Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, 2006

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Muller, Burgert S., 2012, The types of Lygistorrhinidae and Mycetophilidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, African Invertebrates 53 (2), pp. 703-703 : 706-708

Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, 2006

Fig. 6

Manota natalensis: Jaschhof & Mostovski 2006: 238 , figs 1–3 (♂ & ♀ terminalia). Type locality: South

Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Karkloof Nature Reserve .

Holotype ( NMSA type no. 1953): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF | Manota natalensis | JASCH. & MOST., male”; (2) printed on red paper circle: “Holo- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal: | Pietermaritzburg, Karkloof Nat. Res. [ Karkloof Nature Reserve ] | (29.19.1S 30.15.5E) [29°19.1'S 30°15.5'E, uncertainty 0.246 km]; | 1325m; mistbelt forest; | 24 Nov.-18 Dec. 2005 [24.xi–18.xii.2005]; Malaise trap; | M. MOSTOVSKI, M. & C. JASCHHOF”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66401”.

Preservation: On one slide, with terminalia and right wing separate on the slide; missing parts: three right terminal flagellar segments.

Paratypes ( NMSA type no. 1953): 3 ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF | Manota natalensis | JASCH. & MOST., male”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal: | Pietermaritzburg, Karkloof Nat. Res. [ Karkloof Nature Reserve ] | (29.19.1S 30.15.5E) [29°19.1'S 30°15.5'E, uncertainty 0.246 km]; | 1325m; mistbelt forest; | 24 Nov.-18 Dec. 2005 [24.xi–18.xii.2005]; Malaise trap; | M. MOSTOVSKI, M. & C. JASCHHOF” .

Identification: (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66402”; on one slide, with terminalia, left leg II and left wing separate on the slide; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66403”; on one slide, with head, antenna, all right legs, right wing and terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66404”; on one slide, with terminalia separate on the slide, distal edge of both wings damaged; missing parts: none.

Paratype ( NMSA type no. 1953): ♀ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF | Manota natalensis | JASCH. & MOST., female”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal: | Pietermaritzburg, Karkloof Nat. Res. [ Karkloof Nature Reserve ] | (29.19.1S 30.15.5E) [29°19.1'S 30°15.5'E, uncertainty 0.246 km]; | 1325m; mistbelt forest; | 24 Nov.-18 Dec. 2005 [24.xi–18.xii.2005]; Malaise trap; | M. MOSTOVSKI, M. & C. JASCHHOF”; (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66405” .

Preservation: On one slide, with left leg I, left antenna, left wing and terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none.

Paratypes ( NMSA type no. 1953): 3 ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF | Manota natalensis | JASCH, & MOST., male”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal: | Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal | Nat. [National] Park , Gudu Forest | (28.40.9S 28.55.8E) [28°40.9'S 28°55.8'E, uncertainty 0.245 km]; 1680-1730m; | old growth indigenous forest; | 28 Nov.-13 Dec. 2005 [28.xi–13.xii.2005]; Malaise trap; | M. MOSTOVSKI, M. & C. JASCHHOF ”.

Identification: (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66406”; on one slide, with abdomen and both wings separate on the slide; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66407”; on one slide, with head, antennae, both wings and terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66408”; on one slide, with terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none.

Paratype ( NMSA type no. 1953): ♂ (1) printed on white paper: “det. M. JASCHHOF | Manota natalensis | JASCH. & MOST., male”; (2) printed on yellow paper circle: “Para- | type”; (3) printed on white paper: “RSA [ South Africa]: KwaZulu-Natal: | Central Drakensberg, Cathedral | Peak Nat. Res. [ Nature Reserve ], Rainbow Gorge | (28.57.6S 29.13.6E) [28°57.6'S 29°13.6'E, uncertainty 0.246 km]; 1500m; | old-growth indigenous forest; | 3-5 Dec. 2005 [3–5.xii.2005]; Malaise trap; | M. MOSTOVSKI, M. & C. JASCHHOF”. (4) printed on white paper: “NMSA-Dip. 66409” .

Preservation: On one slide, with terminalia separate on the slide; missing parts: none. Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Figures

Figs 5–8. (5) Leia arsona Hutson, holotype; (6) Manota natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski, holotype; (7) Manota whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski, holotype; (8) Mycomya edra Väisänen, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm.