Limnophora mediterranea Pont, 2012

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 : 11

Limnophora mediterranea Pont, 2012

Paratype. Male. Armenia .

Diagnosis. Length of body. 4.0 mm (male). Head. Male dichoptic, frons about one-third of head-width, brown. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial and gena grey pruinose. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel with tip rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum with 3 brown vittae, the lateral ones reaching the third pair of dorsocentral setae; the median one enlarged behind suture as far as level of third dorsocentral seta; scutellum with a brown spot at the base of each subbasal scutellar seta. Dorsocentrals 2+3. Intraalars 1+1. Lower katepisternal seta absent. Haltere yellow. Calypters white. Legs. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid femur with 2 preapical setae.Mid tibia with 2 median posteri- or setae. Hind tibia with 1 short and fine median anterodorsal and anteroventral setae; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus reduced. Wing. Costal spine distinct. Abdomen. Sternite 1 bare.

Remarks. As stated in Pont et al. (2012), the species belongs to the triangula -group of Limnophora and is most similar to Limnophora triangula ( Fallén, 1825a) , sharing 2 pairs of reclinate orbital setae, 3 pairs of postsutural dorsocentral setae and a bare sternite 1. Pont et al. (2012) also gave a key to separate both species and illustrations of themale habitus and terminalia ( Pont et al. 2012, figs 1–3, 5).