Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, 2006

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 : 432

Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, 2006

Material. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: male, Western Cape, Bloukrantz, Platbos forest at: 33°56.558’S 23°37.566’E, 26–28.iii. 2009, 300 m, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto, Malaise traps (2), indigenous forest, BMSA(D)08010 (slide mounted, BMSA) ; male, same data, except BMSA(D)07989 (slide mounted, BMSA); 3 males, Western Cape, Keurbos forest , 500 m, 33°54.435’S 23°43.714’E, 28–30.iii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto, Malaise trap indigenous montane forest, BMSA(D)08307 (slide mounted, BMSA) ; male, KNZ, Royal Natal N.P., Thendele, 1600 m, 28°42.378’S 23°56.083’E, 15–17.ii.2010, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap Protea caffra wetland gully, BMSA(D)20745 (slide mounted, BMSA) ; 2 males, E. Cape, Grahamstown (plot 5280), Three Chimneys farm, 33°18.542’S 26°29.846’E, 2–13.iii.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (slide mounted, AMGS) ; male, E. Cape, Grahamstown, Albany Museum grounds, 33°18.822’S 26°31.315’E, 9–15.x.2007, A.H. Kirk- Spriggs, Malaise trap (slide mounted, AMGS) ; male, Eastern Cape, Plaatbos forest at: 33°57.863’S 23°54.484’E, 31.iii–1.iv. 2009, 300 m, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto, Malaise traps (2) / indigenous forest, BMSA(D)06881 (slide mounted, BMSA) ; male, Eastern Cape Prov., Lower Elandsbos River at: 33°58.007’S 23°46.492’E, 3–5.iv.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap, indigenous forest (slide mounted, AMGS) ; 2 males, Tsitsikamma N.P., Plaatbos Nat. Reserve at: 33°59.137’S 23°54.895’E, 20–22.i.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto, Malaise traps (2), indigenous forest, BMSA(D)02641 and BMSA(D)02622 (slide mounted, BMSA) ; male, Cape province, Tsitsikamma Nat. Park ., Malaise trap, 19.x–13.xi.1994, Allen, J. leg. (slide mounted, NHRS-BYWS000000734 ); 6 males, same data except 21.ii–20iii.1995 (2 slide mounted, 4 in alcohol, NHRS-BYWS000000736) .

Remarks. The species is previously known from several localities in South Africa ( Jaschhof & Mostovski 2006, Hippa 2008).