Limnophila (fly) explained

Limnophila is a genus of limoniid crane flies in the family Limoniidae. There are at least 280 described species in Limnophila.

Members of the family Limoniidae were previously in a subfamily of Tipulidae which was promoted to family rank.

Species

• Subgenus Araucolimnophila Alexander, 1940

• L. wolffhuegeli Alexander, 1940
• Subgenus Arctolimnophila Alexander, 1966

• L. claggi Alexander, 1931

• L. subcostata (Alexander, 1911)
• Subgenus Atopolimnophila Alexander, 1972

• L. laricicola Alexander, 1912
• Subgenus Dasylimnophila Alexander, 1965

• L. stuckenbergiana Alexander, 1965

• L. velitor Alexander, 1951
• Subgenus Dendrolimnophila Alexander, 1949

• L. albomanicata (Alexander, 1945)

• L. shikokuensis Alexander, 1953
• Subgenus Elporiomyia Alexander, 1964

• L. breviterebra Alexander, 1965

• L. crepuscula Wood, 1952

• L. nox Alexander, 1921

• L. woodiana Alexander, 1964
• Subgenus Habrolimnophila Alexander, 1968

• L. celestissima (Alexander, 1945)
• Subgenus Hesperolimnophila Alexander, 1966

• L. euxesta Alexander, 1924

• L. nycteris Alexander, 1943

• L. rubida Alexander, 1924
• Subgenus Hovalimnophila Alexander, 1963

• L. malitiosa (Alexander, 1951)
• Subgenus Idiolimnophila Alexander, 1934

• L. emmelina Alexander, 1914
• Subgenus Indolimnophila Alexander, 1968

• L. adicia Alexander, 1964

• L. benguetana Alexander, 1931

• L. bituminosa Alexander, 1931

• L. bivittata Edwards, 1928

• L. dravidica Alexander, 1971

• L. iota Alexander, 1964

• L. iotoides Alexander, 1968

• L. manipurensis Alexander, 1942

• L. subguttularis Alexander, 1932
• Subgenus Lasiomastix Osten Sacken, 1860

• L. macrocera (Say, 1823)

• L. subtenuicornis (Alexander, 1918)

• L. tenuicornis Osten Sacken, 1869
• Subgenus Limnophila Macquart, 1834

• L. abstrusa Alexander, 1929

• L. acuspinosa Alexander, 1931

• L. allosoma Speiser, 1908

• L. alpica Alexander, 1929

• L. angularis Alexander, 1929

• L. angusticellula Alexander, 1931

• L. angustilineata Alexander, 1926

• L. antennella Alexander, 1929

• L. araucania Alexander, 1928

• L. arnoudi Theowald, 1971

• L. aureola Skuse, 1890

• L. austroalpina Alexander, 1929

• L. basalis (Walker, 1856)

• L. bathrogramma Alexander, 1929

• L. bogongensis Alexander, 1929

• L. borchi Alexander, 1929

• L. brachyptera Alexander, 1931

• L. brunneistigma Alexander, 1931

• L. bryobia Mik, 1881

• L. buangensis Alexander, 1933

• L. campbelliana Alexander, 1932

• L. cancellata Alexander, 1962

• L. carteri Alexander, 1922

• L. casta Alexander, 1928

• L. charis Alexander, 1955

• L. charon Alexander, 1937

• L. chinggiskhani Podenas & Gelhaus, 2001

• L. cingulipes Alexander, 1928

• L. circumscripta Alexander, 1934

• L. clavigera Alexander, 1934

• L. colophallus Alexander, 1967

• L. defecta Alexander, 1929

• L. dictyoptera Alexander, 1922

• L. difficilis Alexander, 1920

• L. disposita Skuse, 1890

• L. dorrigana Alexander, 1933

• L. edita Alexander, 1928

• L. effeta Alexander, 1922

• L. egena Alexander, 1928

• L. electa (Alexander, 1924)

• L. eutheta Alexander, 1936

• L. expressa Alexander, 1937

• L. filiformis Alexander, 1929

• L. flavissima Alexander, 1960

• L. fundata Alexander, 1928

• L. guttulatissima Alexander, 1913

• L. hemmingseniana (Alexander, 1978)

