cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Callopora rylandi Bobin & Prenant 1965
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Calloporidae
Callopora
Callopora rylandi

description: Callopora rylandi Bobin & Prenant, 1965
(Fig. 3)
Callopora rylandi Bobin & Prenant, 1965, fig. 36a, b; Prenant & Bobin 1966: 231; Hayward & Ryland 1998: 162, fig. 41.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4281: BV12, 112– 120 m; coll. Universidad de Málaga (UMA); one living fragment, one dead fragment.
Description. Colony encrusting, unilaminar (Fig. 3A). Zooids oval [L 306–424–511 (N 21, SD 48), W 211– 268–342 μm (N 21, SD 34)] with a narrow, smooth gymnocyst, more easily visible at the proximal border; cryptocyst reduced (Fig. 3A–E). Peripheral spines broad and flattened, commonly 11–13, arched over the opesia, meeting the opposite spine in the midline, and expanding and merging with each other (Fig. 3B, C). The most distal pair of spines sometimes forms a small bifurcate tip directed towards the orifice (Fig. 3B, C). Distal region of the zooid bearing four to six additional erect, hollow, strong spines in both non- and ovicellate zooids (Fig. 3A, B, E). Small avicularium [L 64–69–75 μm (N 3, SD 6)] on the gymnocyst with a triangular, pointed rostrum, directed laterally, distally or proximally (Fig. 3D, see arrow). Ovicell hyperstomial [L 175–186–211 (N 6, SD 13), W 159–182–218 μm (N 6, SD 21)], subglobular with a nodular endooecial surface and a smooth marginal ectooecial band; aperture opening above the maternal orifice (Fig. B–D). Ancestrula smaller than the autozooids [L 249, W 185 μm (N 1)], oval, with a narrow gymnocyst bearing 10 erect spines around the opesia (Fig. 3E, see asterisk).
Remarks. Callopora rylandi was described from Roscoff (France) and there are other records in the North Atlantic (British Isles and Ireland), although this is the first record for the Alboran Sea. Despite zooids being larger in the original and other North Atlantic material (original: L 400–550, W 250–385; NA: L 400–600, W 260–360 μm), and despite the presence of six oral spines in the ovicellate zooids (four in the original description), the remaining morphological characters are very similar, supporting the identification. This species is very similar to Membraniporella nitida (Johnston, 1838), also recorded from the Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar (López de la Cuadra & García-Gómez 1994; Rosso & Di Martino 2016), regarding the position and shape of the spines and shape of the ovicell, but in M. nitida the ovicell is closed by the maternal operculum, and there are fewer spines.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Crassimarginatella solidula
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Calloporidae
Crassimarginatella
Crassimarginatella solidula

description: Crassimarginatella solidula (Hincks, 1860)
(Fig. 5A–D)
Membranipora solidula Hincks, 1860: 75; Hincks 1880: 158, pl. XX, figs 7, 8.
Crassimarginatella solidula: Barroso 1948: 515, fig. 4; Harmelin 1973: 487, figs 1 h–k, 2a–i, 3a–d, 4b, c; Harmelin & d’Hondt 1992a: 27 (listed); Hayward & Ryland 1998: 170, figs 46, 47b.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4287: BV12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; one living fragment, one dead fragment.
Description. A small colony formed by ca. 30 zooids, encrusting and unilaminar (Fig. 5A, B). Zooids oval to pyriform, longer than wide [L 316–363–420 (N 13, SD 34), W 201–292–349 μm (N 13, SD 42)], separated by shallow grooves; a narrow and crenulate cryptocyst around the opesia; short, smooth gymnocyst bearing proximally one or two prominent knobs (Fig. 5A–C). Autozooids following the ancestrula bearing delicate spines, numbering up to four on the distal region of the autozooid (Fig. 5A, C). Large septula, one distal and one pair on each side of the lateral wall (Fig. 5A, C). Ovicell and avicularium not observed. Ancestrula similar in shape, but smaller than autozooids [L 281, W 243 μm (N 1)], with 12 spines around the opesia (Fig. 5D).
Remarks. Despite the small size of the colony found on the Alboran platform, and the absence of ovicells, the zooids are similar in size and features to the material attributed to this species. Crassimarginatella solidula was previously recorded in the northeastern Atlantic, the Gulf of Cadiz, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean (Harmelin 1973; Harmelin & d’Hondt 1992a; López de la Cuadra & García-Gómez 1994; Hayward & Ryland 1998; Rosso & Di Martino 2016), but not in the Alboran Sea. This species is considered sublittoral, occurring down to a depth of 80 m in the Mediterranean and 115 m in the Strait of Gibraltar, and found at a similar depth (112–120 m) in the Alboran platform.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Chartella elongata Cook 1968
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Flustridae
Chartella
Chartella elongata

