Limnophora discreta Stein, 1898

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 : 8

Limnophora discreta Stein, 1898

Figs 234–237

Syntype. Male, 1 female. U.S.A.

Diagnosis. Length of body. 4.5 mm (male); 5.0 mm (female). Head. Male frons intermediate. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial and gena silver pruinose. 1 pair of reclinate orbitals. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel with tip rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum grey pollinose, with 3 faint brown vittae, the median one reaching scutellum. Dorsocentrals 2+4. Intraalars 1+2. Lower katepisternal long, closer to the posterior seta. Haltere yellow. Calypters white. Legs. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid femur with 1 preapical seta. Mid tibia with 1 median posterior seta. Hind tibia with 1 short and fine median anterodorsal and anteroventral setae; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus a little enlarged. Wing. Costal spine indistinct. Abdomen. Sternite 1 bare.

Remarks. Keyed by Huckett (1932, in subgenus Limnophora ) and again by Huckett (1965). One male from Coy Glen, USA, dissected and illustrated.