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Issue: Vol. 3455 No. 1: 6 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3455.1.1
Page range: 1–48
Abstract views: 28
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New species and new records of Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with a key to the species

Heikki Hippa, Gribbylunds allé 2, SE-183 65 Täby, Sweden
Olavi Kurina, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Riia st 181, 51014 Tartu, Estonia
Diptera Mycetophilidae Manota new species key Afrotropical region Uganda Ghana

Abstract

The following 24 new species of Manota are described: M. abakiga (Uganda), M. aculifera (Ghana, Uganda), M. afra (Uganda), M. bracteata (Uganda), M. clurina (Uganda), M. comata (Ghana, Uganda), M. dissidens (Ghana), M. foliolata (Uganda), M. freerki (Uganda), M. ghanaensis (Ghana), M. katusabei (Ghana, Uganda), M. kibaleensis (Uganda), M. pedicellata (Uganda), M. petiolata (Uganda), M. pilosa (Uganda), M. pinnata (Uganda), M. pinnulata (Uganda), M. redunca (Uganda), M. relicina (Uganda), M. senticosa (Uganda), M. simina (Uganda), M. toomasi (Uganda), M. toroensis (Uganda), and M. usubi (Uganda). New records for the following species are given: M. lachaisei Matile (Uganda), M. mabokeensis Matile (Uganda), M. mazumbaiensis Søli (Ghana, Uganda), M. teocchii Matile (Uganda) and M. whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski (Uganda). Redescriptions of M. lachaisei and M. teocchii as well as drawings of the hypopygium of M. mazumbaiensis are given. Altogether 51 species of Manota are presently known from the Afrotropical region.

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