Limnophora elegans, Macquart, 1843

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 60

elegans Macquart, 1843 , Limnophora

Limnophora elegans Macquart, 1843: 165 ( 1844: 322) , pl. 22, figs 6, 6a. Lectotype ♂, “de la Guyane. M. Leprieur. Muséum.” ( French Guiana), by present designation, in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♂ syntype under no. 1877 of the Macquart collection in MNHN. It has the accession no. 2896.34, which refers to a collection made in America by Leprieur , an old hand-written label “308.”, and Macquart’s label “elegans.”. The pin has broken, and it has been re-mounted on a polyporous strip ; it is rather matt and dusty; right antenna, left arista, left foreleg, and right mid tarsus missing; right hind leg gummed to the mount. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Limnophora elegans belongs to the genus Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , and is listed as a valid species in this genus ( Pont 1972: 28; Carvalho et al. 1993: 96; 2005: 152). It has the prosternum setulose, base of vein R 4 + 5 setulose, vein R 1 bare, four postsutural dorsocentral setae, mid tibia with two posterior setae.