The tip of the iceberg: a distinctive new spotted-wing Megaselia species (Diptera: Phoridae) from a tropical cloud forest survey and a new, streamlined method for Megaselia descriptions

Emily Hartop; Brian Brown

doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4093

Frontal setation patterns showing "normal" (a & b) and "VFO adjacent" (c & d) arrangements. vs = vertical seta, po = postocellar seta, dif = dorsal interfrontal seta, dfo = dorsal fronto-orbital seta, dsa = dorsal supra-antennal seta, vfo = ventral fronto=orbital seta, vif = ventral interfrontal seta, vsa = ventral supra-antennal seta.

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Megaselia shadeae new species, male, left lateral.

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Megaselia shadeae new species, male, right wing, dorsal.

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Megaselia shadeae new species, male genitalia and tip of abdomen, left lateral.

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Megaselia shadeae hypandrium (ventral).