Manota caribica, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 12

Manota caribica sp. n. ( Fig. 4 )

Description. Large species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 1.6 times as long as wide. 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 2.0 mm. Membrane non­setose. Sc distally of h bare. Junction of CuA2 into CuA1 incomplete.

Terminalia ( Fig. 4 ). Sternite 9 large, with posterior and most of lateral margins distinct; posterior margin emarginate, situated beyond mid length of gonocoxites; with setae larger than those on gonocoxites. Gonocoxites with a very dense covering of setae on ventro­lateral lobes and along postero­dorsal margin. Disto­lateral lobes of gonocoxites small and only dorsally developed. Gonocoxites in position I+II with some 15 short, stiff setae on lobe; in position III with 2 flat, pointed megasetae; in position IV with 1(–2) large seta(e). Gonostyli short, from some angles almost circular; on inner margin with 1 large seta directed posteriorly; on dorso­posterior margin with 6–7 large setae directed dorsally. Parastylar lobes small, stout; each with 2–3 setae apico­posteriorly. Parameral apodemes widely spread. Tegmen almost evenly tapering to tip; margin of ventro­lateral lobes distinct. Hypoproct pointed; with large setae disto­laterally.

Diagnostic characters. Among the species with setose laterotergites, it has terminalia with a distinct, large sternite 9; very short disto­lateral lobes of the gonocoxites; stout, rounded gonostyli with 1 large seta ventro­posteriorly; setose parastylar lobes; and pointed hypoproct.

Etymology. Latinized, caribicus, Caribbean, referring to the type locality located on the “Caribbean side” of Costa Rica.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Limón province, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Sendero Espavel , 300 m, in tall secondary rain­forest, 29 Sep.–10 Oct. 2003, by Malaise trap, M. & C. Jaschhof . Paratype. Male, same locality, but 550 m, 11 March–1 April 2003, by Malaise trap, E. Rojas, B. Gamboa & W. Arana ( INBio sample #73627) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Manota caribica sp. n. A: Male terminalia, ventral view (holotype). B: Male terminalia, dorsal view (paratype). Scale = 0.1 mm. 1 = sternite 9, 2 = parastylar lobe, I–IV = positions of setae/megasetae on gonocoxites.