Eumanota Edwards, 1933

Amorim, Dalton S., Oliveira, Sarah S. & Henao-sepúlveda, Andrea C., 2018, A new species of Eumanota Edwards (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Manotine) from Colombia: evidence for a pseudogondwanan pattern, American Museum Novitates 2018 (3915), pp. 1-20 : 3-4

Eumanota Edwards, 1933

Eumanota Edwards, 1933: 231 . Type species: Eumanota leucura Edwards, 1933 , by original designation. SØli, 2002: 46-52, Papp, 2004: 228-232, Hippa et al., 2005: 410-414.

AMENDED DIAGNOSIS (modified from SØli, 2002): A row of strong bristles around hind margin of eyes. Three ocelli in straight line, median ocellus about half the diameter of lateral ones. Four palpomeres visible; palpomere 1 lost or fused to palpomere 2; palpomere 3 large, triangular, projected beyond insertion of palpomere 4, with a deep, conspicuous sensory pit; palpomere 5 from 4–6× longer than palpomere 4. Scutum densely clothed with minute setae, no defined acrostichals, a single row of dorsocentrals on posterior half, some stronger supraalars. Basisternum shieldlike, with setae at least laterally. Anepisternum setose; mesepimeron bare; laterotergite ovate, bulging, setose; mediotergite, metepisternum, and metepimeron bare. Wing membrane either clear or darkened at distal half, at least posterior half with dorsal macrotrichia on membrane. C extends well beyond apex of R 5. Sc typically short, ending in bR; R 1 shorter or only slightly longer than r-m; r-m longitudinal. M 1+2 less than half r-m length, basal most part of M 1 weakly sclerotized. M 4 separated from CuA at base of wing. Tibiae and tarsomeres with trichia arranged in regular rows. Spurs well developed.

COMMENTS. Some adjustment of the original diagnosis was necessary to include this new Neotropical species. Most features referred to as diagnostic for the Oriental/Australasian species of Eumanota (but not all) are also present in the Neotropical species (exceptions are discussed below). In E. wolffae , sp. nov., the hind tibia does not have a sensory groove and the female clearly has a two segmented cercus.