Limnophora quaterna ( Loew, 1852: 660 )

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 527

Limnophora quaterna ( Loew, 1852: 660) .

Holotype female in ZMHU (see Pont and Werner 2006: 88). A long series of males and females in the BMNH .

Diagnosis. Scutum of male with an “ Anthomyia -pattern”; female pale grey dusted with only two short brown vittae on the middle part of the dorsocentral row of setae; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; mid femur with 2 preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae and no anterodorsal; costal spine absent.

Notes. In Emden’s (1951) key, L. quaterna runs easily runs to couplet 31 and to L. notabilis Stein in Becker, 1903 , which is a junior synonym of L. quaterna .