Limnophila (fly)

Limnophila
Limnophila schranki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tipulidae
Subfamily: Limnophilinae
Genus: Limnophila
Macquart, 1834
Type species
L. pictipennis
Meigen, 1818
Subgenus
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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]

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