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 largifrontalis Schmitz Megaselia largifrontalis Schmitz 1939 : 189 , Fig. 4 , Textfig. 15; Disney 1999 Figs. 121–122 Type series. Described by Schmitz (1939) , likely in the Zoological Research Museum in Bonn, Germany (not examined). Distribution. We now report this species from Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Its confirmed distribution is: British Isles, mainland Europe, St. Helena , Yemen , California ( USA ). Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Jefferson Park, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Hollywood, Burbank, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico Union, Mid-Wilshire, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 826 ♂ , I–V.2014 , Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).