Limnophora apicalis Zielke, 1970a : 73

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 504

Limnophora apicalis Zielke, 1970a: 73 .

( Figs 1 , 17–20 )

Holotype male in BMNH; in good condition, abdomen a little damaged.

Diagnosis. ( Fig. 1 ) Scutum dark brown, postpronotum and notopleuron bluish-grey dusted; legs bluish-grey dusted; 1 reclinate orbital seta, curved outwards and backwards; postsutural dorsocentrals 3; mid femur with 1 posterior preapical seta; mid tibia with 1 posterior seta; sternite 5 ( Fig. 17 ).

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 18–19 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 20 .

Notes. This runs to L. praeapicalis Emden (couplet 5 of Emden 1951), and differs by the subshining scutum, with 2 pale brown paramedian vittae running inside the dorsocentral lines, from the neck to the second postsutural dorsocentral seta; and postpronotal lobe, notopleuron and postalar area with silvery pruinose patches.

Note. One male paratype dissected and illustrated.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Dorsal habitus of Limnophora species: 1. Limnophora apicalis Zielke. 2. Limnophora majuscula Emden. 3. Limnophora obliquesignata (Emden). 4. Limnophora ochribasis Emden.

FIGURES 9 – 24. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view; epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 9 – 12. Limnophora aculeipes Stein. 13 – 16. Limnophora alta sp. nov. 17 – 20. Limnophora apicalis Zielke. 21 – 24. Limnophora exigua (Wiedemann).