Limnophora diminuta Couri & Pont, 2014 : 313

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 509

Limnophora diminuta Couri & Pont, 2014: 313 .

Holotype male in BMSA.

Diagnosis. 2 pairs of reclinate orbital setae; fronto-orbital plate dark brown; frontal triangle short; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron light grey; haltere dark brown; legs dark brown; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; mid femur with 3 fine anterior setae on median third and 1 posterior preapical; acrostichal setulae in 3–4 irregular rows; costal spine not developed.

Notes. This runs in Emden’s (1951) key to couplet 3 and can be differentiated from L. pluripila by the dark dust on postpronotal lobe, notopleuron and anepisternum in that species. Male terminalia illustrated by Couri & Pont (2014: Figs 32–36 ). Female unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 40. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view; epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 25 – 28. Limnophora gilvifrons (Emden). 29 – 32. Limnophora kinangopana Emden. 33 – 36. Limnophora latilamellata Malloch. 37 – 40. Limnophora longiseta Emden.