taxonID	type	description	language	source
03A3C2254E6AD41435C7FE1DFD27FD26.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Matile’s description of the genus Mohelia (1979) is detailed and well illustrated. The type species, M. nigricauda, and four additional species (three herein described) were analysed and their morphological features compared with the original description. Some minor points are worth comment in order to improve the genus diagnosis. The labrum is elongated, almost twice the length of the clypeus, and triangular in shape. The labella is also elongated, almost equal to the height of the head.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41435C7FACBFEB7F9D2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype, one male and one female paratypes (Matile, 1979), (pinned, MNHN).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41435C7FACBFEB7F9D2.taxon	discussion	Comments. Matile’s description of M. nigricauda (1979) is detailed and well illustrated and is therefore not reproduced here. However, a photo of the holotype habitus and labels is provided to highlight its preservation condition (Fig. 1).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41035C7F90CFB4FFDDC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype, adult male. SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu Natal, Louwsburg, Sanyati Farm, 27 ° 34 ’ S 31 ° 17,9 ’ E, 1090 m, 1 – 24. iii. 2006, Malaise trap, M. Mostovski coll. NMSA-DIP 57724 (in alcohol, NMSA). Paratypes: same data as holotype (2 ♂ one on slide, other in alcohol, MZUSP; 6 ♂, 1 ♀ in alcohol, NMSA); same data as holotype except NMSA-DIP 57723 (2 ♂ in alcohol, MZUSP; 5 ♂ in alcohol, NMSA); same data as holotype except NMSA-DIP 57725 (7 ♂ 2 ♀ in alcohol, NMSA). Northern Cape, Avontuur Farm, 16 Km NW Nieuwoudtville, 764 m, 31 º 16.249 ’ S 19 º 02.900 ’ E, 15. vii – 27. viii. 2009, Malaise trap, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, S. van Noort leg., GL 07 - FYN 1 - M 126 (2 ♂ in alcohol, MZUSP; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ in alcohol, SAMC). Western Cape, Fynbos Estate Dragonridge, 33 º 34.092 ’ S 18 º 47.680 ’ E, 635 m, 30. vii – 28. ix. 2010, Malaise trap, Boland Granite Fynbos, Simon van Noort leg., DRA 09 - FYN 1 - M 04 (1 ♂ 2 ♀ on slides, MZUSP; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ in alcohol, SAMC). Additional material examined (not included in paratypes due to poor quality of material). SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu Natal, Louwsburg, Sanyati Farm, 27 ° 34 ’ S 31 ° 17,9 ’ E, 1090 m, 1 – 24. iii. 2006, Malaise trap, M. Mostovski coll. NMSA-DIP 57724 (1 ♀ in alcohol, NMSA); same data except NMSA-DIP 57723 (3 ♂ in alcohol, NMSA). Northern Cape, Avontuur Farm, 16 Km NW Nieuwoudtville, 764 m, 31 º 16.249 ’ S 19 º 02.900 ’ E, 15. vii – 27. viii. 2009, Malaise trap, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, S. van Noort leg., GL 07 - FYN 1 - M 126 (3 ♂, 1 ♀ in alcohol, SAMC). Western Cape, Fynbos Estate Dragonridge, 33 º 34.092 ’ S 18 º 47.680 ’ E, 635 m, 30. vii – 28. ix. 2010, Malaise trap, Boland Granite Fynbos, Simon van Noort leg., DRA 09 - FYN 1 - M 04 (6 ♀ in alcohol, SAMC).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41035C7F90CFB4FFDDC.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 2). Total length 3.8 mm (n = 6). Head (Figs. 2, 5 – 6). Head brown, triangular. Vertex with scattered setae. Three ocelli forming a straight line, median ocellus smaller, lateral ocelli more than twice their diameter from the eye margin. Frons covered with setulae. Face bare, narrowly rectangular, larger than clypeus; clypeus bare, almost triangular, not protruding below the ventral margin of the head; labrum triangular, elongated, almost twice length of clypeus. Labellum yellowish, elongate, almost the same as head height. Maxillary palp with four segments, fourth segment yellowish, almost twice the length of third, first and second segments shorter and rounded, strongly fused. Scape shorter than pedicel, rounded; scape and pedicel with dense setae on their apicodorsal margin; antennal flagellomeres petiolate, longer than broad, covered with setulae. Thorax (Fig. 5). Thorax brown, legs yellow. Pronotum light-brown, two strong setae dorsally. Scutum covered with short scattered setae and bearing supra-alar bristles. Scutellum with four bristles. Proepisternum light brown, setose at margins; proepimeron light brown, bare. Propleuron yellowish, meso- and metapleuron brown, entirely bare, except laterotergite bearing some setae on its posterior