Megaselia hentschkeae, 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 : 461-462

Megaselia hentschkeae new species (Figs. 13, 45, 75, 105, 106)

Diagnosis. Male. In the group III key of Borgmeier (1964), M. hentschkeae keys to M. dilatata Brues from which it differs by most often having 2 moderately strong anipisternal bristles (compared to M. dilatata’s one) and an elongate genitalia with ventrally projecting anal tube ( Fig. 75 ) compared to the large, deeply emarginate epandrium of M. dilatata .

Description. See Table 4.

Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA).

Etymology. Named in honor of Peggy Hentschke, host of BioSCAN site 3.

Biology. Unknown.

Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Burbank, 24–31.V.2014, Cianci, Malaise trap ( LACM 329787).

Paratypes. 3 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Carthay, 31.XII.2013 – 7.I.2014, Dahl, Malaise trap ( LACM 329788, LACM 329789, CUMZ).

Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Koreatown, Hollywood, Larchmont, Pico-Union, Highland, Mount Washington, 8 ♂, I–V.2014, Malaise traps ( LACM, MCZC, USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 75 – 80. Male genitalia, left lateral. 75. Megaselia hentschkeae. 76. Megaselia hoffmanorum. 77. Megaselia hoggorum. 78. Megaselia hoguei. 79. Megaselia isaacmajorum. 80. Megaselia kelleri