Manota clausa, Hippa, 2006

Hippa, Heikki, 2006, Diversity of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in a Malaysian rainforest: description of twenty-seven new sympatric species, Zootaxa 1161 (1), pp. 1-49 : 24-26

Manota clausa sp. n.

( Figs. 8A, B, C )

A small­sized Manota .

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4, Fig. 8A . Maxillary palpus with palpomere 3 bearing 5 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare setose. Preepisternum 2 non­setose. Laterotergite setose. Episternum 3 setose. Wing. Length 1.4–1.5 mm. Wing membrane dorsally with few setae at posterior margin. Sc distally of h non­setose. A1 indicated by 1 to few setae. Hypopygium ( Figs. 8B, C ). Sternite 9 large, laterally united with gonocoxa and posteriorly extending nearly as far as ventral part of gonocoxa; setosity similar to ventral setosity of gonocoxa. Gonocoxa dorsally in position I with rounded lobe bearing curved row or zone of short strong setae, no megasetae present, not even in position III, no prominent apical lobes. Gonostylus rather small, elongate­oval, with some very strong setae apically and apicomesially. Parastylar lobe present, directed posteriad, with several setae on apical part. Tegmen long with strong shoulders. Sternite 10 unusually large, extending posteriorly nearly as far as gonostyli, setae scattered.

Female and preimaginal stages unknown.

Discussion

Manota clausa is similar to M. simplex , but can be distinguished by the characters of the dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa: in M. clausa the apical/posterior part of the margin is oblique and nearly straight and with normal setae, whereas in M. simplex there is an apicomesial angle with a couple of short strong setae.

Types

Holotype. Male, West Malaysia, Selangor, Ulu Gombak , University of Malaya Field Study Centre , 800 ft, Malaise in jungle, 24. Feb.–21. March 1997, H. Hippa, M. Jaschhof and B. Viklund . Paratype. 1 male with same data as holotype .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view (A, D); hypopygium, ventral (B and E) and dorsal view (C and F). A, B, C. Manota clausa sp. n. (A, B holotype; C paratype). D, E, F. Manota calcarata sp. n. (D, E holotype; F paratype). Scale for A and D 0.05 mm; for B, C, E, and F 0.10 mm.