Flies from L. A., The Sequel: A further twelve new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) from the BioSCAN Project in Los Angeles (California, USA) Author Hartop, Emily A. Author Brown, Brian V. Author Disney, R. Henry L. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 7756 7756 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7756 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7756 1314-2828-4-7756 Megaselia shatesae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016 sp. n. Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322021 ; recordedBy: Dahl ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: shatesae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA ; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: Carthay ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; verbatimEventDate: 2-9.XII.2014 ; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM ; collectionCode: ENT Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322022 ; recordedBy: Hentschke ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: shatesae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA ; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: University Park ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; verbatimEventDate: 3-10.XII.2014 ; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM ; collectionCode: ENT Description See description Table 2 and Fig. 1h, Fig. 3h, Fig. 5b. Diagnosis Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966) , M. shatesae keys to couplet 19 where it differs from both M. perplexa Malloch and M. polyporicola Borgmeier by its very long costal setae (0.18 mm). This species is superficially similar to some other species found in Los Angeles, but the combination of dark halters, very long costal setae, 5 alular setae, and a strong, complete subcosta make this species easily separated from any potential lookalike. Etymology Named in honor of Tessa Shates whose volunteer work with author Hartop helped in identifying these twelve new species. Distribution Los Angeles, California (USA). Biology Unknown.