Manota inusitata, Hippa, Heikki & Papp, László, 2007

Hippa, Heikki & Papp, László, 2007, The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Thailand, with the description of seven new species, Zootaxa 1528, pp. 41-60 : 53

Manota inusitata sp. n.

( Figs 7 A, B)

Body yellow, length ca. 2.3 mm, wing length 1.78 mm.

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4 slightly longer than broad, with 0.03 mm long trichia. Postocular setae (8–9) long, yellow. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare setose. Setae of preepisternum 2 not observed. Laterotergite setose. Setae of episternum 3 not observed. Legs all yellow. Wing. Wing membrane light brownish, dorsally without setae at posterior margin, veins brown. Sc distally of h non-setose. Ratio of visible sections of veins M1 and M2 34/87. A1 indicated by a few setae. Hypopygium ( Figs 7 A, B). Tergite 9 about half the ventral length of gonocoxa, laterally sharply delimited, posterior margin transverse, anterior margin deeply incised, setae similar to ventral setae of gonocoxa. Ventral mesial margin of gonocoxa sigmoid. Parastylar lobe well exposed, with 1–3 transversely directed setae. Paraapodemal lobe distinct and well exposed in ventral view. Dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa simple, curved, apically with a small lobe with four strong marginal setae one of which is unusually modified ( Fig. 7 A). Two long, apically curved juxtagonostylar megasetae present, arising from a basal body which is short, about one-fourth as long as the megasetae. Gonostylus simple, elongate-oval, laterally with long normal setae, mesially largely non-setose, except at apical margin with a transverse zone of strong setae the mesial-most of which are prominent megasetae. Tegmen broadly subtriangular with rather weak lateral shoulders. Hypoproct rather small, extending posteriorly just beyond the level of the base of the gonostylus, with ca. 20 scattered setae on each half. Cerci medially separate.

Female unknown.

Discussion. Manota inusitata is similar to M. horrida Hippa. It differs by having the gonostylus broader, about one-third of its length instead about one-fourth, not curved, and with the apical setae/megasetae stouter and shorter; and by having the lobe apically at the dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa with four setae, of which the most mesial or anterior one is unusually modified and geniculate ( Fig. 7 A), instead of having three normal setae.

Types. Holotype. Male, Thailand: Khao Pu-Khao Ya N. P., along a forest brook below the (Pak Yam) waterfall, No. 42, Nov 21, 2004, leg. L. Papp & M. Földvári (gen. prep. Bud 20).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Manota inusitata sp. n. (holotype): hypopygium in dorsal (A) and in ventral (B) view. Scale 0.1 mm.