Limnophora veniseta Stein, 1915

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2020, Type specimens of Limnophorini (Diptera: Muscidae) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany), Zoologia (e 46879) 37, pp. 1-57 : 15

Limnophora veniseta Stein, 1915

Paralectotypes. 2 males, 4 females. Lectotype in NBCL, designated by Pont (1970: 108). Indonesia (Java) .

Diagnosis. Length of body. 2.7–3.0 mm (male), 3.0–4.0 mm (female). Head. Male dichoptic, frons about one-third of head-width, brown. Fronto-orbital plate, face, parafacial and gena brown. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel very large, its tip rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum dark brown. Postpronotum and notopleuron grey dusted. Dorsocentrals 2+3. Intraalars 1+2. Lower katepisternal fine and closer to the posterior seta. Haltere yellow. Calypters light brown. Legs. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid femur with 2 preapical setae. Mid tibia with 1 median posterior seta. Hind tibia with 1 short and fine median anterodorsal and anteroventral setae; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus reduced. Wing. Costal spine distinct. Abdomen. Sternite 1 bare.

Remark. The species can be identified with the key by Malloch (1928).