Limnophora spinata Stein, 1914 : 121

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 530

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Limnophora spinata Stein, 1914: 121 View in CoL .

( Figs 100–103 View FIGURES 89 – 103 )

Syntypes not seen and apparently lost ( Pont 2013: 109).

Diagnosis. Scutum dark brown; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; mid femur with 2 preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; costal spine present and long; sternite 5 as in Fig. 100 View FIGURES 89 – 103 .

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 101–102 View FIGURES 89 – 103 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 103 View FIGURES 89 – 103 .

Notes. There is a long series of males and females from Kenya in the BMNH. One male dissected and illustrated.

References

Pont, A. C. (2013) The Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) described by Paul Stein (1852 - 1921). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 89, 31 - 166. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / zoos. 201300004

Stein, P. (1914) Anthomyidae. In: Uoyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911 - 1912). Resultats scientifiques. Part 33. Insectes Dipteres, 4, Schulz, Paris, pp. 101 - 143.

Figures

FIGURES 89 – 103. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view (not figured for L. quadristriata); epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 89 – 91. Limnophora quadristriata Emden. 92 – 95. Limnophora sinuosa sp. nov. 96 – 99. Limnophora somereni Emden. 100 – 103. Limnophora spinata Stein.