Manota pappi, Hippa, 2006

Hippa, Heikki, 2006, Diversity of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in a Malaysian rainforest: description of twenty-seven new sympatric species, Zootaxa 1161 (1), pp. 1-49 : 39-41

Manota pappi sp. n.

( Figs. 1B ; 14D, E, F )

A small­sized Manota .

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4, Fig. 14D . Maxillary palpus with palpomere 3 bearing 4–5 apically expanded curved sensilla; palpomere 4 with parasegment. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare setose. Preepisternum 2 setose. Laterotergite nonsetose. Episternum 3 setose. Wing. Length 1.5–1.6 mm. Wing membrane dorsally with few setae at posterior margin. Sc distally of h setose. A1 not indicated by setae. Hypopygium ( Figs. 14E, F ). Sternite 9 rather large, one­third of ventral gonocoxal length, basolaterally not distinctly separated from gonocoxa, divided into 2 halves, setae similar to adjacent gonocoxal setae. Gonocoxa dorsally with rounded lobe in position I with row of strong setae along posterior margin, position II and IV megasetae absent, in position III with 2 megasetae which are directed transversely or slightly anteriad, setae without larger common basal body; apical part of gonocoxa simple. Gonostylus elongate­oval, with indication of low mesial lobe, with separate small subbasal mesial lobe, with strong apical and mesial setae. Parastylar lobe absent. Tegmen long and narrow, subtriangular, rather abruptly widening where lateral shoulders are usually situated and where tegmen usually narrows. Setae on sternite 10 few, medially largely absent, basomedially with pair of strong setae that pass sides of tegmen.

Female and preimaginal stages unknown.

Discussion

Manota pappi is not very similar to any other Manota . In the absence of the parastylar lobe, it is similar to M. spadix , M. roslii , M. yongi , M. pollex , and M. delyorum . It differs from these except for the last­mentioned by the non­setose laterotergite. From M. delyorum it differs by having a large rounded lobe dorsally on the mesial margin of the gonocoxa, in position I, which in M. delyorum is straight. Furthermore, the gonocoxal setae in position III are transverse, not directed anteriad.

Types

Holotype. Male, West Malaysia, Selangor, Ulu Gombak , University of Malaya Field Study Centre , 800 ft, Malaise in jungle, 22. Feb.–21. March 1997, H. Hippa, M. Jaschhof and B. Viklund . Paratypes. 1 male with same data as holotype , 4 males with same data except for 24. Feb.–21.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Dr. Laszlo Papp, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, for his contribution to the study of the Manotinae .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Left palp, dorsal view (A); apical part of palpomere 3, lateral view (B, C, D); and apical part of tibia 1 with basal part of tarsomere 1, prolateral view (E). A, C. Manota heptacantha sp. n (paratypes). B. Manota pappi sp. n. (paratype). D. Manota spadix sp. n. (paratype). E. Manota angustata sp. n. (paratype). Scale 0.1 mm. 1 = palpomere 1, 2 = palpomere 2, 3 = palpomere 3, 4 = palpomere 4, 5 = palpomere 5, 6 = sensory pit, 7 = curved sensillum, 8 = bluntended sensillum, 9 = seta, 10 = parasegment.

FIGURE 14. Antennal flagellomere 4, lateral view (A, D); hypopygium, ventral (B, E) and dorsal view (C, F). A, B, C. Manota cerciflex sp. n. (A, B holotype; C paratype). D, E, F. Manota pappi sp. n. (A, C paratype; B holotype). Scale for A and D 0.05 mm; for B, C, E, and F 0.10 mm.