Manota bicuspis Hippa, 2007

Kurina, Olavi & Hippa, Heikki, 2015, A review of the South Pacific Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with the description of thirteen new species, Zootaxa 4020 (2), pp. 257-288 : 285-286

Manota bicuspis Hippa, 2007

Material: 1 male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NE, Ambunti, Sepik R, 200m, light trap, 1.v.1963, leg. R. Straatman ( IZBE); 1 male, same as previous except 2.v.1963 ( BPBM); 6 males, same as previous except 4.v.1963 (1 in IZBE, 5 in BPBM); 1 male, same as previous except 5.v.1963 ( BPBM);); 1 male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NE, May River, 100m, 8.vi.1963, leg. R. Straatman ( BPBM); 2 males, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SE, Mamai Pltn., E of Port Glasgow, 150m, light trap, 31.i.1965, leg. R. Straatman (1 in IZBE, 1 in BPBM); 2 males, same as previous except 16.ii.1965 ( BPBM); 1 male, SOLOMON ISLANDS: NW, Malaita, Dala, Malaise trap, 14.vi.1964, leg. R. Straatman ( BPBM); 1 male, same as previous except 30.vi.1964 ( BPBM); 2 males, same as previous except 3.vii.1964 (1 in IZBE, 1 in BPBM); 1 male, SOLOMON ISLANDS: Gizo I, Gizo, 200m, xii.1975, leg. N.L:H. Krauss ( BPBM); 1 male, SOLOMON ISLANDS: Santa Ysabel, SE, Tatamba, 0–50m, Malaise trap, 4.ix.1964, leg. R. Straatman ( BPBM); 1 male, SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, Honiara, 0–100m, xii.1976, leg. N.L:H. Krauss ( BPBM).

Remarks. Earlier known only from the type material from New Guinea and belongs to the group of species as defined under M. acris . Within this group, M. bicuspis is especially close to M. hamulata , but differs in the structure of parastylar lobe and other characters described by Hippa (2007: 31, fig 17).