description: Chartella elongata Cook, 1968
(Fig. 5E, F)
Chartella elongata Cook, 1968: 136, fig. 7.
Hincksinoflustra elongata: d’Hondt 1978: 450; Álvarez 1992b: 284, fig. 8.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4288; MNCN 25.03/4289: BV-13, 95–99 m; coll. UMA; one living colony, attached on bioclast and one fragment without substrate, respectively.
Description. Colony delicate, erect, slightly calcified, with branched, bilaminar fronds composed of up to 9–10 linear zooidal series. Zooids rectangular, longer than wide [L 870–975–1065 (N 11, SD 73), W 180–194–215 μm (N 11, SD 11)], placed in quincunx; operculum D-shaped; a pair of small latero-distal spines. Avicularium located distal to the zooids, at the bifurcation of the zooidal rows, directed distally; mandible semicircular; cystid rectangular [L 100–133–169 (N 5, SD 30), W 102–117–136 μm (N 5, SD 14)]. Ovicell not observed.
Remarks. Six species of Chartella are known worldwide. Three species occur in the Mediterranean Sea: C. papyracea (Ellis & Solander, 1786), C. papyrea (Pallas, 1766) and C. tenella (Hincks, 1887). Chartella papyracea has no avicularium; C. tenella has a pair of spines but the avicularium has a triangular, acute mandible and is directed obliquely (Gautier 1962); C. papyrea is characterized by the absence of avicularia and spines, and by small, endooecial ovicells (Gautier 1962). Cook (1968), in the original description, mentioned that C. elongata lacks oral spines, but Redier & d’Hondt (1976) examined the holotype and observed zooids with a pair of oral spines. This observation has been reaffirmed in two subsequent works (d’Hondt 1978, 1979). The size of zooids and avicularia in the Alboran platform material is similar to that of previous records (e.g. Gulf of Cadiz: zooids: L 790–1112, W 177–322 µm; avicularia: L 95–160, W 94–145 µm; Álvarez 1992b). Chartella elongata was described from the eastern Atlantic off the Mauritania – Western Sahara border, and later reported from Morocco and the Gulf of Cadiz at depths of 12–80 m (Cook 1968; d’Hondt 1978; Álvarez 1992b). In the Alboran platform, the colonies were found at 95–99 m, slightly increasing its bathymetric range and expanding its geographic distribution to the Alboran Sea.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Hincksina longispinosa Harmelin & d'Hondt 1992
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Flustridae
Hincksina
Hincksina longispinosa

description: Hincksina longispinosa Harmelin & d’Hondt, 1992
(Fig. 6)
Hincksina longispinosa Harmelin & d’Hondt, 1992a: 32, pl. I, fig. d–f.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4290; MNCN 25.03/4291: BV12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; five and two living fragments, respectively; all specimens encrusting shell fragments.
Description. Colonies encrusting, unilaminar (Fig. 6A, B). Zooids hexagonal, longer than wide [L 430–495– 571 (N 14, SD 37), W 265–309–340 μm (N 17, SD 31)] (Fig. 6B). Gymnocyst reduced, bearing thin, delicate spines numbering four on the oral region, directed frontally, and 10–12 encircling and overarching the opesia (Fig. 6A); cryptocyst negligible. Avicularia interzooidal, longer than wide [L 96–108–124 μm (N 7, SD 15)], placed on a developed cystid and directed longitudinally but usually transversely when associated with an ovicell (Fig. 6B, C); mandible semi-circular, hinged on a small pair of denticles (Fig. 6C, D). Ovicell large [L 93–200–223 (N 9, SD 17), W 207–235–254 μm (N9, SD 18)], immersed in the avicularium cystid (Fig. 6C, D).
Remarks. Hincksina longispinosa was described and uniquely recorded from the Gulf of Cadiz in two different depth zones, 137–150 m and 460–524 m (Harmelin & d’Hondt 1992a). This record expands its geographic distribution to the Alboran Sea at slightly shallower depths (112–120 m). In comparison with the Gulf of Cadiz, the material collected on the Alboran platform has shorter avicularia (L 96–124 vs 141–148 µm).
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Scrupocellaria aegeensis Harmelin 1969
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Candidae
Scrupocellaria
Scrupocellaria aegeensis

