Megaselia seaverorum, Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015

Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V. & Disney, R. Henry L., 2015, Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA), Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 451-484 : 475

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0282A923-893A-45BC-941A-6CDECBE36618

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6093913

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD8784-FFA1-FFFE-C5FA-FE30FEEFFC5E

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Plazi

scientific name

Megaselia seaverorum
status

sp. nov.

Megaselia seaverorum View in CoL new species ( Figs. 27 View FIGURES 19 – 27 , 59 View FIGURES 53 – 62 , 89 View FIGURES 87 – 92 , 120 View FIGURES 109 – 124 )

Diagnosis. Male. In the group V key of Borgmeier (1964), M. seaverorum keys to M. subnudifemur Borgmeier. M. seaverorom can be distinguished from this species (and a majority of other species in the genus) by the unique, wedge shaped structure of its cerci, which each have 10+ setae ( Fig. 89 View FIGURES 87 – 92 ).

Description. See Table 7.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of the Seaver family, whose gracious donations from the Seaver Foundation make BioSCAN possible.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 1–8.II.2014, Hoffman, Malaise trap ( LACM 329829).

Paratype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 28.XII.2013 – 4.I.2014, Hoffman, Malaise trap ( LACM 329830).

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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