Limnophora somereni Emden, 1951 : 402

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 529

Limnophora somereni Emden, 1951: 402 .

( Figs 96–99 )

Holotype male seen; in good condition.

Diagnosis. Body length 5.0–6.0 mm; male holoptic; general colour brown with grey pollinosity; scutum with an “ Anthomyia -pattern”, the two presutural dark brown spots completely or almost completely fused; postsutural band broad; scutellum dark brown, grey pollinose only at apex; notopleuron grey pollinose; frons brown; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere yellow; legs brown; frontal triangle short; arista plumose; postsutural dorsocentrals 4, the first 2 short; lower katepisternal weak, inserted closer to the long posterior one; fore tibia without a submedian seta; mid femur with 2 preapical setae, one posterior and one posterodorsal; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; sternite 1 bare; sternite 5 as in Fig. 96 .

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 97–98 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 99 .

Notes. One male paratype dissected and illustrated.

Figures

FIGURES 89 – 103. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view (not figured for L. quadristriata); epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 89 – 91. Limnophora quadristriata Emden. 92 – 95. Limnophora sinuosa sp. nov. 96 – 99. Limnophora somereni Emden. 100 – 103. Limnophora spinata Stein.