Manota biloba, 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 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1161.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1C3B9CA-8A9D-4B41-9F9D-81BFC31CFB2D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5059294

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D4C8785-2856-FFBD-5C1A-0F6AFE07F8AE

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Felipe

scientific name

Manota biloba
status

sp. nov.

Manota biloba View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs. 6A, B, C View FIGURE 6 )

A small­sized Manota .

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4, Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 . 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 mm. Wing membrane dorsally with few setae at posterior margin. Sc distally of h non­setose. Setae indicating A1 not observed. Hypopygium ( Figs. 6B, C View FIGURE 6 ). 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 (similar to Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ). Gonocoxa dorsally in position I with rounded lobe bearing 3 megasetae, in position II with 2 strong setae/megasetae ventrad of which there are 2 megasetae that may be those called position III megasetae, no megasetae in position IV; no prominent apical lobes. Gonostylus rather small, bilobed, with some strong setae, with very strong apical seta. Parastylar lobe present, directed posteriad, with about 4 unusually strong setae on apical part. Tegmen long, with strong shoulders. Sternite 10 unusually large, extending posteriorly nearly as far as gonostyli, setae scattered. Apical setae of cercus unusually strong.

Female and preimaginal stages unknown.

Discussion

Manota biloba is similar to M. clausa , M. heptacantha , M. ulu , and M. simplex but is easily distinguished by its bilobate or biramous gonostylus. It is also similar to M. globigera but has a non­setose laterotergite. For further distinguishing characters, see under M. globigera .

Manota biloba View in CoL resembles several Afrotropical Manota View in CoL , especially M. flavipes (Enderlein) View in CoL from the Seychelles, but it has three megasetae on the gonocoxa in position I instead of only one (see Edwards 1928: Fig. 2a View FIGURE 2 , and Matile 1972: Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). M. teocchi Matile from Central Africa may also be very similar. M. biloba View in CoL differs from it, for example, by having three megasetae in position I instead of two. All the above­mentioned species have a general resemblance to the Afrotropical species M. serrata Söli View in CoL and M. sespinea Söli , but have the position III seta less modified and the arrangement of the dorsal gonocoxal setae and megasetae very different. For further discussion, see under M. simplex View in CoL .

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Mycetophilidae

Genus

Manota

Loc

Manota biloba

Hippa, Heikki 2006
2006
Loc

Manota biloba

Hippa 2006
2006
Loc

M. biloba

Hippa 2006
2006
Loc

M. simplex

Hippa 2006
2006
Loc

M. serrata Söli

Soli 1993
1993
Loc

Manota

Williston 1896
1896
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