Limonia (fly)

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Limonia
Limonia.nubeculosa.jpg
Limonia nubeculosa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae
Subfamily: Limoniinae
Tribe: Limoniini
Genus: Limonia
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Tipula tripunctata [= phragmitidis (Schrank, 1781)]
Fabricius, 1781
Synonyms[1]

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]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "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. Springer. 92 (8). doi:10.1134/S0013873812080118.

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