Two new, brachypterous Limnellia species from the Venezuelan Andes (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Author
Costa, Daniel N. R.
Author
Savaris, Marcoandre
Author
Marinoni, Luciane
Author
Mathis, Wayne N.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4144
3
301
315
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.1
ea093250-c3c4-403c-a05c-98c49d0e0aa5
1175-5326
255192
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Key to Neotropical species of
Limnellia
Malloch
1. Thorax and abdomen generally shiny black, head yellow or black; wing conspicuously brachypterous (
Figs 7, 8
,
28
,
36
). Ocelli and ocellar setae lacking................................................................................ 2
- Generally dark brown to cinereous species; wing normally developed, maculate; ocelli and ocellar setae evident.......... 3
2. Head shiny black; head and thorax with minute setae; tarsi entirely light brown..............
L. vounitis
Costa
,
et al.
n.sp.
- Head shiny yellow; setae of head and thorax long, conspicuous; tarsi light brown with apical 2 tarsomeres dark.......................................................................................
L. flavifrontis
Costa
,
et al.
n.sp.
3. Face entirely grayish; tarsi light yellow, contrasting with black tibiae..............................
L. huachuca
Mathis
- Face grayish to brownish, thin gray stripe along oral and lateral margins including antennal fovea, central area brown; tarsi usually dark brown, concolorous with tibiae...................................................
L. itatiaia
Mathis