Manota tapantiensis, Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005

Jaschhof, Mathias & Hippa, Heikki, 2005, The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), Zootaxa 1011 (1), pp. 1-54 : 15-16

Manota tapantiensis sp. n. ( Fig. 6 )

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 and laterotergite each bare. Episternum 3 with ventral portion setose. Wing. Length 2.1–2.5 mm. Membrane with a few setae along posterior margin. Sc setose dorsally. CuA2 fading away proximally.

Terminalia ( Fig. 6 ). Very similar to M. multisetosa , with differences as follows. Sternite 9 with posterior margin broadly rounded. Ventro­lateral lobes of gonocoxites with a group of some 7 setae marginally. Gonocoxites in position I+II with some 7 large setae on small lobe plus a dense, irregular comb of numerous shorter setae extending posteriorly; in position III+IV with 2 megasetae, one megaseta pointed and the other flat and rounded; dorsal gonocoxal margin with a brush of setae on a small lobe, followed posteriorly by a stripe of thick setae. Gonostyli more elongate; with large setae concentrated dorso­distally.

Diagnostic characters. See under Terminalia.

Etymology. Derived from the type locality, Tapantí.

Types. Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Cartago province, Tapantí– Macizo de la Muerte National Park, Sector la Represa , 1550 m, 26 March 2000, by Malaise trap, D. Rubí & C. Hansson ( INBio sample #67894) . Paratypes. 4 males, same data as the holotype ; 3 males, same National Park, but Sendero Arboles Caídos, 1500–1600 m, 9 April 2002, by Malaise trap, D. Rubí & C. Hansson ( INBio sample #67891) .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Manota tapantiensis sp. n. A: Male terminalia, ventral view (holotype). B: Male terminalia, dorsal view (paratype). Scale = 0.1 mm.