description: Scrupocellaria aegeensis Harmelin, 1969
(Fig. 7)
Scrupocellaria maderensis aegeensis Harmelin, 1969: 1195, fig. 2 (5, 6).
Scrupocellaria aegeensis: Zabala & Maluquer 1988: 89, fig. 161, 162, pl. 4c, d.
Scrupocellaria maderensis var. aegeensis: Zabala 1993: 564.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4292, MNCN 25.03/4293: BV12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; three and one living fragments, respectively; all colonies fixed on other bryozoans (i.e. Adeonellopsis and a cyclostome). MNCN 25.03/4294: BV13, 95–99 m; coll. UMA; one living colony attached to another bryozoan and two living fragments. MNCN 25.03/4295: BV14, 96–100 m; UMA coll.; two living fragments. MNCN 25.03/4296: BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; two living fragments.
Description. Colony erect, delicate, dichotomically branched (Fig. 7A), with each branch consisting of two alternating longitudinal series of zooids, directed slightly outwards (Fig. 7A, B). Zooids elongate [L 302–340–420 (N 12, SD 31), W 99–143–168 μm (N 13, SD 19)]; elliptical to oval opesia occupying slightly more than 50% of the whole zooidal length [L 154–183–203 μm (N 15, SD 15)]; cryptocyst narrow and crenulate; 2–3 external and 1–2 inner spines; three spines (one on each side of the opesia and one disto-central) in the zooid at the bifurcation (Fig. 7A). Scutum situated just proximally to the inner spine; large, anchor-shaped, asymmetric, the distal border more reduced than the proximal one, covering a large part of the opesia (Fig. 7A–C). Frontal avicularium absent. Lateral avicularium well developed, directed slightly proximally; rostrum triangular, hooked at the tip (as the mandible), and serrated [L 56–73–97 μm (N 13, SD 13)] (Fig. 7C). Vibracular chamber on the proximal end of each abfrontal zooid (Fig. 7D), aligned disto-proximally, and two at the axil of the bifurcation, with a radicular pore at the base; setae short, measuring about the width of two zooids (Fig. 7B). Ovicell not observed.
Remarks. Scrupocellaria aegeensis was described by Harmelin (1969) from the Aegean Sea, while Zabala (1993) found some colonies off the Balearic Islands. Zooid size in the Aegean Sea specimens (L 400–450, W 120– 200 µm) is slightly larger than in the Alboran platform material. The Alboran material also differ in having zooids with two spines on the inner side instead of a single inner spine. The depth range of previous Mediterranean records is shallower (60–110 m) than that of the Alboran platform (95–120 m).
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on pages 70-71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Adeonellopsis multiporosa Aristegui 1985
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Adeonidae
Adeonellopsis
Adeonellopsis multiporosa

description: Adeonellopsis aff. multiporosa Aristegui, 1985
(Fig. 8)
aff. Adeonellopsis multiporosa Aristegui, 1985: 427, fig. 3.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4297, MNCN 25.03/4298: BV12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; two living plus two dead fragments, and one living fragment, respectively. MNCN 25.03/4299: BV13, 95–99 m; coll. UMA; two living and three dead fragments. MNCN 25.03/4300: BV14, 96–100 m; coll. UMA; eight dead fragments. MNCN 25.03/4301: BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one dead fragment.
Description. Colony erect, rigid, with slender, bilaminar branches (Fig. 8A). Zooids elongate, almost rectangular (L/W = 2.45) [L 463–546–607 (N 23, SD 41), W 193–223–249 μm (N 14, SD 18)], arranged around the branch in six to eight longitudinal series, and separated from each other by a deep depression (Fig. 8B, C); marginal areolar pores present, variable in size and up to 15 in number (Fig. 8D). Primary orifice obscured by a tall, curved peristome (Fig. 8B), peristomial aperture wider than long [L 50–61–73 (N 8, SD 7), W 86–97–116 μm (N 8, SD 12)], semi-circular and with a beaded, convex proximal border (Fig. 8D). Frontal surface crenulated, with a large central area perforated by 11–20 circular spiraminal pores (Fig. 8B–D). Avicularium suboral, drop-shaped, touching the proximal border of the peristome, small [L 63–72–80 μm (N 9, SD 5)], directed distally or slightly obliquely; mandible not curved (Fig. 8C). No other avicularia or fertile zooids observed.
Remarks. Aristegui (1985) described Adeonellopsis multiporosa from the Canary Islands (eastern Atlantic). At first sight, specimens from the Alboran platform are very similar to this species, sharing a similar number of zooids per series, the distally or slightly distolaterally directed suboral avicularium of similar size (L 60–90 µm in the Canarian specimens), and absence of interzooidal avicularia. However, there are two main differences between the Canarian and Alboran populations: A. multiporosa has zooids of different shape (L/W: 2 vs 2.45) and also wider (L 550–600, W 250–300 µm), and the spiraminal pores are more numerous (20–25 vs 11–20). We believe these differences not to be significant enough to erect a new species. Therefore, we treat the Alboran platform specimens as A. aff. multiporosa.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Schizomavella linearis
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Bitectiporidae
Schizomavella
Schizomavella linearis

