Manota rotundistylus, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 48-49

Manota rotundistylus sp. n. ( Fig. 25 )

Description. Large species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 2.0 times as long as wide. Maxillary palpus with third palpomere bearing 3 curved sensilla; fourth palpomere with a parasegment apically.

Thorax. Anterior basalare and laterotergite each bare. Episternum 3 with ventral portion setose. Wing. Length 2.5 mm. Membrane with a few setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. CuA­fork complete.

Terminalia ( Fig. 25 ). Very similar to M. acutistylus , with differences as follows. Ventro­lateral lobes of gonocoxites subrectangular. Disto­lateral lobes of gonocoxites long. Gonocoxites on dorso­posterior margin without an irregular comb of setae directed inwards. Gonostyli small, elongate, rounded apically; each on posterior margin with 2 long setae directed inwards, and 1 long seta directed dorsally; on anterior margin with 2 setae subbasally. Parastylar lobes small (not illustrated). Tegmen narrow, evenly tapering to tip; ventro­lateral lobes distinct.

Diagnostic characters. See under Terminalia.

Etymology. From Latin, rotundus, rounded, and stylus, style, referring to the outline of the gonostyli.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Cartago province, Finca los Lagos , Madreselva , 2600 m, 1 Sep.–23 Oct. 1994, by Malaise trap, M.M. Chavarria ( INBio sample #3354) . Paratypes. 1 male, same data as the holotype ; 1 male, same locality , but Aug. 1994 ( INBio sample #3250) .

Figures

FIGURE 25. Manota rotundistylus sp. n. (holotype). A: Male terminalia, ventral view. B: Male terminalia, dorsal view. Scale = 0.1 mm.