Manota penicillata, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 19-20

Manota penicillata sp. n. ( Fig. 9 )

Description. Large species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 1.9 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 1.7–1.8 mm. Membrane occasionally with single setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. CuA2 fading away proximally.

Terminalia ( Fig. 9 ). Sternite 9 large, with posterior and most of lateral margins distinct; posterior margin with a wide, shallow emargination and a tiny notch medially; with setae larger than those on gonocoxites. Disto­lateral lobes of gonocoxites large; each lobe with a dense brush of large, curly setae apically, inside with a dense stripe of shorter setae on ridge extending from ventral to dorsal side. Gonocoxites in position I+II with a patch of some 15–20 short, blunt setae; in position III+IV with 2 flat megasetae, each broad basally and whip­like apically. Gonostyli small, elongate; on ventral surface with setae of various lengths, dorso­apically with some 6 strong setae directed dorsally. Parastylar lobes large; each with 2–3 setae apico­posteriorly. Parameral apodemes widely spread. Tegmen evenly tapering to tip; margin of ventro­lateral lobes distinct. Hypoproct almost pointed; with long setae disto­laterally.

Diagnostic characters. Among the species with setose laterotergites, it has the terminalia quite distinct because of the striking brush of setae on the disto­lateral lobes of the gonocoxites.

Etymology. From Latin, penicillatus, brush­like setose, referring to the peculiar setae on the gonocoxites.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas province, Corcovado National Park, Cerro Rincón , 745 m, 1 Aug.–25 Sep. 2002, by Malaise trap, J. Azofeifa ( INBio sample #71459) . Paratypes. 7 males, same data as the holotype .

Other material studied. 2 males, same locality as the types, but 23 April–24 June 2002 ( INBio samples #70842 and 70843) .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Manota penicillata sp. n. A: Male terminalia, ventral view (holotype). B: Male terminalia, dorsal view (paratype). Scale = 0.1 mm.