Limnophora ochribasis Emden, 1951 : 425

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 521

Limnophora ochribasis Emden, 1951: 425 .

( Figs 4 , 65–68 )

Holotype male seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 4 ). Arista plumose; postsutural dorsocentrals 4, the first two very short; mid femur with 2 preapical setae; mid tibia with 1 posterior seta; lower katepisternal seta much closer to the posterior one than to the anterior one; lower calypter fuscous in male; abdomen largely yellow on syntergite 1+2 and tergite 3. Sternite 5 as in Fig. 65 .

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 66–67 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 68 .

Notes. One male dissected and illustrated.

Limnophora pallifemorata Emden, 1948: 465 .

Holotype male seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. Scutum entirely dark, grey pollinose only on postpronotum and notopleuron; parafacial less than half as wide as postpedicel; legs yellow except the tips of the femora; dorsocentrals 1+3; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae and hairs on disc; lower katepisternal seta inserted closer to the posterior seta; costal spine absent; fore tibia without a submedian seta; mid femur with 2 posterior preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae and one anterodorsal; sternite 1 bare.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Dorsal habitus of Limnophora species: 1. Limnophora apicalis Zielke. 2. Limnophora majuscula Emden. 3. Limnophora obliquesignata (Emden). 4. Limnophora ochribasis Emden.

FIGURES 57 – 72. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view; epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 57 – 60. Limnophora Limnophora obliquesignata (Emden). 61 – 64. Limnophora obsignata (Rondani), sternite 5. 65 – 68. Limnophora ochribasis Emden. 69 – 72. Limnophora paneliusi Emden.