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Issue: Vol. 1741 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1741.1.1
Page range: 1–23
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Notes on Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with the description of seven new species

Heikki Hippa, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Diptera Mycetophilidae Manota new species Afrotropical region

Abstract

The following new species are described: Manota clinochaeta (Madagascar), M. cultrigera (Madagascar), M. edentula (Mauritius), M. ephippiata (Uganda), M. macrodon (Madagascar), M. phyllochaeta (Madagascar) and M. uncinata (Madagascar). New records and taxonomic notes are given for M. mabokeensis Matile (Uganda), M. natalensis Jaschhof & Mostovski (South Africa) and M. whiteleyi Jaschhof and Mostovski (Ivory Coast). Taxonomic notes on M. flavipes (Enderlein) (Seychelles) are given and its hypopygium is redescribed.

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