Limnophora fuscohalterata Emden, 1951 : 392

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 512

Limnophora fuscohalterata Emden, 1951: 392 .

Holotype male seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. Small species (2.6 mm); general colour brown, scutum and scutellum uniformly brown; pleura and latero-ventral part of abdomen with grey pollinosity; frons, fronto-orbital plate, face and parafacial brown; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere brown; legs brown; 1 pair of orbital setae, directed backwards and outwards; frontal triangle short; arista with short hairs; acrostichals in 2–3 rows; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae; lower katepisternal short and inserted closer to the long posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; both calypters with margin and fringe brown; fore tibia without a submedian seta; mid femur with 1 preapical posterior seta; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; sternite 1 bare.

Notes. Known only from the male holotype.