Megaselia cryptizona Brown &amp; Hartop &amp; Wong 2022, New Species
Creators: name: Brown, Brian V.
name: Hartop, Emily A.
name: Wong, Maria A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Megaselia
Megaselia cryptizona

description: <i>Megaselia cryptizona</i> New Species Figs. 18, 32. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B2FBA5DE-8B52-4FA2-87B4- CD7FCFAFCE66 <i>Megaselia</i> (<i>Megaselia</i>) <i>sulphurizona</i> Borgmeier 1966: 111–112, fig. 93, in part. <i>Holotype.</i> Male: USA: CA: Los Angeles Co., El Segundo, 33.9248°N, 118.42474°W, 1–8.v.2016, J. Fulmer, BioSCAN Malaise trap sample 18240 [LACM ENT 366284] (LACM). Paratypes (all CNCI). BIOUG32667 - G04, 1 male, USA: California: San Diego County, Rancho Penasquitos, 32.958, –117.122, 5.iv.2017, S. Briley, Malaise trap; BIOUG15831 -D08, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, site 4 (Safari Park), 33.097, –116.996, 145 m, 7.ii.2014, J. Kohn, Malaise trap (CNCI), BIOUG 16292-F06, 1 male, same data except 14.ii.2914, BIOUG 16439-D02, 1 male, same data except site 2 (Sutherland Dam), 33.12, –116.785, 597 m, 30.v.2014. <i>Holotype Barcode</i> ACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGC TGGAATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCT GAATTAGGACATCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAA ATTTATAATGTAATTGTAACTGCACACGCATTTATCATAAT TTTTTTTATAGTAATACCGATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAA ATTGATTAGTACCTTTAATATTAGGGGCCCCTGATATAGCC TTTCCACGTATAAATAATATAAGATTCTGAATATTACCCCC TTCATTAACTTTACTATTAGCAAGAAGTTTAGTAGAAAATG GGGCTGGTACAGGTTGAACTGTTTACCCTCCTTTATCTTC TAGAATTGCTCATAGAGGATCTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATT TTTTCTCTTCATCTTGCAGGAATCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAG CAGTAAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATGCGATCATCA GGAATTTCTTATGATCGAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGT AGGTATTACAGCTTTACTTTTACTTTTATCTTTACCTGTAC TTGCAGGAGCTATTACTATACTTCTAACAGATCGAAATTTT AATACATCATTTTTCGATCCAGCAGGAGGNGGAGACCCAA TTTTATACCAACACCTATTT <i>Other Specimens.</i> In the 178 specimens of this species in BOLD, there are records from San Diego County, and the species is common in BioSCAN samples from the Los Angeles area. <b>Diagnosis.</b> In addition to barcode data, we determined that the wing venation of this species is slightly different than that of the sympatric <i>M. sulphurizona</i>, with a short, slightly more arched subcosta (Fig. 32). Furthermore, wing vein landmarking establishes a clear difference between these two species (Fig. 2). The most similar CO1 barcodes are found in <i>M. tropizona</i>, which differs by a minimum p-distance of 1.56% (Fig. 1, Table 1). The wings of <i>M. tropizona</i> and <i>M. cryptizona</i> are well-distinguished by wing vein morphometrics (Fig. 31). This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ACN6913. <b>Distribution.</b> Southern California, USA. <b>Etymology.</b> The name is based on Latin for hidden (<i>crypt</i>), referring to the unexpected discovery of this species mixed with <i>M</i>. <i>sulphurizona</i>.
description: Published as part of <i>Brown, Brian V., Hartop, Emily A. &amp; Wong, Maria A., 2022, Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts, pp. 1-17 in Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (3)</i> on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixac008
description: {"references": ["Borgmeier, T. 1966. Revision of the North American phorid flies. Part III. The species of the genus Megaselia, subgenus Megaselia. Studia Entomol. 8: 1 - 160."]}