Megaselia kelleri new species (Figs. 18, 50, 80, 111) 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). Description. See Table 5. Distribution. Los Angeles, California (USA). Etymology. Named in honor of Eric Keller, host of BioSCAN site 28. Biology. Unknown. 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).

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 465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/242977