description: Schizomavella aff. linearis (Hassall, 1841)
(Fig. 11)
aff. Schizomavella linearis: Reverter-Gil et al. 2015: 27, fig. 11c–e
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4309: BV12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; two living and one dead fragments encrusting a polychaete tube and a shell fragment; MNCN 25.03/4310: BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one dead fragment on shell.
Description. Colony encrusting (Fig. 11A). Zooids longer than wide [L 358–428–539 (N 6, SD 63), W 225– 272–320 μm (N 8, SD 37)], very variable in size, flat, separated by distinct grooves, with frontal shield irregularly perforated by some circular pores (Fig. 11A). Orifice circular [L 60–81–91 (N 9, SD 9), W 84–93–103 μm (N 9, SD 5)] with a small U-shaped sinus, and frequently bearing three distal spines (Fig. 11B). Suboral avicularium triangular, placed on a large umbo, with serrated rostrum directed upwards (Fig. 11C). Ovicell recumbent, smooth, broader than long [L 145–174–191 (N 5, SD 19), W 191–224–250 μm (N 6, SD 27)]; ooecial surface with a frontal line of pores irregularly shaped and variable in size, sometimes forming an arch (Fig. 11D). Ancestrula not observed.
Remarks. Reverter-Gil et al. (2015) have separated Schizomavella linearis into three morphotypes (“typical”, “ hastiformis ” and “ pseudolinearis ”). The “ pseudolinearis ” morphotype has a longer than wide primary orifice and large avicularia, often distally oriented instead of medially as it occurs in the “typical” morphotype. Specimens from the Alboran platform are more similar to the “ hastiformis ” morphotype, due to the single suboral avicularium placed on a large, conical umbo proximal to the sinus. Despite the similar morphology, the Alboran specimens are smaller compared to the Adriatic material figured by Reverter-Gil et al. (2015) (zooids: L 400–583, W 285–504 μm; orifice: L 95–1222, W 110–142 μm; ovicell: L 218–239, W 244–266 μm).
This Alboran morphotype is also similar to Schizomavella (Schizomavella) hastata (Hincks, 1862) in having a suboral avicularium but differs in the shape of the orifice morphology, which in the latter species is characterised by a broad and shallow sinus (Hayward & Thorpe 1995; Reverter-Gil et al. 2015).
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Terwasipora complanata
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Watersiporidae
Terwasipora
Terwasipora complanata

description: Terwasipora complanata (Norman, 1864)
(Fig. 12)
Lepralia complanata Norman, 1864: 85, pl. 10, fig. 4.
Watersipora complanata: Zabala 1986: 395, fig. 128; Hayward & Ryland 1999: 192, figs 74b, 75; Reverter-Gil & Fernández- Pulpeiro 2001: 122; De Blauwe 2009: 372, figs 397, 398; Reverter-Gil et al. 2014: 26.
Terwasipora complanata: Reverter-Gil & Souto 2019: 2743, figs 5, 6, 8.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4282: BV12, 112– 120 m; UMA coll.; one dead fragment on shell; MNCN 25.03/4283: BV12, 112– 120 m; UMA coll.; four living fragments on shell and three loose dead fragments.
Remarks. Several specimens from the Mediterranean Sea assigned to T. complanata were reviewed by Reverter- Gil & Souto (2019), who maintained as valid the records of this species from Catalonia and the Strait of Gibraltar (Zabala 1986; López de la Cuadra & García-Gómez 1988; López de la Cuadra 1991; see Reverter-Gil & Souto 2019 for comments about its geographic distribution).
The Alboran colonies have slightly smaller zooids (L 600–800 μm x W 350–600 μm) but within the range reported by Reverter-Gil & Souto (2019).
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on pages 76-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Microporella funbio Ramalho & Lopez-Fe 2020
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Microporellidae
Microporella
Microporella funbio

description: Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 in Ramalho et al. 2020b
(Fig. 13)
Microporella funbio Ramalho & López-Fé, 2020 in Ramalho et al. 2020b: 468, figs 6b–e, 7.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4311: BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on a bioclast; MNCN 25.03/4312: BV14, 96–100 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on a rock fragment.
Remarks. Although the absence of a complete ovicell, the colonies collected from the Alboran fit the description of the type material described from the Gulf of Cadiz (Ramalho et al. 2020b) for all remaining taxonomic features and fall in the same range size. However, the material from Gulf of Cadiz was collected in deeper water (402–495 m) than the Alboran material (96–100 m).
This is the first record of this species in Mediterranean waters.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Lagenipora lepralioides
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
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Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Celleporidae
Lagenipora
Lagenipora lepralioides

