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
2022
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 colombizona
New Species
Fig. 17
.
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Holotype
.
Male.
COLOMBIA
:
Bogota
:
Venado
de Oro
,
4.5983°N
,
74.0614°W
,
2,600 m
,
9.iii.2016
,
M. Gonzalez
, forest,
Malaise trap
[
LACM
ENT 366286
] (
BIOUG40764
-CO2) (
IAVH
).
Holotype
Barcode
TTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCTGG AATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCTGAA TTAGGTCATCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAAATTT ATAATGTGATTGTAACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTT TTTATAGTTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTG ATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTTC CTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCACCCTCT TTAACTTTATTGTTAGCAAGAAGTATAGTAGAAAATGGGGC TGGGACAGGTTGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAGA ATTGCTCATAGAGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCA CTACATTTAGCAGGTATCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAAC TTCATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGATCATCTGGAATTACTT TTGATCGAATACCTTTATTTGTATGATCAGTAGGAATTACAG CATTACTACTTCTATTATCTTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCAA TTACAATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAACTTTAATACTTCATTTTT TGATCCCGCTGGAGGAGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACACTT ATT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Specimens.
2 males
(
BIOUG
41393-C04,
BIOUG
40354-C04) same data as
holotype
except for the dates
9.iii.2016
and
14.xii.2016
(
IAVH
).
Figs. 10-14.
Body parts of
Megaselia
species.
Figs.10-11.Venter of hypandrium.Fig.10.
M. albizona
new species
.Fig.11.
M. sulphurizona
Borgmeier.
Figs. 12-14. Dorsum of abdomen. Fig. 12.
M. albizona
new species
. Fig. 13.
M. reductizona
new species
. Fig. 14.
M. sulphurizona
Borgmeier.
Abbreviation: hp- hypandrial process.
Diagnosis.
The barcode of this species is most similar to that of
M. oklizona
, from which it differs by aminimum p-distance of 1.68% (
Fig. 1
,
Table 1
). The wings of
M. colombizona
and
M. oklizona
are not separated by landmarking (
Fig. 31
), but the forecoxa of
M. oklizona
are yellowish-brown, in contrast to those of
M. colombizona
, which are dark brown like the mid- and hind coxae. The sympatric species
M. paulizona
also has the forecoxa dark brown, but it has about 10% mean sequence divergence (
Fig. 1
) from
M. colombizona
,
and the wings differ as well (
Fig. 17
,
Table 3
).
This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADW0335.
Distribution.
Colombia
.
Etymology.
This species is named for the county from which specimens were collected.