Megaselia kelleri
- Dataset
- 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)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Hartop, Emily A., Brown, Brian V., Disney, R. Henry L. (2015): 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). Zootaxa 3941 (4): 451-484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Phoridae
- genus
- Megaselia
- species
- Megaselia kelleri
biology_ecology
Biology. Unknown.
description
Description. See Table 5.
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Male. In the group VII key of Borgmeier (1966), M. kelleri keys to M. rotundula Borgmeier, from which it differs by the lack of a hair at the base of the R vein (M. rotundula has a long, conspicuous hair) and having 3 notopleural setae (2 on M. rotundula).
distribution
Distribution. Los Angeles, California (USA).
etymology
Etymology. Named in honor of Eric Keller, host of BioSCAN site 28.
materials_examined
Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Carthay, 29. IV. 2014 – 6. V. 2014, Dahl, Malaise trap (LACM 329802). Paratypes. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, 3 – 10. V. 2014, Keller, Malaise trap (LACM 329803). 2 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Atwater Village, 30. IV. 2014 – 7. V. 2014, Higgins, Malaise trap (LACM 329804, CUMZ). ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Los Feliz, 30. IV. 2014 – 7. V. 2014, Louie, Malaise trap (CUMZ). Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: Exposition Park, Los Feliz, Koreatown, Hollywood, Carthay, Atwater Village, Eagle Rock, 11 ♂, I – V. 2014, Malaise traps (LACM, MCZC, USNM).
Name
- Homonyms
- Megaselia kelleri