Manota whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski, 2006

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Muller, Burgert S., 2012, The types of Lygistorrhinidae and Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 703-703 : 708-709

Manota whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski, 2006

Fig. 7

Manota whiteleyi: Jaschhof & Mostovski 2006: 240 , figs 4, 5 (♂ terminalia), Type locality: South Africa,

KwaZulu-Natal, Ramsgate.

Holotype ( NMSA type no. 1954): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF / MOST#7 | Manota whiteleyi | JASCH. & MOST., male”; (2) printed on red paper circle: “Holo- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal : | Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary | (30.53.3S 30.20.4E) [30°53.1'S 30°20.4'E, uncertainty 0.244 km]; | 45m; | indigenous forest patch near | stream; 3-26 Feb 2005 [3–26.ii.2005]; | Malaise trap; M. MOSTOVSKI”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66410”.

Preservation: On one slide, with left legs, head and antennae separate on the slide; missing parts: none.

Paratypes ( NMSA type no. 1954): 3 ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF / MOST#7 | Manota whiteleyi | JASCH. & MOST., male”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal: | Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary | (30.53.3S 30.20.4E) [30°53.1'S 30°20.4'E, uncertainty 0.244 km]; | 45m; | indigenous forest patch near | stream; 3-26 Feb 2005 [3–26.ii.2005]; | Malaise trap; M. MOSTOVSKI” .

Identification: (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66412”; on one slide, with terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSADip. 66413”; on one slide, with right wing and terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66414”; on one slide, with left legs, left wing and terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none.

Paratype: ♀ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF / MOST#7 | Manota whiteleyi | JASCH. & MOST., | female”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal:| Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary | (30.53.3S 30.20.4E) [30°53.1'S 30°20.4'E, uncertainty 0.244 km]; | 45m; | indigenous forest patch near | stream; 3-26 Feb 2005 [3–26.ii.2005]; | Malaise trap; M. MOSTOVSKI”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66415” .

Preservation: On one slide, with right wing separate on slide; missing parts: right leg I. Paratype ( NMSA type no. 1954): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF / MOST#3 | Manota whiteleyi | JASCH. & MOST., male”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal:| Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary | (30.53.3S 30.20.4E) [30°53.1'S 30°20.4'E, uncertainty 0.244 km]; | 45m; | indigenous forest patch near | stream; 9 Jan-2 Feb 2005 [9.i–2. ii.2005]; | Malaise trap; M. MOSTOVSKI”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66411” .

Preservation: On one slide, with left legs, left wing and terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none.

Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Figures

Figs 5–8. (5) Leia arsona Hutson, holotype; (6) Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, holotype; (7) Manota whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski, holotype; (8) Mycomya edra Väisänen, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.