Manota eximia, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 27

Manota eximia sp. n. ( Fig. 13B )

Description. Large species.

Male. Head. Antenna with fourth flagellomere 2.2 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 setose. Wing. Length 2.0– 2.1 mm. Membrane with a few setae along posterior margin. Sc bare. CuA2 fading away proximally.

Terminalia ( Fig. 13B ). Similar to M. montivaga , with differences as follows. Sternite 9 with posterior margin situated at mid length of gonocoxites. Gonocoxites in position I+II with 2 large and 3 smaller, blunt megasetae on lobe; in position III with 2 flat megasetae, one megaseta three­branched with two branches rounded and one pointed, the other megaseta broadly rounded medially and pointed apically; in position IV with 1 flat, pointed megaseta. Gonostyli not unlike those in M. montivaga , and no possible differences apparent in the specimens available for study.

Diagnostic characters. Among the species with both anterior basalare and laterotergites bare, it is particularly close to M. montivaga . (See next species). The terminalia with gonocoxites in position III bear megasetae of a unique and remarkable shape.

Etymology. From Latin, eximius, extraordinary, referring to the peculiar megasetae on the gonocoxites.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas province, La Amistad International Park, Buenos Aires , Sendero a Casa Coca , 1700 m, 13 Oct.–13 Nov. 2001, by Malaise trap, D. Rubí ( INBio sample #74889) . Paratypes. 1 male, same Park as the holotype, but Estación Altamira, Sendero a Casa Coca , 1700 m, 21 Sep.­21 Oct. 2002, by Malaise trap, D. Rubí & M.M. Chavarria ( INBio sample #72952) ; 1 male, San José province, Dota, Finca Orlando Mora , 1600 m, 12–17 July 2002, by Malaise trap, A. Solis ( INBio sample #70192) .

Figures

FIGURE 13. Male terminalia in Manota spp. A: M. incisa sp. n., ventral view (holotype). B: M. eximia sp. n., dorsal view (holotype). Scale = 0.1 mm.