Seven new species of Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from Ecuador

Seven new species of Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from Ecuador

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Here we describe seven new grey sns nails species of Limnophora from Ecuador: Limnophora bifasciata sp.nov.from Napo, Quito; Limnophora equatoriensis sp.

nov.from Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora; Limnophora femurosetalis sp.nov.

from Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora; Limnophora lamasi sp.nov.from Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora; Limnophora longivittata sp.

nov.from Napo, Quito; Limnophora penai sp.nov.

from Azuay, Cuenca and Limnophora polleti sp.nov.from Napo, Quito.

We provide an the dream painter identification key for the ten recognized species of Limnophora from Ecuador, including L.marginata Stein, 1904, L.pica (Macquart, 1851) and L.

saeva (Wiedemann, 1830).We also redescribed Limnophora marginata Stein, 1904, and designated designed lectotype male and paralectotypes males and females of the species.Keywords: Biodiversity, Key to species, Lectotype designation, South America, Taxonomy.