description: Lagenipora cf. lepralioides (Norman, 1868)
(Fig. 14)
Celleporella lepralioides Norman, 1868: 222, pl. 7, figs 4, 5.
Lagenipora lepralioides: Hayward & Ryland 1979: 280, fig. 122; Hayward & Ryland 1999: 332, figs 154, 155a, b; Madurell et al. 2013: 130, figs 4d, 5a.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4313 and MNCN 25.03/4314: BV15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one living colony on the bryozoan Adeonellopsis aff. multiporosa, and one living colony on an unidentified bryozoan, respectively.
Description. Colony encrusting, small, with zooids irregularly arranged (Fig. 14A), encrusting shell fragments and other substrates (e.g. the bryozoan Adeonellopsis aff. multiporosa). Zooids growing vertically, convex, separated by grooves; frontal wall tubercular with 6–7 large [28–34–45 μm diameter (N 12, SD 5)], circular areolar pores (Fig. 14A, B). Primary orifice orbicular [L 97, W 90 (N 1)], sinus not marked (Fig. 14C). Peristome well developed hiding the primary orifice, cylindrical, smooth or finely granular, with some marginal spine-like projections, often broken (Fig. 14A, B, D). Avicularia absent. Ovicell small but prominent, placed on the peristome; a narrow, crescentic frontal area with few elliptical pores (Fig. 14D).
Remarks. According to Rosso & Di Martino (2016), only two Lagenipora species are reported from the Mediterranean Sea: L. lepralioides and L. sp. sensu Zabala & Maluquer (1988, figs 445, 446). The latter species has a minute avicularium associated with the peristome (absent in L. lepralioides), and the frontal area of the ovicell is flat, broad and with two pores near the corners. In the Alboran colonies, we observed a single ovicell, which apparently seems different from that of the nominal species. However, given that no other differences were observed, we refrain from introducing a new species until more colonies and more ovicells will be available.
Lagenipora lepralioides is a poorly known species, and was cited from the Western Mediterranean (Zabala & Maluquer 1988; Madurell et al. 2013) and the North Atlantic (Hayward & Ryland 1979; Hayward 1994; Reverter- Gil & Fernandez-Pulpeiro 2001). As reported by Madurell et al. (2013) and previous authors, this species seems to be associated with shell debris, as was the case in the samples collected on the Alboran platform.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Reteporella mediterranea Hass 1948
Creators: name: Ramalho, Laís V.
name: Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel
name: Gofas, Serge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomatida
Phidoloporidae
Reteporella
Reteporella mediterranea

description: Reteporella mediterranea Hass, 1948
(Fig. 15)
Reteporella mediterranea Hass, 1948: 131, figs 19–21, 24–25, 29, 39–40, pl. V, figs 19, 24, pl. VI, figs 27, 28; Gautier 1962: 234; Zabala 1986: 543; Ramalho et al. 2018: 92, fig. 2.
Material examined. MNCN 25.03/4315: BV-12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; seven living and four dead fragments; MNCN 25.03/4316: BV-12, 112– 120 m; coll. UMA; one living fragment; MNCN 25.03/4317: BV-14, 96–100 m; coll. UMA; three dead fragments; MNCN 25.03/4318: BV-15, 96 m; coll. UMA; one dead fragment.
Description. Colony erect, rigid, fenestrate, cup-shaped. Branches formed by three to five series of zooids alternately arranged; fenestrae small and elliptical [L 1364–1424–1459 (N 3, SD 53), W 620–705–767 μm (N 3, SD 77)] (Fig. 15A). Frontal shield imperforate, smooth, with a few small, rounded areolar pores. Primary orifice circular with a beaded distal edge (Fig. 15C) concealed by the peristome; secondary orifice bearing two delicate proximal spines, a small, rounded pseudospiramen and a small avicularium (Fig. 15B, C). Suboral avicularium rounded [L 48–53–60 μm (N 9, SD 5)] with serrated rostrum, directed proximo-laterally (Fig. 15C). Some additional avicularia [L 77–92–114 μm (N 15, SD 11)] scattered on the frontal shield, rounded or triangular in shape, randomly directed (Fig. 15B, C). Ovicell longer than wide [L 229–237–243 (N 4, SD 6), W 189–212–244 μm (N 4, SD 23)], becoming immersed with ontogeny; frontally an elongate fissure is visible reaching the labellum (Fig. 15B). Dorsal side with some triangular [L 77–85–93 μm (N 4, SD 7)], and circular [L 54–61–65 μm (N 4, SD 5)] avicularia located near the sutures and fenestrae (Fig. 15D–F).
Remarks. Reteporella mediterranea is known from the Mediterranean Sea and recently recorded for the first time from the Atlantic Ocean-Gulf of Cadiz (Ramalho et al. 2018), but never mentioned in the Alboran Sea. The material collected in the study area was made of small and large fragments, well-preserved and with fertile zooids. The identification was based on the type description, but unfortunately the type-material has never been figured using scanning electron microscopy, an essential step in order to confirm the identification of this and many other Reteporella species as well as their accurate geographic distribution.
description: Published as part of Ramalho, Laís V., Rodríguez-Aporta, Raquel & Gofas, Serge, 2022, Preliminary account on the bryozoans of the Alboran platform (Western Mediterranean), with description of two new species, pp. 53-91 in Zootaxa 5094 (1) on pages 81-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5964865
Megaselia anniduedahlae Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia anniduedahlae

