Megaselia hoffmanorum, 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 : 462

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.6093883
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD8784-FFB2-FFED-C5FA-FD33FA25FB3E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Megaselia hoffmanorum
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Megaselia hoffmanorum View in CoL new species (Figs. 14, 46, 76, 107)

Diagnosis. Male. In the group IV key of Borgmeier (1964), keys to M. pulla Brues from which it differs substantially in the structure of the genitalia ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 75 – 80 ). Whereas M. pulla has an oblique ascending row of delicate bristles on the left side of the epandrium and 4 marginal bristles on the right, M. hoffmanorum has a nearly vertical arrangement of strong hairs on either side. Additionally, M. hoffmanorum lacks the moderate bristles described on the epandrium of M. pulla .

Description. See Table 4.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of the Hoffman Family, hosts of BioSCAN site 14.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 1–8.III.2014, Hoffman, Malaise trap ( LACM 329790).

Paratypes. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 1–8.II.2014, Franco, Malaise trap ( LACM 329791). ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 1–8.III.2014, Hoffman, Malaise trap ( LACM 329792).