Manota secreta, 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 : 58

Manota secreta sp. n.

( Figs 10 A, B, C)

Body yellow, only flagellomeres and tarsi brown, body length ca. 2.0 mm, wing length ca. 1.70 mm.

Male. Head. Flagellomere 4 as long as broad with 0.02 mm long trichia. Postocular setae rather short, black. Thorax. Anepisternum setose. Anterior basalare non-setose. Setae of preepisternum 2 not observed. Laterotergite setose. Setae of episternum 3 not observed. Legs all yellow. Wing. Wing membrane darkened, dorsally with some setae at posterior margin, veins brown. Sc distally of h non-setose. Ratio of visible sections of veins M1 and M2 38/ca. 86 (not precisely measurable on damaged wing). A1 indicated by a few setae. Hypopygium ( Figs 10 A, B, C). Tergite 9 subtriangular, posteriorly scarcely extending to half length of gonocoxa, laterally sharply demarcated, anteriorly deeply incised, apically not distinctly separated from more posterior membraneous structures, the setae stronger than on gonocoxae. Mesial margin of gonocoxa straight, with an apicomesial lobe. Parastylar lobe not exposed but covered by the apicomesial lobe of gonocoxa, weakly sclerotized, with ca. 5 posteriorly directed setae. Paraapodemal lobe indistinct, not visible in ventral view. Dorsal mesial margin of gonocoxa submedially with an indistinct lobe with a few setae and more apically with a larger posteriorly directed lobe, which is rather broadly setose apically and on the mesial side. One juxtagonostylar seta present: a megaseta which is flattened and widens towards the apex and arises from a low basal body which is scarcely one-fourth of the length of megaseta. Gonostylus about two-and-a-half times as long as broad, evenly broad beyond the narrower base, apical margin slightly emarginate, setosity moderately long, rather unmodified. Tegmen triangular, with weak lateral shoulders. Hypoproct rather large, posteriorly extending as far as gonocoxa, with ca 20 scattered ventral setae. Cerci medially fused.

Female unknown.

Discussion. Manota secreta is similar to M. occulta , and also to M. pollex , M. roslii and M. yongi . For further discussion, see under M. occulta .

Types. Holotype. Male, Thailand, Trang Prov., Palian District, Nam Tok Nam Pan Forest Park, over streams & vegetation around waterfalls, No. 35, Nov 17, 2004, leg. L. Papp & M. Földvári (gen. prep. Bud 29).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Manota secreta sp. n. (holotype): hypopygium in dorsal (A) and in ventral (B) view, and part of the ventral mesial margin of gonocoxa with the parastylar lobe (C) in ventral view. Scale 0.1 mm.