description: Megaselia anniduedahlae sp. n.
(Figs 1–10)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, Dk EJ, Nørre Onsild mose (= bog), 7–24.vi.2017, Esben Bøggild (CUMZ-8-183).
Description. Male. Frons brown as Fig. 1, with dense but very fine microtrichia. Cheek with 4 bristles and jowl with 1 that is longer. Postpedicels, which lack SPS vesicles, palps and proboscis as Fig. 2. Proboscis from below as Fig.3. Thorax brown. Three notopleural bristles and no cleft in front of these. Mesopleuron bare. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with numerous hairs that are longest at rear of T6 (Fig. 4). Venter brownish gray, and with hairs on segments 3–6. Hypopygium as Figs 4–5. Legs brown. Fore tarsus with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–4 (Figs 6–7). Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends about 0.79 times its length (Fig. 8). Hind femur as Fig. 9. Hind tibia with 15–16 differentiated posterodorsal hairs of which half are more robust and strongly differentiated, without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Fig. 10) 1.69 mm long. Costal index 0.50. Costal ratios 3.15: 2.40: 1. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.08 mm long. No hair at base of vein 3. With 2 unequal axillary bristles, the outer being 0.11 mm long. Sc raching R1. Haltere brown.
Recognition. In the key of Lundbeck (1922) it runs to Group VI couplet 5 lead 2 M. merochaeta (Lundbeck), a synonym of M. prodroma (Lundbeck), which differs in having only 2 bristles on the notopleuron plus a notopleural cleft. In the key to the males of the British species (Disney, 1989) it runs to couplet 193 lead 1, which sends one back to couplet190, lead 1 M. flava (Fallén) but its hypopygium is very different. Etymology. Named after Anni Duedahl the owner of the type locality.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on pages 63-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693
Megaselia balfourbrownei Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia balfourbrownei

description: Megaselia balfourbrownei sp. n.
(Figs 11–20)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, DK EJ, Nørre Onsild Mose (= bog), 21.v.–5.vi.2017, Esben Bøggild (CUMZ-8-158). 2 paratype males as holotype.
Description. Male. Head as Fig. 11. Cheek with 3 bristles and jowl with 2 that are longer and more robust. Postpedicels without SPS vesicles. Thorax brown. Two notopleural bristles and no cleft in front of these. Mesopleuron bare. Scutellum with an anterior pair of short hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with numerous hairs that are longest at their rear margins, especially on T6. Venter gray and with hairs on segments 3–6. Hypopygium as Figs 12–15. Legs yellow to a little dusky. Fore tarsus (Fig. 16) with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–4. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends about 0.73 times its length. Hairs below basal half of hind femur longer than those of anteroventral row of outer half (Fig. 17). Hind tibia (Fig. 18) with about a dozen differentiated posterodorsal hairs before the deflection of the dorsal hair palisade onto the anterior face, without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Figs 19 & 20) 1.60–1.85 mm long. Costal index 0.43–0.45. Costal ratios 3.5–3.7: 1.4–1.5: 1; or 1.7: 1, with vein 3 being unforked. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.112–0.145 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 0.02–0.03 mm long. With 3–4 axillary bristles, the outermost being 0.11–0.14 mm long. Sc not reaching R1. Haltere knob pale, almost white.
Recognition. Of the available specimens all but one have a forked vein 3. In the keys of Lundbeck (1922) the latter runs to Group vii, couplet 34 lead 1 to M. fuscohalterata (Schmitz) [a synomym of M. sulphuripes (Meigen)], but it has a different hypopygium and dark halteres. The costal index ranges from 0.42 to 0.45. Those with the CI 0.44 or more run to Group VI couplet 37 lead 2 to M. subtumida (Wood), which has a different hypopygium and vein Sc running to vein 1. Specimens with the CI <0.44 run to Group VII couplet lead 1 (see above). In the key to British species (Disney, 1989) it runs to couplet 20, but its hypopygium differs from the two species of this couplet and that of M. latericia Schmitz that runs to the same couplet. It has a different hypopygium (Figs 6 & 7 in Disney, 2011a).
Etymology. Named after the Balfour-Browne Fund that has provided small grants to RHLD over several years.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693
Megaselia carlkahleri Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia carlkahleri

description: Megaselia carlkahleri sp. n.
(Figs 32–44)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, Dk EJ, Nørre Onsild mose (= bog), 21.vi. – 17.vii.2017, Esben Bøggild (CUMZ-8-184).
Description. Male. Head as Fig. 32. The frons with dense but very fine microtrichia. Cheek with 5 bristles and jowl with one that is more robust. Postpedicels without SPS vesicles, and as Fig. 33. Proboscis from below as Fig. 34. Thorax yellow. Three notopleural bristles, with no cleft in front of these, and mesopleuron as Fig. 35. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdomen as Fig. 36. Hypopygium as Figs 38– 39. Legs yellow apart from brown tip to hind femur. Fore tarsus with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–4 and 5 longer than 4 (Fig. 40). Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends about 0.73 times its length (Fig. 41). Hind femur as Fig. 42. Hind tibia with 10 robust differentiated posterodorsal hairs (Fig. 43) and without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Fig. 44) 1.76 mm long. Costal index 0.52. Costal ratios 2.31: 1.64: 1. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.08 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 0.07 mm long. With 2 axillary bristles. Sc not reaching R1. Haltere knob yellow.
Recognition. In the key of Lundbeck (1922) to Group VI couplet 14 lead 1 M. propinqua (Wood), from which it differs in having spinose labella. In the key to the males of the British Isles (Disney, 1989) it runs to couplet 203, where neither option fits, or to couplet 228 lead 1 M. lata (Meigen) which it closely resembles except the latter is a very dark species. If one follows the note to this couplet one proceeds to couplet 238, lead 1 M. minor (Zetterstedt) which is likewise very similar except for its brown thorax, abdominal tergites, legs and haltere. Etymology. Named after Carl Kähler, who with his sister Gerda, founded 15-juni-fonden, a foundation that has helped Esben Bøggild purchase microscope equipment to facilitate his studies.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693
Megaselia gerdakahlerae Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia gerdakahlerae

