Limnophora kinangopana Emden, 1951 : 434

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 512

Limnophora kinangopana Emden, 1951: 434 , stat. nov.

( Figs 29–32 )

Holotype male seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. Postsutural dorsocentrals 3; anterior postsutural intralar absent; fore tibia with a posterior median seta; mid femur with 2 preapical setae; mid tibia with 1 posterior seta and without anterodorsal seta; hind tibia with or without a posterodorsal seta; lower katepisternal seta more or less equidistant from the other two; costal spine indistinct, wing with costal margin infuscated; costal spine distinct; sternite 5 as in Fig. 29 .

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 30–31 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 32 .

Notes. This was originally described as a subspecies of Limnophora majuscula Emden, 1951 , with a few morphological differences pointed out in the original description. One male paratype was dissected and the morphology of the terminalia is quite different from that of L. majuscula . The subspecies is herewith elevated to species rank.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 40. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view; epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 25 – 28. Limnophora gilvifrons (Emden). 29 – 32. Limnophora kinangopana Emden. 33 – 36. Limnophora latilamellata Malloch. 37 – 40. Limnophora longiseta Emden.