Megaselia danizona, 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 : 8-9

Megaselia danizona New Species Fig. 19.

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Holotype. Male. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: Pailas II, 10.76°N, 85.3341°W, 809 m, 16.x.2014, D. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, Malaise trap PL12-9 ( BIOUG29690 -E10) [ LACM ENT 366291 ] ( LACM).

Paratypes. BIOUG 29598-F02, 2 male, same data as holotype except 2.x.2014, BIOUG 29691-B08, 1 male, same data as holotype, BIOUG 29947-G12, 1 male, Pailas II, 10.763, –85.334, 820 m, 12.vi.2014, Malaise trap PL 12-3 ( LACM).

Holotype Barcode ACTTTGTATTTTATTTTCGGGGCATGAGCT GGAATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCCGAA TTAGGTCACCCAGGTGCTTTAATCGGTGATGATCAAATTTAT AATGTAATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTA

TAGTTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGT GCCTTTAATACTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAAT AAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCTCCCTCATTAACCTTA TTATTAGCAAGAAGTATAGTAGAAAATGGAGCTGGGACAGG TTGAACTGTTTACCCCCCATTATCCTCTAGAATTGCTCATAG AGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCACTTCATTTAGC CGGTATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAATTTTATTACTACA ATTATTAATATACGATCATCAGGAATTACTTTTGATCGAATAC CTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTAGGAATCACAGCATTACTACTTCT TTTATCTCTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAATTACAATACTTTTA ACAGAT------------------------------------------------

Other Specimens. 17 specimens from the ESG, Derrumbe, and PL12-3 sites in the ACG project.

Diagnosis. The wing of M. danizona is highly distinctive, with a long costa and strongly anteriorly-curved M 1 vein ( Fig. 19). The barcode is most similar to that of A. oklizona new species, from which it differs by 6.06% minimum p-distance ( Fig. 1, Table 1).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ACY0171.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Etymology. This species is named for Dan Janzen, whose projects have yielded many new species of insects.