Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species Author Couri, Márcia Author Pont, Adrian text Zootaxa 2017 4216 6 501 536 journal article 37328 10.5281/zenodo.242395 92230737-0e1b-4d86-9c80-6562b0f1793e 1175-5326 242395 FF708257-E9A3-4C91-AD18-50326BB9676A Limnophora soror Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 520 . Syntypes, sex and number not stated, lost; formerly in Dejean Collection, but now not in OUMNH or MNHNP. Diagnosis. Arista pubescent; scutum with an “ Anthomyia -pattern”; presutural acrostichal setulae in 4–5 rows; dorsocentrals 2+3; lower katepisternal short, closer to posterior than to anterior seta; haltere yellow; fore tibia without a posterior seta; mid femur with 2 posterior preapical setae; mid tibia with 2 posterior setae; hind femur with a more or less complete row of long anteroventral setae (male) or with 3–5 anteroventral setae (female). Notes. This species was described from Mauritius , but has not been recognised since the original description. Robineau-Desvoidy did not give the sex or number of his syntypes , stating only that the species was in the collection of Count Dejean. The syntypes are now lost, being in neither the OUMNH (remains of Dejean’s Diptera ) nor MNHNP (where Robineau-Desvoidy’s “exotic” species are located). We have seen 1 male and 2 females in MNHNP ( Réunion , Cilaos, i.1913 ) and 1 female in BMNH ( Mauritius , La Pouce, 10.vi.1971 , A .M. Hutson) that agree with the brief original description and which we identify as this species, which cannot otherwise be assigned to any of the known Malagasy or mainland African species.