description: Megaselia gerdakahlerae sp. n.
(Figs 45–53)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, DK EJ, Nørre Onsild mose (= bog), 21.v.–5.vi.2017, Esben Bøggild (CUMZ-8-182).
Description. Male. Frons as Fig. 45 and with dense fine microtrichia. Cheek with 4-5 bristles and jowl with 2– 3 only slightly longer. Postpedicels (Fig. 47) without SPS vesicles. Palps and ventral face of proboscis as Fig. 47. Thorax brown. Three notopleural bristles, with no cleft in front of these, and mesopleuron as Fig. 48. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with small hairs that are only slightly longer at rear of T6. Venter gray, and with hairs on segments 3–6. Hypopygium brown, with a pale anal tube and epandrium with numerous hairs which are a little longer than those on cerci and proctiger (Fig. 49). The hypandrial lobes are vestigial with convex hind margins, the right one having microtichia on its lower face but the left being bare (Fig. 49). The penis complex as Fig. 50. Legs brown but not dark, the front legs being more yellowish brown. Fore tarsus (Fig. 51) with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–4 and 5 clearly longer than 4. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends about 0.52 times its length. Hairs below basal half of hind femur longer than those of anteroventral row of outer half (Fig. 52). Hind tibia with a dozen differentiated posterodorsal hairs, without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Fig. 53) 1.10 mm mm long. Costal index 0.39. Costal ratios 5.22: 1.54: 1. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.06 mm long. Vein 3 with hair at base 0.04 mm long. With 2 unequal axillary bristles, the outer being 0.08 mm long. Sc not reaching R1. Haltere brown.
Recognition. In the key of Lundbeck (1922) to Group III, it runs to couplet 2, where it is intermediate between the two options. For lead 1 to M. aculeata (Schmitz), then only known as the female, the hypopygium of the subsequently described male (Schmitz, 1958) is different. In the key to the males of the British Isles (Disney, 1989) it runs to couplet 48 where neither lead applies along with several excluded species running to the same couplet. A note suggests trying couplet 60 if both options don’t apply. One then proceeds to couplet 98 where neither lead fits and the subsequently added M. sollii Disney (2015) has a different hypopygium. In Abteilung III of Schmitz (1958) it runs to couplet 27, where the hypopygia are different.
Etymology. Named after Gerda Kähler, who with her brother Carl, founded 15-juni-fonden, a foundation that has helped Esben Bøggild purchase microscope equipment to facilitate his studies.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on pages 68-71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693
Megaselia helleorumae Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia helleorumae

description: Megaselia helleorumae sp. n.
(Figs 54–62)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, Dk NEJ, Døstrup Simested Å, 31.v.–17.vi.2016, Esben Bøggild (CUMZ-8-61). Description. Male. Frons as Fig. 54, and with dense microtrichia. Cheek with 3 bristles and jowl with 2 that are longer and more robust. Postpedicels, which lack SPS vesicles, palps and proboscis as Fig. 55. Ventral face of proboscis as Fig. 56. Thorax brown, with 2 notopleural bristles and no cleft in front of these. Mesopleuron bare. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites 3–6 as Fig. 57. Venter gray, and with hairs on segments 3–6. Hypopygium as Figs 58 & 59, with a pale left hypandrial lobe with microtrichia. The right lobe vestigial but with microtrichia. Legs dusky yellow. Fore tarsus (Fig. 60) with a posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–4. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends about 0.75 times its length. Hind femur as Fig. 61. Hind tibia with about 10 differentiated posterodorsal hairs, without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Fig. 62) 2.01 mm long. Costal index 0.45. Costal ratios 4.06: 2.11: 1. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.12 mm long. Vein 3 with hair at base of 0.04 mm length. With 4 axillary bristles, the outermost being 0.14–0.15 mm long. Sc not reaching R1. Haltere knob pale.
Recognition. In the key of Lundbeck (1922) to Group VI it runs to couplet 31 where neither option fits. In the key to the males of the British species (Disney, 1989) it runs to triplet 218, but its hypopygium differs from all three species. A further nine species will run to the same triplet, but all differ in their hypopygia plus one or more characters, e.g. vein 3 unforked, notopleuron with a cleft, popstpedicels with SPS vesicles.
Etymology. Named after Helle Ørum a close colleague of Esben Bøggild.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693
Megaselia jonasseni Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia jonasseni

