Manota rectolobata, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 51

Manota rectolobata sp. n. ( Figs 1B, 1D , 27 )

Description. Large species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 2.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 1B ). Maxillary palpus with third palpomere bearing 3 curved sensilla; fourth palpomere with a parasegment apically.

Thorax. Anterior basalare bare. Laterotergite setose. Episternum 3 with ventral portion setose. Wing. Length 2.4 mm. Membrane with a few setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. CuA2 fading away proximally. Presence of A1 usually indicated by a few setae in a line between CuA and A2.

Terminalia ( Figs 1D , 27 ). Extremely similar to M. planistylus , with differences as follows. Sternite 9 with posterior margin rather straight. Ventro­lateral lobes of gonocoxites subrectangular; interiorly with 1 strong seta on a separate rim. Gonocoxites in position III with 2 megasetae very broad, particularly the dorsal one. Gonostyli in ventral view narrower towards apex, rounded apically; each dorsally along anterior and apical margins with row of up to 10 setae, with three apical setae rather strong; on posterior margin with 1 re­curved seta directed dorsally; next to the re­curved seta with a small lobe directed dorsally.

Diagnostic characters. See under Terminalia.

Etymology. From Latin, rectus, straight, and lobatus, lobed, referring to the outline of the ventro­lateral lobes of the gonostyli.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Cartago province, Tapantí– Macizo de la Muerte National Park, Sendero Arboles Caídos , 1500–1600 m, 9 April 2002, by Malaise trap, D. Rubí & C. Hansson ( INBio sample #67891) . Paratypes. 4 males, same data as the holotype .

Other material studied. 2 males, same National Park as types, but Sector la Represa, 26 March 2002, D. Rubí & C. Hansson ( INBio sample #67894) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Morphology of Manota spp. A: Antennal flagellomeres 3–5, lateral view, of M. spinosa sp. n. (0.1 mm). B: Antennal flagellomeres 3–5, lateral view, of M. rectolobata sp. n. (0.1 mm). C: Wing, dorsal view, of M. bihamata sp. n. (1.0 mm). D: Tegmen, ventro­lateral view, of M. rectolobata sp. n. (0.05 mm). Scale in parentheses. 1 = apical process, 2 = ventro­lateral lobe, 3 = parameral apodeme, 4 = ejaculatory apodeme, 5 = ejaculatory duct.

FIGURE 27. Manota rectolobata sp. n. A: Male terminalia, ventral view (holotype). B: Male terminalia, dorsal view (paratype). Scale = 0.1 mm.