Biology:Limonia (fly)

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Short description: Genus of flies

Limonia
Limonia.nubeculosa.jpg
Limonia nubeculosa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Limoniinae
Tribe: Limoniini
Genus: Limonia
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Tipula tripunctata [= phragmitidis (Schrank, 1781)]
Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms[1]
  • Alexandriaria Garrett, 1922
  • Amphinome Meigen, 1800
  • Limnobia Meigen, 1818
  • Limnomyza Rondani, 1856
  • Unomyia Meigen, 1818

Limonia is a genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae. There are at least 430 described species in Limonia.[1][2][3][4] It is somewhat of a 'catch-all' genus, where some members should rightly be placed elsewhere.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Limonia Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=119704. Retrieved 2018-03-17. 
  2. "Browse Limonia". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/59c817d8482859c07c862514de9e7e70. Retrieved 2018-03-17. 
  3. "Limonia". https://www.gbif.org/species/1516824. Retrieved 2018-03-17. 
  4. "Limonia Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/24823. Retrieved 2018-03-17. 
  5. "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World". http://ccw.naturalis.nl/index.php. 
  6. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4290323 entry