half. Haltere whitish, setose. Foreleg smaller than mid- and hind legs. Tibia notably enlarged at apex. Tibial setae arranged in regular longitudinal rows on mid- and hind tibia, hind tibia with a posterior line of spines (Fig. 7), spurs 1: 2: 2, almost twice length of tibial diameter at apex. Hind tibia apex bearing many regularly arranged setae. Wing (Fig. 8). Length: 2.2 mm, width: 1 mm. Membrane without macrotrichia, hyaline; sc-r absent; C extending well beyond apex of R 5, almost reaching wing tip; Sc short, free, inclined toward R. R 1 as long as r-m, reaching C at medial third of wing; Rs perpendicular to R 5; R 5 reaching C well before wing tip, almost straight; r-m transverse, about five times length of base of Rs. M 1 + 2 almost three times longer than r-m, as long as the medial fork; M 1 and M 2 parallel; cubital fork as long as basal segment of CuA; A 1 inconspicuous. M 1, M 2, M 4, and apical third of second sector of CuA with macrotrichia apically, on both side of the wing. Abdomen (Fig. 2). Abdomen brown. Terminalia (Fig. 11). Terminalia brown. Tergite 9 broader than long, setose, with long and well sclerotized bristles at its lateral margins, connected laterally with the gonocoxite by a lateral projection, bare; gonocoxite with extensions posterodorsal to the base of the gonostylus, rounded distally, setose; gonostylus with two main projections, dorsal projection rounded, with long seta in median region, ventral projection elongated, thin, with a line of setae; ejaculatory apodeme rounded at apex and bifid at base; parameres well developed, enclosing the aedeagus; cercus rounded, covered with setulae. Female. As males, except as follows. Head. Antennal flagellomeres smaller, shorter than the males. Wing. Length: 2.6 mm, width: 1 mm. Abdomen. Tergite and sternite 7 yellowish. Terminalia (Fig. 14). Terminalia yellowish, covered with scattered setae. Posterior margin of sternite 8 rounded, with three apical bristles, anterior margin depressed; S 8 almost as long as the cercus; first cercus elongated, longer than the oval second cercus.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41035C7F90CFB4FFDDC.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41035C7F90CFB4FFDDC.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 16). South Africa (KwaZulu Natal, Northern Cape, Western Cape).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6AD41035C7F90CFB4FFDDC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is a masculine genitive, named in honour of Loïc Matile (1938 - 2000, MNHN) to mark his marvellous work with Mycetophiliformia, including the description of Mohelia.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6ED41235C7F98EFE70FC1B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype, adult male. SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu Natal, Louwsburg, Sanyati Farm, 27 ° 34 ’ S 31 ° 17,9 ’ E, 1090 m, 1 – 24. iii. 2006, Malaise trap, M. Mostovski coll. NMSA-DIP 57723 (in alcohol, NMSA). Paratypes: same data as holotype (2 ♂ in alcohol, MZUSP; 3 ♂ in alcohol, NMSA); same data as holotype except NMSA-DIP 57724 (2 ♂ 1 ♀ on slide and alcohol, MZUSP); same data as holotype except NMSA-DIP 57725 (2 ♂ in alcohol, MZUSP; 7 ♂ in alcohol, NMSA). Additional material examined (not included in paratypes due to poor quality of material). SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu Natal, Louwsburg, Sanyati Farm, 27 ° 34 ’ S 31 ° 17,9 ’ E, 1090 m, 1 – 24. iii. 2006, Malaise trap, M. Mostovski coll. NMSA-DIP 57723 (2 ♂ on slide, NMSA); same data except NMSA-DIP 57725 (3 ♂ in alcohol, NMSA).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6ED41235C7F98EFE70FC1B.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 3). Total length 2.9 mm (n = 7). Head (Fig. 3). Head brown, triangular. Vertex with scattered setae. Three ocelli forming a straight line, median ocellus smaller, lateral ocelli more than twice their diameter from the eye margin. Frons covered with setulae. Face bare, narrowly rectangular, larger than clypeus; clypeus bare, almost triangular, not protruding below the ventral margin of the head; labrum triangular, elongated, almost twice length of clypeus. Labellum yellowish, elongate, almost the same as head height. Maxillary palp with four segments, fourth segment yellowish, almost twice the length of the third, first and second segments shorter and rounded, strongly fused. Scape shorter than pedicel, rounded; scape and pedicel yellowish, with dense setae on their apicodorsal margin; antennal flagellomeres petiolate, yellowish, longer than broad, covered