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 steini ( Carvalho & Pont, 1993 ) Holotype male of Limnophora atra Stein, 1904 , a junior primary homonym of Limnophora atra Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , and renamed as Syllimnophora steini by Carvalho and Pont in Carvalho et al. (1993) . Colombia . Diagnosis. Length of body. 6.5 mm (male). Head. Male holoptic. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial, face and gena uniformly brown. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel with tip rounded. Arista pubescent. Palpus brown. Thorax. Scutum black. Posterior part of postpronotum and notopleuron grey dusted. Ground-setulae rather long. Dorsocentrals 2+4. Intraalars 1+1. Lower katepisternal fine and closer to the posterior seta. Haltere yellow. Calypters light brownish, with margins darker. Legs. Brown. Fore tibia without a posterior seta. Mid femur with 2 preapical setae. Mid tibia with 2 posterior setae on middle third. Hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal and 1 anteroventral setae; without posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus a little enlarged. Wing. Smoky brown, darker along costal margin. Costal spine indistinct. Abdomen. Sternite 1 bare. Remarks. This species can be identified with the key by Stein (1911) .