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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Tipulomorpha
Superfamilia: Tipuloidea

Familia: Limoniidae
Subfamilia: Limnophilinae
Genus: Limnophila
Subgenera (15): L. (Araucolimnophila) – L. (Arctolimnophila) – L. (Atopolimnophila) – L. (Dasylimnophila) – L. (Dendrolimnophila) – L. (Dicranophragma) – L. (Elporiomyia) – L. (Habrolimnophila) – L. (Hesperolimnophila) – L. (Hovalimnophila) – L. (Idiolimnophila) – L. (Indolimnophila) – L. (Lasiomastix) – L. (Limnophila) – L. (Nesolimnophila)
Name
Limnophila Macquart, 1834

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

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

References

"Limnophila Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Browse Limnophila". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Limnophila". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
"Limnophila Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
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.
"Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World". 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

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