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 steptoeae new species ( Figs. 29 , 61 , 91 , 123 ) Diagnosis. Male. In the group III key of Borgmeier (1964) , M. steptoeae keys to couplet 13 where it can readily be distinguished from both M. scopalis Brues and M. renata Borgmeier. M. steptoeae lacks the forceps-like epandrial process and strong anipisternal bristle of M. scopalis . M. steptoeae is differentiated easily from M. renata by the structure of the genitalia. In M. renata , the epandrium has a triangular notch near the rear margin and numerous stout bristles near the lower margin of the epandrium; M. steptoeae lacks such a notch and has few bristles arranged in a more-or-less vertical row on the epandrium ( Fig. 91 ). Description. See Table 7 . Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Etymology. Named in honor of LaChristian Steptoe, host of BioSCAN site 10. Biology. Unknown. Holotype . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Los Feliz, 4–11.IV.2014 , Louie, Malaise trap ( LACM 329834). Paratypes . 4 ♂ , USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Koreatown, 5–12.IV.2014 , Ralph, Malaise trap ( LACM 329835, LACM 329836, 2 CUMZ ) Additional Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Leimert Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Elysian Park, Gardena, Hollywood, Glendale, Larchmont, Carthay, Echo Park, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Highland Park, 45 ♂ , I–V.2014 , Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).