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 lombardorum new species ( Figs. 19 , 51 , 81 , 112 ) Diagnosis. Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966) , keys to M. pygmaeoides [now considered to be M. berndseni ( Schmitz 1919 ) ] which has a shorter costa (CI 0.30–0.33 compared to M. lombardorum at 0.33–0.37, usually being at the upper end of that range) than this new species and more than twice as many spinuli on the labellum. Description. See Table 5 . Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Etymology. Named in honor of the Lombard family, hosts of BioSCAN site 26. Biology. Unknown. Holotype . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014 , Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329805) Paratypes . 4 ♂ , USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014 , Keller, Malaise trap ( LACM 329806, LACM 329807, CUMZ ) Additional Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Elysian Valley, Leimert Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Gardena, Hollywood, Glendale, Larchmont, Carthay, Burbank, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Mid- Wilshire, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 1911 ♂, 1-V.2014 , Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).