Limnophila (fly)

Limnophila
Limnophila schranki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Superfamily: Tipuloidea
Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Limnophilinae
Genus: Limnophila
Macquart, 1834
Type species
L. pictipennis
Meigen, 1818
Subgenus
Synonyms

Limnophila is a genus of limoniid crane flies in the family Limoniidae. There are at least 280 described species in Limnophila.[1][2][3][4][5]

Members of the family Limoniidae were previously in a subfamily of Tipulidae which was promoted to family rank.[4][5][2][3][6]

Species

  • Unplaced

See also

References

  1. "Limnophila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Limnophila". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  3. 1 2 "Limnophila". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. 1 2 "Limnophila Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  5. 1 2 Krivosheina, N.P. (2012). "Analysis of the taxonomic structure of the crane fly family Limoniidae (Diptera) based on the larval characters". Entomological Review. Springer. 92 (8). doi:10.1134/S0013873812080118.
  6. "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World". 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
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