Type specimens of Limnophorini (Diptera: Muscidae) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) Author Couri, Márcia courimarcia@gmail. Author Pont, Adrian Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Parks Road, Oxford OX 1 3 PW, United Kingdom. pont. muscidae @ btinternet. com text Zoologia 2020 e 46879 2020-08-28 37 1 57 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.37.e46879 journal article 10.3897/zoologia.37.e46879 1984-4689 6995FEC3-00D4-48C4-97D9-93FB9435B912 Limnophora aurifacies Stein, 1911 Figs 25–28 Paralectotypes . 2 females . Lectotype in SMT, designated by Pont (2001: 464) . Bolivia . Diagnosis. Length of body. 5.2 mm (female). Head. Frons of female about one-third of head-width. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial and gena golden pruinose. Antenna and arista dark brown, tip of postpedicel rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum grey pollinose, with 3 brown vittae, the median one reaching tip of scutellum. Dorsocentrals 2+4. Intraalars 0+2. Lower katepisternal short and fine, closer to the posterior seta. Haltere yellow. Calypters white. Legs. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid femur with 2 preapical setae, 1 posterior and 1 posterodorsal. Mid tibia with 1 median posterior seta. Hind tibia with 1 median anterodorsal and 1 submedian anteroventral setae, both short; without a posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus not enlarged. Wing. Costal spine indistinct. Figures 21–40. Heliographa excellens , lectotype male: (21) dorsal habitus; (22) lateral habitus; (23) head in frontal view; (24) labels; Limnophora aurifacies , paralectotype female: (25) dorsal habitus; (26) lateral habitus; (27) head in frontal view; (28) labels; Limnophora barbitarsis , paralectotype male: (29) dorsal habitus; (30) lateral habitus; (31) head in frontal view; (32) labels; Limnophora breviventris , syntype male: (33) dorsal habitus; (34) lateral habitus; (35) head in frontal view; (36) labels; Limnophora conica , paralectotype male: (37) dorsal habitus; (38) lateral habitus; (39) head in frontal view; (40) labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm. Remarks. Keyed by Stein (1911) . The male and the male terminalia were described and illustrated by Couri and Lopes (1986 , figs 1–6). Patittucci et al. (2013) keyed and recorded the species for the first time from Argentina ( Buenos Aires ).