Manota clurina, Hippa, Heikki & Kurina, Olavi, 2012

Hippa, Heikki & Kurina, Olavi, 2012, New species and new records of Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with a key to the species, Zootaxa 3455, pp. 1-48 : 12-13

Manota clurina sp. n.

Figs 6 A–F

Male. Colour. Head pale brown, vertex and dorsal part of occiput dark brown. Antenna unicolorous brown. Mouthparts paler yellowish. Thorax brown, posteromedial part of scutum and scutellum darker brown. Legs pale yellowish, apical third of femur 3 faintly infuscated, in holotype scarcely observable. Wing pale brown; haltere pale brown with dark brown knob. Abdomen brown, sternites paler than tergites. All setosity pale, yellowish or brownish, the thicker setae seeming darker than the finer setae and trichia. Head. Antennal flagellomere 4, Fig. 6 A. Palpomere 3 of maxillary palpus with apicomesial thumb-like extension, with 5 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment, palpomere 5 ca. 1.2 times longer than palpomere 4. Number of strong postocular setae 8–10. Thorax. Anepisternum setose, with 47–55 setae; anterior basalare non-setose; preepisternum 2 setose, with 19–31 setae; laterotergite non-setose; episternum 3 setose, with ca. 22–38 setae. Legs. Mid and hind tibial organs absent. Wing. R1 meeting C well on the basal half of the costal margin; the sclerotized part of M extending to the level of the tip of R1, wing length 1.9 mm. Hypopygium, Figs 6 B–F: Sternite 9 slightly less than half the ventral length of gonocoxa, lateral margin sharply delimited, posterior margin broad and transverse, anterior margin deeply incised, the setae similar to the ventral setae of gonocoxa, those medially at posterior margin very long. Ventral mesial margin of gonocoxa simple, shallowly concave. Parastylar lobe bilobed, the broader lobe with ca. 7–10 setae at mesial margin, the narrower lobe with a few setae at anterior end. Paraapodemal lobe distinct, but not marked in Fig. 6 B. Dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa simple, the posterior margin with conspicuously long setae; posterolaterally with a narrow lobe with a few apical setae which are stronger than other gonocoxal setae; there is probably a more ventral setose double lobe at the angle between the mesial and posterior margins, which appear at the base of the gonostylus in Fig. 6 E, F. Two juxtagonostylar setae present, both flattened apically rounded megasetae, arising from a long common basal body. Gonostylus large, but shorter than gonocoxa, flattened, elongate quadrangular in outline, with a setose finger-like lobe basally at the mesial margin, the ventral setae similar to those on gonocoxa, the setae at the apex long and forming a conspicuous fringe, the dorsal side of gonostylus non-setose. Aedeagus short subtriangular, without distinct lateral shoulders, the apex curved ventrad. Hypoproct posteriorly extending to the basal part of gonostylus, the ventral setae fine, forming a mesial longitudinal stripe of ca. 30 setae on each half. Cerci medially separate, tapering, the short setae confined to the apex.

Female unknown.

Discussion. The mounts of the holotype and paratypes are bad in that the basodorsal side of the gonostyli and the posterodorsal marginal parts of the gonocoxa are not well visible. The lobes appearing basodorsally on the gonostylus in Fig. 6 B, E belong to the gonocoxa and are similar to M. ephippiata ( Hippa 2008: Fig. 5 A).

Manota clurina is very similar to M. ephippiata (see Hippa 2008: Fig. 5 A) and can be distinguished by the characters outlined in the key. By the prominent gonostyli, both species are also similar to M. simina but differ by having a bare laterotergite which causes their wide separation in the key. In the hypopygium the presence of a fringe of long setae along the mesial margin of the gonostylus well separates M. simina from M. clurina and M. ephippiata .

Etymology. The name is Latin, clurina , of apes, referring to presence of apes in the type locality.

Types. Holotype. Male, UGANDA, Kibale NP, Kanyawara Biol. St., 0 0o 33’54,2’’ N, 0 30o 21’31,3’’ E, 1513m, Malaise trap (No 4), 11–18.iv.2010, leg. O. Kurina & Co. (on slide, in IZBE). Paratypes. 1 male, same data as holotype except 15–22.viii.2010 (on slide, in IZBE); 1 male, same data except 12–19.vi.2011 (on slide, in IZBE); 1 male, same data except 17–24.vii.2011 (on slide, in IZBE).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Manota bracteata sp. n. (A paratype, B, C and D holotype). A. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view. B. Hypopygium, ventral view. C. Hypopygium, dorsal view. D. Gonostylus, dorsal view. Scale 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 6. Manota clurina sp. n. (A paratype, B – F holotype). A. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view. B. Hypopygium, ventral view. C. Hypopygium, dorsal view. D. Hypoproct and aedeagus, ventral view. E. basal part of gonostylus, dorsal view. F. Lobes at dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa, dorsal view. Scale 0.1 mm.