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Limnophora perfidodes Emden 1951

Description

Limnophora perfidodes Emden, 1951: 415.

(Figs 6, 81–84)

Holotype male seen; left wing damaged on basal third, abdomen removed after tergite 4.

Diagnosis. (Fig. 6). Body length 4.0–5.0 mm; general colour brown; scutum with grey pollinose areas at the insertions of posterior presutural dorsocentral, posterior postsutural dorsocentral and apical scutellar setae; upper part of postpronotum and notopleuron grey pollinose; frons brown; face and parafacial silver pollinose; antenna, arista and palpus brown; haltere yellow; legs brown; male holoptic; frontal triangle short; arista plumose; postsutural dorsocentrals 3, all long; scutellum with long basal and apical pairs of setae and with numerous setulae on disc; lower katepisternal inserted closer to the long posterior one; lower calypter about twice the length of the upper one; wing a little infuscated, costal spine absent; 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. 81.

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 82–83. Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 84.

Notes. One male paratype dissected and illustrated.

Notes

Published as part of Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, pp. 501-536 in Zootaxa 4216 (6) on page 523, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242395

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Emden
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Limnophora
Species
perfidodes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Limnophora perfidodes Emden, 1951 sec. Couri & Pont, 2017

References

  • Emden, F. I. van. (1951) Muscidae: C - Scatophaginae, Anthomyiinae, Lispinae, Fanniinae and Phaoniinae. In: Ruwenzori Expedition 1934 - 35, vol. 2, British Museum (Natural History), London, 325 - 710.