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 carthayensis , new species ( Figs. 4 , 36 , 66 , 96 ) Diagnosis: Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966) , M. carthayensis keys to M. polyporicola Borgmeier. In contrast to the epandrium with longish hairs on both sides and dark wing veins of M. polyporicola , M. carthayensis has an epandrium with short hairs only ( Fig. 66 ), and very light wing veins ( Fig. 36 ). Description. See Table 2 . Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Etymology. Named in honor of Carthay Elementary School, site of BioSCAN site 19. Biology. Unkown. Holotype . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glendale, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014 , Armstrong, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329761) Paratypes . 4 ♂ , USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Los Feliz, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014 , Koch, Malaise Trap ( LACM 329762, LACM 329763, 2 CUMZ ) Additional Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Los Feliz, Larchmont, Carthay, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 11 ♂ , II–V.2014 , Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).