Manota juncta, Hippa, Heikki, 2008

Hippa, Heikki, 2008, New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Oriental region, Zootaxa 1723, pp. 1-41 : 22-24

Manota juncta sp. n.

( Figs 14 A, B, C)

Male. Colour. Head pale brown, frons and occiput darker brown, mouthparts pale yellowish. Thorax pale brown, preepisternum 2 ventrally paler yellowish. Legs pale yellowish. Wing unicolorous yellowish-brown; haltere yellowish-brown with dark brown knob. Abdomen very pale brown after treatment with KOH. All the setosity pale, yellowish or brownish, the thicker setae seeming darker than the finer setae and trichia. Head. Antennal flagellomere 4, Fig. 14 A. Palpomere 3 of maxillary palpus with apicomesial extension, with 3–4 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment. Number of postocular setae 8. Thorax. Anepisternum setose, with 27 setae, anterior basalare setose, with 6 setae, preepisternum 2 non-setose, laterotergite setose, with 12 setae, episternum 3 setose, with 1 seta. Wing. Length 1.6 mm. Hypopygium, Figs 14 B and C: Sternite 9 laterally fused with gonocoxa, extending posteriorly as far as the ventral posterior margin of gonocoxa, anterior margin incised, the setae similar to ventral setae of gonocoxa. Parastylar lobe large but rather narrow, with 2 setae apically. Paraapodemal lobe absent. Dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa roundly angular on apical half, the angle covering a more ventrally lying plate-like lobe bearing 8 blunt-ended megasetae at margin. With a distinct curved apicolateral lobe on gonocoxa with a few setae laterally and at apex, extending posteriorly nearly as far as the apex of gonostylus. One juxtagonostylar seta present: it is an unmodified strong seta arising from a basal body which is about one-third of the length of the seta. Gonostylus shortoval with a slightly expressed apicolateral lobe, with rather short unmodified setae ventrally, largely non-setose dorsally, with two prominent long setae at mesial margin. Tegmen characteristic in shape, with prominent lateral shoulders and with a long and narrow apical part. Hypoproct large, extending posteriorly as far as the apex of gonostylus, with some 30 setae on each half. Cerci medially separate.

Female unknown.

Discussion. M. juncta is similar to M. confixa sp. n. For distinguishing characters, see under the latter. Types. Holotype. MALAYSIA, Selangor, Genting Highlands, Gunung Ulu Kali, GPS 3.26N 101.47E, 5725 feet, Malaise trap 12–22.III.1997, H. Hippa, M. Jaschhof, B. Viklund leg. (in SMNH).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Manota juncta sp. n. (holotype). A. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view. B. Hypopygium, dorsal view. C. Hypopygium, ventral view. Scale 0.10 mm.