Manota cerciflex, 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 : 38-39

Manota cerciflex sp. n.

( Figs. 14A, B, C )

A small­sized Manota .

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4, Fig. 14 A . Maxillary palpus with palpomere 3 bearing 3–5 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare non­setose. Preepisternum 2 setose. Laterotergite non­setose. Episternum 3 setose. Wing. Length 1.7–1.8 mm. Wing membrane dorsally with few setae at posterior margin. Sc distally of h non­setose. A1 indicated by few setae. Hypopygium ( Figs. 14B, C ). Sternite 9 large, extending posteriorly over half ventral length of gonocoxa, laterally sharply delimited, posterior margin deeply notched but indistinctly indicated, setae similar to adjacent ventral setae of gonocoxa. Dorsomesial margin of gonocoxa simple except for prominent setose lobe apically, other apical structures simple, 2 rather short sigmoid megasetae in position III, arising from common basal body, no other megasetae. Gonostylus large, angulate­oval in ventral outline, with small setigerous tubercle on basal part of mesial side, gonostylus flat and strongly concave on dorsal or dorsomesial side, dorsally curved marginal setae strong apically and apicomesially. Parastylar lobe present, directed obliquely anteriad, with 1 to few apical setae. Tegmen rather short, subtriangular, with lateral shoulders. Setae on sternite 10 in row on each half. Cercus unusual in shape, apically slightly angled.

Female and preimaginal stages unknown.

Discussion

Manota cerciflex is more or less similar to M. oligochaeta but is distinguished, for example, by the presence of an apicomesial setose lobe dorsally on the gonocoxa, by the tubercle on the ventral mesial margin of the gonostylus, and by the apically angled or curved cercus.

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 . Paratypes. 2 males with same data as holotype ; 1 male with same data as holotype except for 22. Feb.–21. March.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view (A, D); hypopygium, ventral (B, E) and dorsal view (C, F). A, B, C. Manota cerciflex sp. n. (A, B holotype; C paratype). D, E, F. Manota pappi sp. n. (A, C paratype; B holotype). Scale for A and D 0.05 mm; for B, C, E, and F 0.10 mm.