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        <mods:title>Updating and expanding the key to European Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae): from Disney’s Britain to a continental fauna, with 393 additions and four new species</mods:title>
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        <mods:namePart>Caruso, Valerio</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Disney, Ronald Henry</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge, CB 2 3 EJ, UK.</mods:affiliation>
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        <mods:namePart>Bøggild, Esben</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Grundmann, Bernd</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Hartop, Emily</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO- 7012, Norway.</mods:affiliation>
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            <mods:title>European Journal of Taxonomy</mods:title>
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            <mods:date>2026</mods:date>
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<table id="DF49DF87E4406B76FF0FFEDAD830D44F"><caption box="[189,1285,265,292]" pageId="10" pageNumber="255" startId="10.[189,258,265,291]"><emphasis bold="true" box="[189,287,265,291]" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Table 4.</emphasis> <taxonomicName _authorityPlausibility="0.8379737" _evidence="statusLabel" _step="newLabel1" authority="Caruso" authorityName="Caruso" authorityYear="2026" box="[295,610,265,291]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="255" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="robertoi" status="sp. nov."><emphasis box="[295,519,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Megaselia robertoi</emphasis> Caruso</taxonomicName> <taxonomicNameLabel box="[617,708,266,292]" pageId="10" pageNumber="255" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel> Description (following <bibRefCitation author="Hartop E. &amp; Brown B." box="[990,1273,265,292]" pageId="10" pageNumber="255" pagination="4093" refId="ref9144" refString="Hartop E. &amp; Brown B. 2014 a. 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. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e 4093. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e4093" type="journal article" year="2014">Hartop &amp; Brown 2014a</bibRefCitation>).</caption><thead><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FE98DE8AD409"><th box="[203,959,331,357]" colspan="2" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FE98DE8AD409" pageId="10" pageNumber="255"><emphasis bold="true" box="[203,270,331,357]" id="B942531DE4406B76FF79FE98DC3BD409" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Head</emphasis></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FEBCDE8AD4E5"><th box="[203,542,367,393]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FEBCDF2BD4E5" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">SA ratio</th><td box="[638,959,367,393]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFEBCDE8AD4E5" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">0.80</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FE41DE8AD4C1"><th box="[203,542,402,429]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FE41DF2BD4C1" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">VIF position</th><td box="[638,959,402,429]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFE41DE8AD4C1" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">normal ʻ~Bʼ (B/C)</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FE65DE8AD4BC"><th box="[203,542,438,464]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FE65DF2BD4BC" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Palpal setae length</th><td box="[638,959,438,464]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFE65DE8AD4BC" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">long</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FE0ADE8AD498"><th box="[203,542,473,500]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FE0ADF2BD498" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Labellum spinosity</th><td box="[638,959,473,500]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFE0ADE8AD498" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">sparse</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FE2FDE8AD77A"><th box="[203,959,508,534]" colspan="2" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FE2FDE8AD77A" pageId="10" pageNumber="255"><emphasis bold="true" box="[203,296,508,534]" id="B942531DE4406B76FF79FE2FDC1DD77A" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Thorax</emphasis></th></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FDF3DE8AD756"><th box="[203,542,544,570]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FDF3DF2BD756" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Anepisternum</th><td box="[638,959,544,570]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFDF3DE8AD756" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">bare</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FD97DE8AD733"><th box="[203,542,580,607]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FD97DF2BD733" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Relative halter color</th><td box="[638,959,580,607]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFD97DE8AD733" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">ʻsameʼ</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FDBBDE8AD7EF"><th box="[203,542,616,643]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FDBBDF2BD7EF" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Number NP setae</th><td box="[638,959,616,643]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFDBBDE8AD7EF" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">2</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FD58DE8AD7CA"><th box="[203,542,651,678]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FD58DF2BD7CA" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">NP cleft</th><td box="[638,959,651,678]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFD58DE8AD7CA" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">absent</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FD7CDE8AD7A5"><th box="[203,542,687,713]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FD7CDF2BD7A5" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Scutellar setae</th><td box="[638,959,687,713]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFD7CDE8AD7A5" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">2+2</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FD01DE8AD780"><th box="[203,959,722,748]" colspan="2" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FD01DE8AD780" pageId="10" pageNumber="255"><emphasis bold="true" box="[203,262,722,748]" id="B942531DE4406B76FF79FD01DC33D780" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Legs</emphasis></th></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FD25DE8AD67C"><th box="[203,542,758,784]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FD25DF2BD67C" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Ts1 palisade</th><td box="[638,959,758,784]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFD25DE8AD67C" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">1–4</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FCCADE8AD65F"><th