Two new, brachypterous Limnellia species from the Venezuelan Andes (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Costa, Daniel N. R.
Savaris, Marcoandre
Marinoni, Luciane
Mathis, Wayne N.
Zootaxa
2016
4144
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62X6G
92593
Malloch
Malloch
[519,746,1490,1517]
Insecta
Ephydridae
Limnellia
Animalia
Diptera
3
304
Arthropoda
genus
1. Thorax and abdomen generally shiny black, head yellow or black; wing conspicuously brachypterous ( Figs 7, 8, 28, 36). Ocelli and ocellar setae lacking................................................................................ 2 - Generally dark brown to cinereous species; wing normally developed, maculate; ocelli and ocellar setae evident.......... 3 2. Head shiny black; head and thorax with minute setae; tarsi entirely light brown.............. L. vounitis Costa, et al. n.sp. - Head shiny yellow; setae of head and thorax long, conspicuous; tarsi light brown with apical 2 tarsomeres dark....................................................................................... L. flavifrontis Costa, et al. n.sp. 3. Face entirely grayish; tarsi light yellow, contrasting with black tibiae.............................. L. huachucaMathis - Face grayish to brownish, thin gray stripe along oral and lateral margins including antennal fovea, central area brown; tarsi usually dark brown, concolorous with tibiae................................................... L. itatiaiaMathis
1288188041
[151,1436,1648,1670]
Costa
3
304
1
Costa
1288188033
Costa
3
304
1
Costa