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--7756 Megaselia pongsaiae Hartop, Brown, & Disney 2016 sp. n. Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322030 ; recordedBy: Dahl ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: pongsaiae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA ; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: Carthay ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; verbatimEventDate: 29.VII-5.VIII.2014 ; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM ; collectionCode: ENT Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 322031 ; recordedBy: Brejcha ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Phoridae; genus: Megaselia; specificEpithet: pongsaiae; scientificNameAuthorship: Hartop, Brown, & Disney; Location: country: USA ; stateProvince: California; municipality: Los Angeles; locality: Highland Park ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; verbatimEventDate: 1-8.II.2014 ; Record Level: institutionCode: LACM ; collectionCode: ENT Description See description Table 2 and Fig. 1g, Fig. 2f, Fig. 3g, Fig. 5a. Diagnosis Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966) , M. pongsaiae keys to couplet 19 where it keys to M. polyporicola Borgmeier. These species differ in a number of ways, but most easily M. pongsaiae has a long seta at the base of vein R on the wing, and M. polyporicola lacks a seta in this position. Etymology Named by Kathy Omura in honor of USC work study student Jean Pongsai for her hard work training and supervising students. Distribution Los Angeles, California (USA). Biology Unknown.