Syllimnophora setitibia ( Stein, 1911 )

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 : 44-46

Syllimnophora setitibia ( Stein, 1911)

Figs 181–184

Paralectotypes. 2 males, 2 females. Lectotype in SMT, designated by Pont (2001: 484). Chile .

Diagnosis. Length of body. 5.0 mm (male, female). Head. Male frons a liitle less than one-third of head-width. Frons silvery-white pruinose. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial, face and gena brown. Ocellar triangle not distinct. Ocellar setae long, with many additional rather long setulae.Antenna dark brown. Arista dark brown, bare. Palpus dark brown. Oral margin projecting forwards. Thorax. Scutum dark brown, silver pruinose, with 3 brown vittae, all broad and reaching tip of scutellum. Postpronotum and notopleuron silver pruinose. Dorsocentrals 2+3. Haltere yellow. Calypters white. Legs. Brown. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid tibia with a series of about 8 posterior setae. Hind femur with an anteroventral row of setae on apical half and 4–5 ventral setae on basal half. Hind tibia with 2–3 anterodorsal setae on middle third; 1 submedian anteroventral; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus not enlarged. Wing. Costal spine indistinct.M slightly curved forward close to apex. Abdomen. Dark brown, broadly silver pruinose at middle and on lateral sides of all tergites; with a vitta on tergites 3 and 4 and silver pruinose spots on tergites 3–5.

Remarks. The species can be immediately recognized by the row of posterior seta on mid tibia. It can be identified with the key by Stein (1911, as Limnophora setitibia ).