with setulae. Thorax (Fig. 3). Thorax light brown, legs yellow. Pronotum yellowish, two strong setae dorsally. Scutum covered with short scattered setae and bearing supra-alar bristles. Scutellum with four bristles. Proepisternum yellowish, setose at margins; proepimeron yellowish, bare. Propleuron yellowish, meso- and metapleuron light-brown at their margins and yellowish medially, entirely bare, except the laterotergite bearing some setae on its posterior margin. Haltere whitish, setose. Foreleg smaller than mid- and hind legs. Tibiae notably enlarged at apex. Tibial bristles arranged in regular longitudinal rows on mid- and hind tibia, hind tibia with a posterior line of spines, spurs 1: 2: 2, almost twice length of tibial diameter at apex. Hind tibia apex bearing many regularly arranged setae. Wing. Length: 2 mm, width: 1 mm. Membrane without macrotrichia, hyaline; sc-r absent; C extending well beyond apex of R 5, almost reaching wing tip; Sc short, free, inclined toward R. R 1 as long as r-m, reaching C at medial third of wing; Rs perpendicular to R 5; R 5 reaching C well before wing tip, almost straight; r-m transverse, about five times length of base of Rs. M 1 + 2 almost 3.5 times longer than r-m, as long as the medial fork; M 1 and M 2 parallel; cubital fork almost as long as basal segment of CuA; A 1 inconspicuous. M 1, M 2, M 4, and apical third of second sector of CuA with macrotrichia apically. Abdomen (Fig. 3). Tergites 1 – 3 yellow with triangular brown maculae at their bases, T 4 brown at its basal region and yellow distally, T 5 – 6 brown, and T 7 yellowish; sternites 1 – 3 yellow, S 4 yellow with a brown maculae posteriorly, S 5 – 6 brown, and S 7 yellowish. Terminalia (Fig. 12). Terminalia brown. Tergite 9 broader than long setose, with long and well sclerotized bristles at its lateral margins, connected laterally with the gonocoxite by a lateral projection, bare; gonocoxite with extensions posterodorsal to the base of the gonostylus, rounded distally, setose; gonostyle with two main projections, dorsal projection well sclerotized, square at apex, bare, ventral projection elongate at apex, with a line of setae on surface and a line of short and weakly sclerotized spines on the inner margin; ejaculatory apodeme rounded at apex and bifid at base; parameres well developed, enclosing the aedeagus; cercus rounded, covered with setulae. Female. As males, except as follows. Head. Antennal flagellomeres smaller, shorter than the males. Wing (Fig. 9). Length: 2.1 mm, width: 1 mm. Terminalia (Fig. 15). Terminalia yellowish, covered with scattered setae. Posterior margin of sternite 8 rounded, with three apical bristles, anterior margin depressed; S 8 almost as long as the cercus; first cercus elongate, longer than the rounded second cercus.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6ED41235C7F98EFE70FC1B.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6ED41235C7F98EFE70FC1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 16). South Africa (KwaZulu Natal).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6ED41235C7F98EFE70FC1B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is a masculine genitive, named after the great Brazilian dipterist Dalton de Souza Amorim (Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil). He has long studied the Mycetophilidae fauna in the Neotropical region, and taught me the idiosyncrasies and curiosities of taxonomy.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6CD41D35C7FBC4FBB3FC36.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype, adult male. MAURITIUS, Black River, upper mountains, 17. vi. 1971, A. M. Hutson, B. M. 1971 - 346, BMNH (E) # 1240863 (double-pinned, NHM). Paratypes: same data as holotype, BMNH (E) # 1240864 (1 ♂ double-pinned, NHM); same data as holotype, except La Pouce, 10. vi. 1971 BMNH (E) # 1240865 - 75 (2 ♂ double-pinned, MZUSP; 11 ♂ double-pinned, NHM).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6CD41D35C7FBC4FBB3FC36.