Manota diversiseta, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 35-36

Manota diversiseta sp. n. ( Fig. 17 )

Description. Small species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 2.3 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 1.5–1.6 mm. Membrane with a few setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. CuA2 fading away proximally.

Terminalia ( Fig. 17 ). Extremely similar to M. corcovado , with differences as follows. Gonocoxites in position III with 2 flat megasetae, one megaseta two­branched with one branch pointed and the other rounded apically, the other megaseta broadly rounded apically and apparently excavated like a soup spoon. Gonocoxites on dorso­distal margin with a rounded lobe bearing 5 setae.

Diagnostic characters. See under Terminalia.

Etymology. From Latin, diversus, different, and seta, bristle, referring to the peculiar megaseta in position III of the gonocoxites.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Limón province, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Sendero Espavel , 550 m, in tall secondary rain­forest, 18 Sep.–7 Oct. 2003, by Malaise trap, E. Rojas, B. Gamboa, W. Arana, M. & C. Jaschhof . Paratypes. 2 males, same data as the holotype ; 1 male, same locality , but 100–550 m, by sweepnet and aspirator, M. Jaschhof.

Other material studied. 2 males, same locality as the types, but 11 March–1 April 2003, E. Rojas, B. Gamboa & W. Arana ( INBio samples #73470 and 73628) .

Figures

FIGURE 17. Manota diversiseta sp. n. Male terminalia, dorsal view (holotype). Scale = 0.1 mm.