Limonia (fly)

Limonia
Limonia nubeculosa
Scientific classification
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

• List of Limonia species

References

1. "Limonia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "Browse Limonia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Limonia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Limonia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
5. "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World".
6. Krivosheina, N.P. (2012). "Analysis of the taxonomic structure of the crane fly family Limoniidae (Diptera) based on the larval characters". Entomological Review. 92 (8). Springer. doi:10.1134/S0013873812080118.

External links

• "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-03-17.
• Media related to Limonia (Limoniinae) at Wikimedia Commons