description: Megaselia jonasseni sp. n.
(Figs 63–71)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, Dk EJ, Nørre Onsild mose (= bog), 21.vi.–7.vii ..2017, Esben Bøggild (CUMZ-8-183). Description. Male. Frons with very fine crowded micotrichia and as Fig. 63, most notably with the upper supra-antennal bristles further apart than the pre-ocellars. Cheek with 5 bristles and jowl with 2 that are very much longer and more robust. Postpedicels (Fig. 63) without SPS vesicles. Palps and proboscis as (Fig. 64). Thorax brown, with 2 notopleural bristles and no cleft in front of these. Mesopleuron bare. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with fine hairs that are longest at rear of T6. Venter dark gray, and with hairs on segments 3–6. Hypopygium as Figs 65–67, the hairs on the epandrium being longer than those on T6. Legs brown to yellowish brown front legs. Fore tarsus (Fig. 68) with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–4 and 5 longer than 4. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia as Fig. 69. Hind femur as Fig. 70. Hind tibia with 10 well differentiated posterodorsal hairs, without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Fig. 71) 2.17 mm long. Costal index 0.53. Costal ratios 3.53: 1.84: 1. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.14 mm long. Hair at base of vein 3 0.10 mm long. With 3 axillary bristles, the outermost 0.18 mm long. Sc not reaching R1. Haltere brown.
Recognition. In the keys of Lundbeck (1922) it runs to Group VI couplet 26 lead 1, but its hypopygium is different. In the key to British species (Disney, 1989) it runs to couplet 285, lead 2, but its costal index exceeds 0.5 compared to being less than 0.46 in M. rivalis (Wood). In Borgmeier’s (1966) key to Nearctic Group VII it runs to couplets 35 or 41. At 35 the hypopygium differs and the yellow palps and longer dorsal hair palisade of the mid tibia exclude a subsequently added species. At couplet 41 the hypopygium differs and with its CI exceeding 0.5 excludes a subsequently added species along with its CI being less than 0.4.
Etymology. Named in honour of Terje Jonassen, the Norwegan dipterist.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693
Megaselia legrandi Henry & Bøggild 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Henry, R.
name: Bøggild, Esben
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia legrandi

description: Megaselia legrandi sp. n.
(Figs 72–78)
Material examined. Holotype male, DENMARK, Dk SJ, Draved Skov, Højmose, 17.v–8.vi.2014, Esben Bøggild (UCMZ-8-184). Description. Male. Head as Fig. 72, the frons having dense but very fine microtrichia. Cheek with 4 bristles and jowl with 2 that are longer and more robust. Postpedicels, which lack SPS vesicles, and palps as Fig. 73. Thorax brown, with 3 notopleural bristles and no cleft in front of these. Mesopleuron with hairs and a bristle. Scutellum with an anterior pair of small hairs and a posterior pair of bristles. Abdominal tergites brown with moderate hairs only a little longer at rear of T6. Venter gray and with hairs on segments 3–6. Hypopygium as Figs 74–76. Legs brown but not dark, the front pair being paler. Fore tarsus (Fig. 77) with posterodorsal hair palisade on segments 1–5. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends about 0.7 times its length. Hind femur with hairs below basal half longer than those of the antero-ventral row of outer half. Hind tibia with a dozen moderately differentiated posterodorsal hairs, without anterodorsals, and spinules of apical combs simple. Wings (Fig. 78) 1.60 mm long. Costal index 0.45. Costal ratios 3.56: 1.80: 1. Costal cilia (of section 3) 0.10 mm long. No hair at base of vein 3. With 2 unequal axillary bristles, the outermost being 0.13 mm long. Sc not reaching R1. Haltere brown.
Recognition. In the keys of Lundbeck (1922) it runs to Group II couplet 6 lead 1, but it differs from the somewhat similar M. rudis (Wood) by its darker legs and very pale wings. In the key to British species (Disney, 1989) it runs to couplet 57 where the positions of the antial bristles on the left side directs one to couplet 58 lead 2 but those of the right side directs one to couplet 59 lead 2. In both cases the hypopygia are different. However, at couplet 59 lead 2 the hypopygium of M. spinata (Wood) is very similar apart from the hypandria, with the single lobe being on the right side in M. spinata but in the left side in M. legrandi. In addition the legs are paler in M. spinata with the hind femur being yellow with a brown tip. In the keys of Schmitz (1957) for Abteilung II it runs to couplet 13 lead 1 to M. rudis.
Etymology. Named after Edgar Allan Poe’s fabulous naturalist.
description: Published as part of Henry, R. & Bøggild, Esben, 2019, Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark, pp. 63-89 in Zootaxa 4543 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2617693