Manota mirifica, Hippa, Heikki & Papp, László, 2007

Hippa, Heikki & Papp, László, 2007, The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Thailand, with the description of seven new species, Zootaxa 1528, pp. 41-60 : 53-56

Manota mirifica sp. n.

( Figs 8 A, B, C)

Body light brown, length ca. 2.1 mm (holotype), ca. 2.1–2.5 mm (paratypes), wing length 1.57 mm (holotype), 1.55-1.65 mm (paratypes).

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4 1.3 times as long as broad with 0.03 mm long trichia. Postocular setae brown, comparatively short and thick. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare non-setose. Setae of preepisternum 2 not observed. Laterotergite with scattered setae. Setae of episternum 3 not observed. Legs yellow but apex of hind femur and base of hind tibia brown and tarsi slightly darkened. Wing. Wing membrane brownish, dorsally without setae at posterior margin. Sc distally of h setose. Ratio of visible sections of veins M1 and M2 40/78 (holotype), 38/70 (paratype). A1 indicated by a few setae. Hypopygium ( Figs 8 A, B, C). Tergite 9 about one-third of the ventral length of gonostylus, laterally sharply delimited, anterior margin deeply incised, the setae similar to the ventral setae of the gonocoxa. Ventral mesial margin of gonocoxa slightly angled at the level of the posterior margin of tergite 9. Parastylar lobe unusually large, long and narrow, extending from the base of gonostylus to near the apex of sternite 9, with a few to many setae at margin and directed obliquely posteriad. Paraapodemal lobe distinct, well exposed in ventral view. Dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa simple, with a small setose subapical lobe. Two juxtagonostylar setae present: one flattened megaseta and a strong seta arising from a common basal body the length of which is about half the length of the megaseta. Gonostylus simple, narrowly elongate-oval with rather long unmodified setae. Tegmen subtriangular with the apex narrow and asymmetrical, the lateral shoulders weak. Hypoproct large, extending posteriorly scarcely more than to the base of gonostylus, with ca. 25 setae on each half. Cerci medially separate.

Female unknown.

Discussion. The hypopygium of M. mirifica is not similar to that of any other described species. It is distinguished by the asymmetrical apical part of the tegmen and by the long stripe-like parastylar lobe, which parallels the ventral mesial margin of the gonocoxa. This type of long parastylar lobe is quite different from the long one in M. forceps because here it is actually the base of the lobe which is unusually wide.

Types. Holotype. Male, Thailand: Trang Prov., Thung Khai Botanic Garden, primary lowland rainforest, No. 28, Nov 12, 2004, leg. L. Papp & M. Földvári (gen. prep. Bud. 14). Paratypes. 1 male with the same data as holotype (gen. prep. Bud 11); 1 male, Phattalung Wildlife Breeding Research Centre, along a forest brook, No. 39, Nov 20, 2004, leg. L. Papp & M. Földvári (gen. prep. Bud 15); 1 male, Trang Prov., Khao Chong Botanic Garden, rainforest, No. 43, Nov 22, 2004, leg. L. Papp & M. Földvári (gen. prep. Bud 2).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Manota mirifica sp. n. (holotype): hypopygium in dorsal (A) and in ventral (B) view, and the apex of tegmen (C) in ventral view. Scale 0.1 mm.