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 creasoni new species ( Figs. 6 , 38 , 68 , 98 ) Diagnosis. Male. In the group VII key of Borgmeier (1966) , M. creasoni fails the key at couplet 12 where it matches M. minuta Aldrich in costal index (CI) but differs in having very lightly colored legs ( Fig. 6 ) compared to the dark mid and hing legs of M. minuta . Description. See Table 3 . Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Etymology. Named in honor of Glen Creason, host of BioSCAN site 27. Biology. Unknown. Holotype . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Elysian Park, 3–10.V.2014 , Harding, Malaise trap ( LACM 329766). Paratypes . 4 ♂ , USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Glassell Park, 3–10.V.2014 , Creason, Malaise trap ( LACM 329767, LACM 329768, 2 CUMZ ) Additional Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Elysian Valley, Leimert Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Gardena, Hollywood, Larchmont, Carthay, Burbank, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Mid-Wilshire, Glassell Park, Mount Washington, 206 ♂ , I–V.2014 , Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).