Manota incisa, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 22-23

Manota incisa sp. n. ( Fig. 13A )

Description. Large species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 1.7 times as long as wide. Maxillary palpus with third palpomere bearing 3 curved sensilla; fourth palpomere with a parasegment apically.

Thorax. Anterior basalare bare. Laterotergite setose. Episternum 3 with ventral portion setose. Wing. Length 1.9 mm. Membrane with a few setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. CuA2 fading away proximally.

Terminalia ( Fig. 13A ). Sternite 9 distinct, with posterior margin straight; with setae larger than, or as large as, those on gonocoxites. Ventro­lateral lobes of gonocoxites sharply incised; interiorly with 3–4 fine setae. Disto­lateral lobes of gonocoxites short; with large, straight setae. Gonocoxites ventrally beyond insertion of gonostyli with a bare, sclerotised margin, followed posteriorly by a small, setose lobe; in position I+II with numerous short, stiff setae on lobe plus 1 small, flat, pointed megaseta (not illustrated); in position III with 2 flat, two­branched megasetae with one branch broadly rounded and the other whip­like; in position IV with 3 setae on lobe. Gonostyli small, flat; with 2 short, stiff setae plus 1 longer seta dorso­posteriorly and 1 pointed megaseta plus 1 seta antero­ apically. Parastylar lobes hidden behind gonostyli, very weak, bare. Parameral apodemes widely spread. Tegmen evenly tapering to tip; ventro­lateral lobes very distinct. Hypoproct rounded apically; disto­laterally with fine, rather long setae.

Diagnostic characters. Among the species with setose laterotergites, it has the terminalia quite distinct because of the strikingly incised ventro­lateral lobes of the gonocoxites.

Etymology. From Latin, incisus, incised, referring to the outline of the gonocoxites.

Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Cartago province, Tapantí– Macizo de la Muerte National Park, Sendero Arboles Caídos , 1500–1600 m, 9 April 2002, by Malaise trap, D. Rubí & C. Hansson ( INBio sample #67891).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Male terminalia in Manota spp. A: M. incisa sp. n., ventral view (holotype). B: M. eximia sp. n., dorsal view (holotype). Scale = 0.1 mm.