Manota oligochaeta, 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 : 46

Manota oligochaeta sp. n.

( Figs. 2B ; 16C, D, E )

A small­sized Manota .

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4, Fig. 16C . Maxillary palpus with palpomere 3 bearing 5–6 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare non­setose. Preepisternum 2 setose. Laterotergite non­setose. Episternum 3 setose. Wing. Length 1.4–1.6 mm. Wing membrane dorsally with few setae at posterior margin. Sc distally of h non­setose. Setae indicating A1 from none to few. Hypopygium ( Figs. 16D, E ). Sternite 9 large, extending posteriorly over half ventral length of gonocoxa, laterally sharply delimited, posterior margin sharply delimited, rounded, setae subequal to adjacent ventral setae of gonocoxa, posteriorly couple of stronger setae on each side. Dorsomesial margin of gonocoxa simple, apical structures simple, with inconspicuous mesially directed setose transverse lobe covered by more dorsal part of gonocoxa, 2 long sigmoid megasetae in position III, arising from common basal body, no other megasetae. Gonostylus elongate­oval with characteristic strong marginal setosity on mesial side. Parastylar lobe present, directed obliquely anteriad, with about 3 apical setae. Tegmen of medium length, subtriangular, with weak lateral shoulders. Setae on sternite 10 in row on each half.

Female and preimaginal stages unknown.

Discussion

Manota oligochaeta is similar to M. plusiochaeta . For further discussion, see under that species.

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

Figures

FIGURE 2. Wing, dorsal view. A. Manota yongi sp. n. (holotype). B. Manota oligochaeta sp. n. (paratype). Scale 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 16. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view (A, C); hypopygium, ventral (B, D) and dorsal view (E). A, B. Manota perpusilla sp. n. (holotype). C, D, E. Manota oligochaeta sp. n. (C, D holotype; E paratype). Scale for A and C 0.05 mm; for B, D, and E 0.10 mm.