCCGCTGGAGGAGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACACTT ATT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Specimens. 2 males ( BIOUG 41393-C04, BIOUG 40354-C04) same data as holotype except for the dates 9.iii.2016 and 14.xii.2016 ( IAVH).

Diagnosis. The barcode of this species is most similar to that of M. oklizona , from which it differs by aminimum p-distance of 1.68% ( Fig. 1, Table 1). The wings of M. colombizona and M. oklizona are not separated by landmarking ( Fig. 31), but the forecoxa of M. oklizona are yellowish-brown, in contrast to those of M. colombizona , which are dark brown like the mid- and hind coxae. The sympatric species M. paulizona also has the forecoxa dark brown, but it has about 10% mean sequence divergence ( Fig. 1) from M. colombizona , and the wings differ as well ( Fig. 17, Table 3).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADW0335.

Distribution. Colombia.

Etymology. This species is named for the county from which specimens were collected.