Limnophora perfidodes Emden, 1951 : 415

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

Limnophora perfidodes Emden, 1951: 415 .

( Figs 6 , 81–84 )

Holotype male seen; left wing damaged on basal third, abdomen removed after tergite 4.

Diagnosis. ( Fig. 6 ). Body length 4.0–5.0 mm; general colour brown; scutum with grey pollinose areas at the insertions of posterior presutural dorsocentral, posterior postsutural dorsocentral and apical scutellar setae; upper part of postpronotum and notopleuron grey pollinose; frons brown; face and parafacial silver pollinose; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere yellow; legs brown; male holoptic; frontal triangle short; arista plumose; postsutural dorsocentrals 3, all long; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae and with numerous setulae on disc; lower katepisternal inserted closer to the long posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; wing a little infuscated, costal spine absent; fore tibia without a submedian seta; mid femur with 2 preapical setae, one posterior and one posterodorsal; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; sternite 1 bare; sternite 5 as in Fig. 81 .

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 82–83 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 84 .

Notes. One male paratype dissected and illustrated.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Dorsal habitus of Limnophora species: 5. Limnophora parallelifrons Emden. 6. Limnophora perfidodes Emden. 7. Limnophora simulans Stein. 8. Limnophora translucida Stein.

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.