Megaselia donahuei new species (Figs. 8, 40, 70, 100) Diagnosis. Male. In the group VI key of Borgmeier (1966), M. donahuei keys to M. orestes Borgmeier, from which it differs by being a largely yellow species (Fig. 8) compared to the dark coloration throughout on M. orestes. Description. See Table 3. Distribution. Los Angeles, California (USA). Etymology. Named in honor of Julian Donahue, host of BioSCAN site 31. Biology. Unknown. Holotype. ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014, Franco, Malaise trap (LACM 329772). Paratypes. 2 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Hollywood, 4–18.VI.2014, Hein, Malaise trap (LACM 329773, LACM 329774). 2 ♂, USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles, Highland Park, 31.V.2014 – 7.VI.2014, Brejcha, Malaise trap (CUMZ). Additional Material Examined. USA: CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles: University Park, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Koreatown, Mid-City, Elysian Park, Hollywood, Echo Park, Atwater Vilage, Pico-Union, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Mount Washington, 46 ♂, I–V.2014, Malaise traps (LACM, MCZC, USNM).

Published as part of 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), pp. 451-484 in Zootaxa 3941 (4) on page 458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/242977