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) Author Hartop, Emily A. Author Brown, Brian V. Author Disney, R. Henry L. text Zootaxa 2015 3941 4 451 484 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1 4a423dfe-e6dc-48fc-8149-d17562f026b3 1175-5326 242977 0282A923-893A-45BC-941A-6CDECBE36618 Megaselia wiegmanae new species ( Figs. 30 , 62 , 92 , 124 ) Diagnosis. Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966) , M. wiegmanae fails the key at couplet 11 where it lacks either the enlarged genitalia of M. globipyga Borgmeier or the large hypandrium of M. brevicostalis Wood. M. wiegmanae , like M. brevicostalis , is part of the M. curtineura complex of Megaselia , and the two species are similar. In addition to the aforementioned large hypandrium of M. brevicostalis , M. wiegmanae has a slightly longer costal index (0.42–0.44 compared to 0.40–0.43), and only 2 alular setae ( 3 in M. brevicostalis ) ( Fig. 92 ). Description. See Table 7 . Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Etymology. Named in honor of K.T. Wiegman, host of BioSCAN site 18. Biology. Unknown. Holotype . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014 , Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329837). Paratypes . 4 ♂ , USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014 , Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329838, LACM 329839, 2 CUMZ ). Additional Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Jefferson Park, Elysian Valley, Leimert Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Gardena, Hollywood, Larchmont, Carthay, Burbank, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Mid-Wilshire, Glassell Park, Highland Park, 335 ♂ , I–V.2014 , Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).