Manota limonensis, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 45-46

Manota limonensis sp. n. ( Fig. 23 )

Description. Small species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 2.1 times as long as wide. Maxillary palpus with third palpomere bearing 3 curved sensilla; fourth palpomere with a parasegment apically.

Thorax. Anterior basalare and laterotergite each bare. Episternum 3 with ventral portion setose. Wing. Length 1.3 mm. Membrane with a very few setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. Junction of CuA2 into CuA1 incomplete.

Terminalia ( Fig. 23 ). Sternite 9 with only posterior margin distinct, even though very faint; margin situated at mid length of gonocoxites, broadly rounded to almost straight. Ventro­lateral lobes of gonocoxites marginally each with 1–2(–3) larger setae; interiorly with 1 seta on a separate rim. Disto­lateral lobes of gonocoxites large; with large setae directed posteriorly and shorter setae directed inwards. Gonocoxites in position I+II with 2 medium­sized, blunt megasetae on separate lobes, and 2 short, blunt megasetae on another lobe; in position III with 2 flat megasetae, one megaseta broadly rounded apically with tiny, pointed processes, the other broad with a whip­like tip; in position IV with 3 large setae. Gonostyli very small, dorso­posteriorly with a weak lobe; each with 1 large and 1 fine setae apically and 1 strong, stiff seta directed dorsally. Parastylar lobes large, weak, bare (not illustrated). Parameral apodemes widely spread. Tegmen narrow in distal half. Hypoproct broadly rounded apically; with fine, rather short setulae laterally.

Diagnostic characters. It is in the group of species with both anterior basalare and laterotergites bare; terminalia with sternite 9 barely discernible; the disto­lateral lobes of the gonocoxites large; and the gonostyli small and flat. The array of megasetae dorsally on the gonocoxites is species specific. (Note, in particular, the megaseta on a finger­like lobe in position I).

Etymology. Derived from Limón, the name of the province where so many Manota species , including this one, were collected.

Types. Holotype. Male. Costa Rica, Limón province, Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Sendero Espavel , 560 m, 11 March–1 April 2003, by Malaise trap, E. Rojas, B. Gamboa & W. Arana ( INBio sample #73628) . Paratypes. 1 male, same data as the holotype ; 1 male, same locality , but 18 Sep.–7 Oct. 2003, by Malaise trap, E. Rojas, B. Gamboa, W. Arana, M. & C. Jaschhof; 1 male, Limón province, Pococí, Braulio Carrillo National Park , 400– 500 m, 21 Aug. 2002, by Malaise trap, P. Hanson & C. Godoy ( INBio sample #70777) .

Figures

FIGURE 23. Manota limonensis sp. n. A: Male terminalia, ventral view (holotype). B: Male terminalia, dorsal view (paratype from Hitoy Cerere). Scale = 0.1 mm.