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 breviventris Stein, 1915 Figs 33–36 Syntype . Male. Taiwan . Diagnosis. Length of body. 4.8 mm (male). Head. Male dichoptic, frons brown, less than one-fourth of head-width. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial and gena grey pruinose. 1 pair of reclinate orbitals. Antenna and arista dark brown; postpedicel with tip rounded. Palpus dark brown. Thorax. Scutum brown, grey pollinose on postpronotum and notopleuron. Dorsocentrals 2+4. Intraalars 1+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. Mid tibia with 2 posterior setae on middle third. Hind tibia with 1 short and fine median anterodorsal; without anteroventral and posterodorsal. Arolium and pulvillus not enlarged. Wing. Costal spine indistinct. Abdomen. Short. Sternite 1 bare. Remarks. The species can be identified with the key by Xue et al. (2012) .