Manota afra Hippa & Kurina, 2012

Hippa, Heikki, Søli, Geir & Kurina, Olavi, 2019, New data on the genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Africa, with an updated key to the species, Zootaxa 4652 (3), pp. 401-441 : 429

Manota afra Hippa & Kurina, 2012

Material studied. GHANA: 2 males, Volta region, Wli Falls, Afegame ( St. 6A), 12– 15.03.1993, NUFU-ZMBN, leg. J. Kjaerandsen (slide mounted, NHMO) ; male, Volta region, Wli Falls, Afegame ( St. 8B), 10– 13.03.1993, NUFU-ZMBN, leg. J.S. Amakye & J. Kjaerandsen (slide mounted, IZBE) ; male, Volta region, Wli Falls, Afegame ( St. 10A), 7– 10.03.1993, NUFU-ZMBN, leg. J.S. Amakye & J. Kjaerandsen (slide mounted, NHMO) ; male, Volta region, Wli Falls, Agumatsa ( St. 10), 11– 20.11.1993, NUFU-ZMBN, leg. J. Kjaerandsen (slide mounted, IZBE) ; male, same data except St : 9–11, 4– 14.03.1993 (slide mounted, NHMO) ; 2 males, Volta region, Wli Falls , 4– 13.03.1993, leg. J. Kjaerandsen (slide mounted, IZBE and NHMO) ; 2 males, Boti Falls , 28.10– 4.11.1994 (slide mounted, IZBE) ; 3 males, Central Region, Kakum, Entwikrom , 31.10– 8.11.1994, NUFU-project-ZMBN, leg. J. Kjaerandsen & T. Anderson (in alcohol, NHMO) ; 4 males, same data except 8– 15.11.1994 (in alcohol, IZBE and NHMO) . D.R. CONGO: male, Oriental Prov. Likombo forest , 2km SW Bomane, 1.28349, 23.72358, 20–22.v.2010, leg. A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise traps lowland evergreen primary forest (disturbed), BMSA(D) 58310 (slide mount- ed, BMSA) .

Remarks. The species was described from Uganda ( Hippa & Kurina 2012) and has not been recorded since.