Data from: Sixteen in one: white-belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from the New World challenge species concepts

We review the species of Megaselia similar to M. sulphurizona Borgmeier. A
close examination of M. sulphurizona indicates that its current concept
includes at least 16 species, 15 of which- M. albizona, M. borealizona, M.
colombizona, M. cryptizona, M. danizona, M. guanizona, M. marizona, M.
nivizona, M. oklizona, M. paulizona, M. reductizona, M. solizona, M.
tropizona, M. wendizona, and M. winnizona are described as new, based
primarily on molecular data. The identity of the holotype of the species
M. sulphurizona is clarified through wing vein morphometrics. Two
of the new species, Megaselia albizona and M. cryptizona, are the 47th and
48th new species of phorid fly described from the BioSCAN project, an
urban biodiversity study in Los Angeles, California, USA.

本研究对与硫磺带巨蚤蝇（Megaselia sulphurizona Borgmeier）近缘的巨蚤蝇属（Megaselia）物种开展了分类学厘定。经细致检视硫磺带巨蚤蝇的相关类群发现，其当前分类界定至少涵盖16个物种，其中15个新种——即白带巨蚤蝇（M. albizona）、北带巨蚤蝇（M. borealizona）、哥伦比亚带巨蚤蝇（M. colombizona）、隐带巨蚤蝇（M. cryptizona）、丹带巨蚤蝇（M. danizona）、瓜纳带巨蚤蝇（M. guanizona）、马里带巨蚤蝇（M. marizona）、雪带巨蚤蝇（M. nivizona）、俄克拉荷马带巨蚤蝇（M. oklizona）、保罗带巨蚤蝇（M. paulizona）、简缩带巨蚤蝇（M. reductizona）、太阳带巨蚤蝇（M. solizona）、热带带巨蚤蝇（M. tropizona）、温德带巨蚤蝇（M. wendizona）以及温尼带巨蚤蝇（M. winnizona）——主要基于分子数据完成正式发表。本研究通过翅脉形态测量学（wing vein morphometrics）明确了硫磺带巨蚤蝇正模标本（holotype）的分类地位。本次发表的两个新种：白带巨蚤蝇与隐带巨蚤蝇，为美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市城市生物多样性研究项目BioSCAN所描述的第47和第48种蚤蝇新种。