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 4). Total length 2.9 mm (n = 7). Head (Fig. 4). Head brown, triangular. Vertex with scattered setae. Three ocelli forminga straight line, median ocellus smaller, lateral ocelli more than twice their diameter from the eye margin. Frons covered with setulae. Face bare, narrow rectangular, larger than clypeus; clypeus bare, almost triangular, not protruding below the ventral margin of the head; labrum triangular, elongated, almost twice length of clypeus. Labellum yellowish, elongate, almost the same as head height. Maxillary palp yellowish, with four segments, fourth segment almost twice the length of third, first and second segments shorter and rounded, strongly fused. Scape shorter than pedicel, rounded; scape and pedicel brown, with dense setae on their apicodorsal margin; antennal flagellomeres petiolate, brown, longer than broad, covered with setulae. Thorax (Fig. 4). Thorax brown, legs yellow. Pronotum brown, two strong setae dorsally. Scutum covered with short scattered setae and bearing supra-alar bristles. Scutellum with four bristles. Proepisternum brown, setose at margins; proepimeron brown, bare. Pro-, meso- and metapleuron brown, entirely bare, except the laterotergite, bearing some setae on its posterior margin. Haltere whitish, setose. Foreleg smaller than mid- and hind legs. Hind femur brown apically. Tibia notably enlarged at apex. Tibial setae arranged in regular longitudinal rows on mid- and hind tibia, hind tibia with a posterior line of spines, spurs 1: 2: 2, almost twice length of tibial diameter at apex. Hind tibia apex bearing many regularly arranged setae. Wing (Fig. 10). Length: 2 mm, width: 1.1 mm. Membrane without macrotrichia, hyaline; sc-r absent; C extending well beyond apex of R 5, almost reaching wing tip; Sc short, free, inclined toward R. R 1 1.5 times the r-m length, reaching C at medial third of wing; Rs perpendicular to R 5; R 5 reaching C well before wing tip, almost straight; r-m transverse, about five times length of base of Rs. M 1 + 2 almost 4.5 times longer than r-m, as long as the medial fork; M 1 and M 2 parallel; M 1 insconspicuous at its base; cubital fork twice the length of basal segment of CuA; A 1 inconspicuous. M 1, M 2, M 4, and apical third of second sector of CuA with macrotrichia apically. Abdomen (Fig. 4). Tergites 1 – 7 brown; sternites 1 – 5 yellowish, S 6 – 7 brown. Terminalia (Fig. 13). Terminalia brown. Tergite 9 broader than long, setose, with long bristles at its lateral margins, connected laterally with the gonocoxite by a lateral projection, bare; gonocoxite with extensions posterodorsal to the base of the gonostylus, digitiform distally, setose; gonocoxite with inner digitiform projection well sclerotized, with a long, medially-directed, bristle; gonostylus with two main projections, dorsal projection ovoid, with setae at its margins, ventral projection well developed with a mediallydirected, bifid and well sclerotized projection towards the inner gonocoxite, with a line of setae at surface, three spine-like setae and a long bristle at inner apical margin; ejaculatory apodeme rounded at apex and bifid at base; parameres well developed, enclosing the aedeagus; aedeagus elongated and thin; cercus rounded, covered with setulae. Female. Unknown.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6CD41D35C7FBC4FBB3FC36.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6CD41D35C7FBC4FBB3FC36.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 16). Mauritius Islands.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E6CD41D35C7FBC4FBB3FC36.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is a masculine genitive, named after the English dipterist Peter Chandler (Melksham, UK). He has been studying the Mycetophilidae fauna in Palaearctic region and is always pleasant in helping me with taxonomic questions, species identification, and the English language.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E61D41F35C7FC4FFC7DFAC2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. MALAWI, Zomba Chingwe’s Hole, 12 – 13. iii. 1987, J. A. Londt leg. NMSA-DIP 57654 (1 ♀ on slide, NMSA).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E61D41F35C7FC4FFC7DFAC2.taxon	description	Female. Total length 2.8 mm (n = 1). Wing. Length: 2.1 mm, width: 1 mm.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E61D41F35C7FC4FFC7DFAC2.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 16). Malawi (Zomba).	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
03A3C2254E61D41F35C7FC4FFC7DFAC2.taxon	discussion	Comments. Due to the poor quality of the unique specimen from a locality in Malawi, this species is not formally described herein, but its occurrence in a new Afrotropical locality for the genus is documented for future studies. The general morphology resembles M. matilei sp. n., but without additional samples, including male specimens, it is impossible to determine its conspecificity at this time.	en	Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira (2015): On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments. Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.7
