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Issue: Vol. 1502 No. 1: 11 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1502.1.1
Page range: 1–44
Abstract views: 27
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The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Melanesia and Oceania

Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Diptera Mycetophilidae Manota morphology taxonomy new species Melanesia Oceania

Abstract

The following new species of Manota are described: M. biunculata (Papua New Guinea), M. evexa (Papua New Guinea), M. explicans (Papua New Guinea), M. gemella (Ambon, Maluku Utara, Indonesia), M. hirsuta (Papua New Guinea), M. orthacantha (Papua New Guinea), M. parilis (Papua New Guinea), M. pentacantha (Solomon Islands), M. perissochaeta (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands), M. serawei (Papua New Guinea), M. sicula (Papua New Guinea), M. spathula (Papua New Guinea), M. subspathula (Papua New Guinea) and M. tricuspis (Fiji). Manota ctenophora Matile (New Caledonia), M. maorica Edwards (New Zealand) and M. taedia Matile (New Caledonia) are redescribed. Manota hamulata Colless, previously known from Palau, is redescribed and recorded from Papua New Guinea. Manota pacifica Edwards from Samoa is discussed and compared with the other species of the region. A key to the Melanesian and Oceanian species of Manota is given.

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