Limnophora perfida Stein, 1913 : 522

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 522-523

Limnophora perfida Stein, 1913: 522 .

( Figs 77–80 )

Syntypes of L. perfida seen in ZMHU ( Pont and Werner 2006: 82; Pont 2013: 99). Two syntypes in BMNH: one specimen dirty, and the other with left fore leg missing, left mid leg glued to card, and right wing damaged on anterior margin. Holotype and allotype of L. andersoni Malloch, 1921 (junior synonym of L. perfida ) seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. General colour dark brown, postpronotum, notopleuron, area before scutellum and area around the second presutural dorsocentral setae grey dusted; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; mid femur with 2 preapical posterior setae; mid tibia with 1 posterior seta and without anterodorsal seta; lower katepisternal more or less equidistant from the other two; costal spine distinct; sternite 5 as in Fig. 77 .

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 78–79 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 80 . Notes. One male dissected and illustrated.

Figures

FIGURES 73 – 88. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view; epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 73 – 76. Limnophora parallelifrons Emden. 77 – 80. Limnophora perfida Stein. 81 – 84. Limnophora perfidodes Emden. 85 – 88. Limnophora praeapicalis Emden.