Limnophora conversa Stein, 1918

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2020, Type specimens of Limnophorini (Diptera: Muscidae) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany), Zoologia (e 46879) 37, pp. 1-57 : 8

Limnophora conversa Stein, 1918

Syntype. Male. Madagascar .

Diagnosis. Length of body. 6.0 mm (male). Head. Male holoptic. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial and gena grey pruinose. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel with tip rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum dark brown, grey pollinose only on notopleural and postpronotal areas. Dorsocentrals 2+3. Intraalars 1+2. Lower katepisternal long, closer to the posterior seta. Haltere yellow. Calypters white. Legs. Fore tibia with 1 posterior seta. Mid femur with 2 preapical setae. Mid tibia with 1 median posterior seta. Hind tibia with 1 short and fine median anterodorsal and anteroventral setae; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus enlarged. Wing. Costal spine indistinct. Abdomen. Sternite 1 bare.

Remarks. The species was included in the key to Madagascan Limnophora by Couri et al. (2006). See also Couri and Pont (2017) for diagnosis and notes.