Limnophora translucida Stein, 1913 : 517

Couri, Márcia & Pont, Adrian, 2017, Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4216 (6), pp. 501-536 : 533

Limnophora translucida Stein, 1913: 517 .

( Figs 8 , 112–115 )

Syntypes male and female seen in BMNH ( Pont and Werner 2006: 104–105; Pont 2013: 113); all in good condition.

Diagnosis. ( Fig. 8 ) Presutural spots separated posteriorly or wholly fused, sometimes narrowly connected with the presutural band on median line, but not extending on to postpronotum as in L. flavibasis ; postsutural dorsocentrals 4; mid femur with 2 preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; costal spine not distinct; basal abdominal segments yellow; sternite 5 much longer than wide ( Fig. 112 ).

Terminalia. Cercal plate and surstylus as in Figs 113-114 . Aedeagal complex as in Fig. 115 .

Notes. A long series of males and females in the BMNH. One male dissected and illustrated. The morphology of the male terminalia is identical with that of L. terrestris Paterson, 1955 ( paratype male seen and one male dissected), and the synonymy of these two species is proposed herein, with L. terrestris being ranked as a junior synonym of L. translucida ( syn. nov.).

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Dorsal habitus of Limnophora species: 5. Limnophora parallelifrons Emden. 6. Limnophora perfidodes Emden. 7. Limnophora simulans Stein. 8. Limnophora translucida Stein.

FIGURES 104 – 119. Sternite 5; cercal plate and surstyli in dorsal view; epandrium, cercal plate and surstyli in lateral view; aedeagus in lateral view: 104 – 107. Limnophora spinifera Stein. 108 – 111. Limnophora stragula (Séguy). 112 – 115. Limnophora translucida Stein. 116 – 119. Limnophora trigemina Stein.