Manota roslii, Hippa, 2006

Hippa, Heikki, 2006, Diversity of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in a Malaysian rainforest: description of twenty-seven new sympatric species, Zootaxa 1161 (1), pp. 1-49 : 11-13

Manota roslii sp. n.

( Figs. 3C, D, E )

A large­sized Manota .

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4, Fig. 3C . Maxillary palp with palpomere 3 with 4–5 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare non­setose. Preepisternum 2 setose. Laterotergite setose. Episternum 3 setose. Wing. Length 2.0 mm. Wing membrane dorsally with few setae at

posterior margin. Sc distally of h non­setose. A1 indicated by few setae. Hypopygium ( Figs. 3D, E ). Ventral aspect similar to Fig. 4 , but sternite 9 longer, almost half length of gonocoxa and with more widely spread setosity. Gonocoxa ventrally evenly rounded apicomesially, with 3 stronger setae deviating from adjacent setosity at margin; dorsally in position I with rounded lobe bearing few strong setae, 1 apparently non­flattened unbranched megaseta in position III, no apicolateral triangular lobe; gonocoxal apodeme small, crossing parameral apodeme in dorsal or ventral view. Gonostylus broad, subquadrangular. Parastylar lobe lacking. Tegmen long, elongate­triangular, with slight lateral shoulders. Setae on sternite 10 scattered.

Female and preimaginal stages unknown.

Discussion

Manota roslii is similar to M. pollex and M. yongi , but is distinguished by having a longer sternite 9, extending nearly to the middle length of the gonocoxa, by having only strong setae, not megasetae, in position I on the gonocoxa, by having the megaseta in position III round in cross section, not flattened, and by having the gonostylus broad.

Types

Holotype. Male, West Malaysia, Selangor, Ulu Gombak , University of Malaya Field Study Centre , 800 ft, Malaise in jungle, 24. Feb.–21. March 1997, H. Hippa, M. Jaschhof and B. Viklund . Paratype. 1 male with same data as holotype .

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Dr. Rosli Hasim, University of Malaya, for his invaluable help in collecting the species.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view (A, C); hypopygium ventral (B) and dorsal (C) view; and cerci, dorsal view (E). A, B. Manota spadix sp. n. (holotype). C, D, E. Manota roslii sp. n. (holotype). Scale for A and C 0.05 mm; for B, D, and E 0.10 mm. For abbreviations, see under Material and methods.

FIGURE 4. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view (A, C) and hypopygium, ventral view (C, D). A, B. Manota yongi sp. n. (holotype). C, D. Manota pollex sp. n. (holotype). Scale for A and C 0.05 mm, for B and D 0.10 mm.