box="[203,542,793,819]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FCCADF2BD65F" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">T2 palisade</th><td box="[638,959,793,819]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFCCADE8AD65F" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">7.78</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FCEEDE8AD63B"><th box="[203,542,829,855]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FCEEDF2BD63B" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">T3 comb bifurcate</th><td box="[638,959,829,855]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFCEEDE8AD63B" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">absent</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FCB3DE8AD617"><th box="[203,542,864,891]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FCB3DF2BD617" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">T3 setulae</th><td box="[638,959,864,891]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFCB3DE8AD617" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">PD only</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FC57DE8AD6F2"><th box="[203,542,900,926]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FC57DF2BD6F2" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">F3 basal setae</th><td box="[638,959,900,926]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFC57DE8AD6F2" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">B≥AV</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FC74DE8AD6AE"><th box="[203,542,935,962]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FC74DF2BD6AE" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">F3 basal setae differentiation</th><td box="[638,959,935,962]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFC74DE8AD6AE" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">absent</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FC19DE8AD688"><th box="[203,959,970,996]" colspan="2" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FC19DE8AD688" pageId="10" pageNumber="255"><emphasis bold="true" box="[203,271,970,996]" id="B942531DE4406B76FF79FC19DC3AD688" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Wing</emphasis></th></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FC3DDE8AD165"><th box="[203,542,1006,1033]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FC3DDF2BD165" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Wing length</th><td box="[638,959,1006,1033]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFC3DDE8AD165" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">2.126 mm</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FBC2DE8AD147"><th box="[203,542,1041,1067]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FBC2DF2BD147" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Subcosta</th><td box="[638,959,1041,1067]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFBC2DE8AD147" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">incomplete</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FBE6DE8AD123"><th box="[203,542,1077,1103]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FBE6DF2BD123" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Hair at base of R</th><td box="[638,959,1077,1103]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFBE6DE8AD123" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">long (2 setae)</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FB8ADE8AD11F"><th box="[203,542,1113,1139]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FB8ADF2BD11F" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">R2+3</th><td box="[638,959,1113,1139]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFB8ADE8AD11F" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">present</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FBAFDE8AD1FB"><th box="[203,542,1148,1175]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FBAFDF2BD1FB" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Costal index</th><td box="[638,959,1148,1175]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFBAFDE8AD1FB" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">0.42/45</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FB4CDE8AD1D5"><th box="[203,542,1183,1209]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FB4CDF2BD1D5" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Costal ratios</th><td box="[638,959,1183,1209]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFB4CDE8AD1D5" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">4.00:1.83:1</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FB10DE8AD1B1"><th box="[203,542,1219,1245]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FB10DF2BD1B1" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Costal setae length</th><td box="[638,959,1219,1245]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFB10DE8AD1B1" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">0.1 mm</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FB35DE8AD06D"><th box="[203,542,1254,1281]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FB35DF2BD06D" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Number alular setae</th><td box="[638,959,1254,1281]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFB35DE8AD06D" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">3 to 5</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FAD9DE8AD048"><th box="[203,542,1290,1316]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FAD9DF2BD048" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Wing color</th><td box="[638,959,1290,1316]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFAD9DE8AD048" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">clear (hyaline)</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FAFFDE8AD02A"><th box="[203,959,1324,1350]" colspan="2" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FAFFDE8AD02A" pageId="10" pageNumber="255"><emphasis bold="true" box="[203,319,1324,1350]" id="B942531DE4406B76FF79FAFFDC0AD02A" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Genitalia</emphasis></th></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FA82DE8AD007"><th box="[203,542,1361,1387]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FA82DF2BD007" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">AT length</th><td box="[638,959,1361,1387]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFA82DE8AD007" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">AT=E (7 setae each cercus)</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FAA7DE8AD0E3"><th box="[203,542,1396,1423]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FAA7DF2BD0E3" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">E setation</th><td box="[638,959,1396,1423]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFAA7DE8AD0E3" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">hairs only</td></tr><tr id="35068D4DE4409483FF79FA44DE8AD0DD"><th box="[203,542,1431,1457]" id="76D7E431E4409483FF79FA44DF2BD0DD" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">Relative posterior setation</th><td box="[638,959,1431,1457]" id="76D7E431E4409483FDCCFA44DE8AD0DD" pageId="10" pageNumber="255">T6&gt;C=H=E</td></tr></tbody></table></document>