A small, dark-bodied fly with large and prominent red eyes. The abdomen typically has pale transverse stripes. The grey thorax has two brown longitudinal lines between the dorsocentral bristles. The dorsocentral bristles are short and each in single rows which are
parallel to each other until they approach the scutellum when they curve apart before a conspicuous pre-scutellar dorsocentral.

Uncommon but widespread in England and Wales.

Rare

Essay on the morphology of Lindneromyia dorsalis