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 mikejohnsoni new species ( Figs. 21 , 53 , 83 , 114 ) Diagnosis. Male. In the group VIII key of Borgmeier (1966) , M. mikejohnsoni keys to M. globipyga Borgmeier but lacks the globose genitalia of that species. Description. See Table 6 . Distribution. Los Angeles, California ( USA ). Etymology. Named in honor of Mike Johnson, relation to the Johnson family, hosts of BioSCAN site 22. Biology. Unknown. Holotype . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Carthay, 29.IV.2014 – 6.V.2014 , Dahl, Malaise trap ( LACM 329811). Paratypes . ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Atwater Village, 2–10.IV.2014 , Higgins, Malaise trap ( LACM 329812). ♂, USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Koreatown, 5–12.IV.2014 , Ralph, Malaise trap ( LACM 329813). 2 ♂ , USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3–10.V.2014 , Keller, Malaise trap ( CUMZ ). Additional Material Examined. USA : CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Koreatown, Mid-City, Glendale, Elysian Park, Gardena, Hollywood, Larchmonth, Carthay, Burbank, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, Pico-Union, Mid-Wilshire, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 268 ♂ , I-V.2014, Malaise traps ( LACM , MCZC , USNM ).