Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts
Author
Brown, Brian V.
Entomology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA,
bbrown@nhm.org
Author
Hartop, Emily A.
Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science,
Author
Wong, Maria A.
Entomology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition
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Insect Systematics and Diversity
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2022-05-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac008
journal article
10.1093/isd/ixac008
2399-3421
10832806
Megaselia danizona
New Species
Fig. 19
.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
170 E0450-13F4-44F7-B608- BDA1EC88A5BD
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.