• L. hilli Alexander, 1929

• L. hoffmanniana Alexander, 1938

• L. humidicola Alexander, 1929

• L. imitatrix Skuse, 1890

• L. implicita Alexander, 1929

• L. inculta Alexander, 1929

• L. inordinata Skuse, 1890

• L. intonsa Alexander, 1928

• L. japonica Alexander, 1913

• L. jordanica Alexander, 1949

• L. jucunda Alexander, 1928

• L. kaieturana Alexander, 1930

• L. kershawi Alexander, 1928

• L. kerteszi Alexander, 1914

• L. latistyla Alexander, 1923

• L. lepida lepida Alexander, 1928

• L. lepida subtilis Alexander, 1944

• L. leucostigma Alexander, 1937

• L. levidensis Skuse, 1890

• L. litigiosa Alexander, 1928

• L. lloydi Alexander, 1913

• L. longicellula Alexander, 1931

• L. luctuosa Skuse, 1890

• L. luteicauda Alexander, 1924

• L. madida Alexander, 1928

• L. martynovi Alexander, 1933

• L. melica Alexander, 1929

• L. micromera Alexander, 1979

• L. mira Alexander, 1926

• L. mirabunda Alexander, 1928

• L. miroides Alexander, 1932

• L. mitocera Alexander, 1929

• L. mitoceroides Alexander, 1933

• L. morosa Alexander, 1928

• L. morula Alexander, 1928

• L. nebulicola Alexander, 1929

• L. nebulifera Alexander, 1923

• L. nematocera (Alexander, 1939)

• L. nemorivaga Alexander, 1929

• L. nitidiceps Alexander, 1928

• L. nixor Alexander, 1965

• L. nocticolor Alexander, 1929

• L. novella Alexander, 1928

• L. obscura Riedel, 1914

• L. obscuripennis Skuse, 1890

• L. ocellata Skuse, 1890

• L. oiticicai Alexander, 1948

• L. oliveri Alexander, 1923

• L. otwayensis Alexander, 1934

• L. pallidistyla Alexander, 1934

• L. pauciseta Alexander, 1924

• L. penana Alexander, 1967

• L. pergracilis Alexander, 1943

• L. perscita Alexander, 1926

• L. pictipennis (Meigen, 1818)

• L. pilosipennis Alexander, 1922

• L. platyna Alexander, 1952

• L. politostriata Alexander, 1934

• L. polymoroides Alexander, 1929

• L. procella Alexander, 1944

• L. pullipes Alexander, 1938

• L. quaesita Alexander, 1923

• L. recedens Alexander, 1931

• L. recta Alexander, 1928

• L. referta Alexander, 1928

• L. reniformis Alexander, 1934

• L. roraima Alexander, 1931

• L. roraimicola Alexander, 1931

• L. rubecula Alexander, 1944

• L. schadei Alexander, 1926

• L. schranki Oosterbroek, 1992

• L. scitula Alexander, 1926

• L. serena Alexander, 1928

• L. sikorai Alexander, 1921

• L. soldatovi Alexander, 1934

• L. spinulosa Alexander, 1946

• L. subapterogyne Alexander, 1928

• L. subcylindrica Alexander, 1928

• L. subjucunda Alexander, 1928

• L. subtristis Alexander, 1928

• L. suspecta Alexander, 1928

• L. tasioceroides Alexander, 1933

• L. theresiae Alexander, 1945

• L. tigriventris Alexander, 1928

• L. tonnoiri Alexander, 1926

• L. undulata Bellardi, 1861

• L. unispinifera Alexander, 1955

• L. varicornis Coquillett, 1898

• L. vera Alexander, 1933

• L. vicaria (Walker, 1835)
• Subgenus Nesolimnophila Alexander, 1920

• L. grandidieri Alexander, 1920

• L. luteifemorata Alexander, 1963

• L. malagasya Alexander, 1920
• Unplaced

• L. bigladia Alexander, 1945

• L. bryanti Alexander, 1927

• L. byersi Alexander, 1973

• L. canifrons Edwards, 1932

• L. chilensis Blanchard, 1852

• L. decasbila (Wiedemann, 1828)

• L. flavicauda (Bigot, 1888)

• L. galactopoda Alexander, 1943

• L. lobifera Alexander, 1955

• L. mcdunnoughi Alexander, 1926

• L. micropriapus Alexander, 1981

• L. nigrofemorata Alexander, 1927

• L. pectinifera Alexander, 1964

• L. poetica Osten Sacken, 1869

• L. subpilosa Edwards, 1928

• L. tetonicola Alexander, 1945

See also

• List of Limnophila species