Type specimens of Limnophorini (Diptera: Muscidae) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) Couri, Márcia Pont, Adrian Zoologia 2020 e 46879 2020-08-28 37 1 57 72D83 (Stein, 1908) Stein 1908 [899,1353,552,579] Insecta Muscidae Limnophora Animalia Diptera 10 11 Arthropoda species nitidithorax   Figs 61–64   Syntypes. 9 males, 10 females. Canary Islands. Diagnosis. Length of body. 3.5–4.0 mm (male), 4.5–5.0 mm (female). Head. Male dichoptic, frons about one-third of head-width, brown. Fronto-orbital plate, face, parafacial and gena silver pruinose. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel with tip rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum dark brown, with two lateral grey dusted areas before scutellar suture. Postpronotum and notopleuron grey dusted. Dorsocentrals 2+3. Intraalars 1+2. Lower katepisternal fine and closer to the posterior seta. Haltere yellow. Calypters light brown. Legs. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid femur with 1 preapical seta. Mid tibia with 1 median posterior seta. Hind tibia with 1 short and fine median anterodorsal and anteroventral setae; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus reduced. Wing. Smoky brown. Costal spine distinct. Abdomen. Sternite 1 bare. Remarks. This species can be identified with the key by Hennig (1959). [877,1333,638,658] Canary Islands 10 11 19 10 9 syntype