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Taxonomy of Family Limoniidae Speiser, 1909
Craneflies, Limoniid Crane Flies, Several crane flies


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
101
5519
102901
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Tipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
16
709
27674
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Tipuloidea
LeConte, 1861
6
645
26826
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLimoniidae
Speiser, 1909
Craneflies, Limoniid Crane Flies, Several crane flies
265
2533
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Limoniidae Speiser, 1909
SubfamilyChioneinae
Rondani, 1841
19
142
Genera
Species
SubfamilyDactylolabinae
Starý, 1992
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEriopterinae
Osten Sacken, 1869
8
512
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHexatomiinae
Brues & Melander, 1932
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilyHexatominae
Alexander, 1914
23
1104
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLimnophilinae
Bigot, 1854
26
301
Genera
Species
GenusAfrolimonia
Alexander, 1965
0Species
GenusAlavia
Krzemiński & Arillo, 2007
1Species
GenusAleksiana
Krzemiński, Kopeć, Soszyńska-Maj & Skibińska, 2021
1Species
GenusAlexandrella
Tonnoir, 1926
1Species
GenusAlexandrotipula
Miller, 1945
  ⇒ Tonnoiraptera
0Species
GenusAlfredia
Bezzi, 1918
2Species
GenusAllarithmia
Loew, 1850
1Species
GenusAllodicrania
Enderlein, 1913
0Species
GenusAntiopa
0Species
GenusAntodicranomyia
Perrichot & al., 2007
2Species
GenusAntohelia
Kania, 2015
2Species
GenusArchilimnophila
Alexander in Curran, 1934
  ⇒ Austrolimnophila
3Species
GenusArchimesotipula
Lin, 1986
1Species
GenusArchimosotipula
Linnaeus, 1986
0Species
GenusArchitipula
Handlirsch, 1906
58Species
GenusAtaracta
Loew, 1850
1Species
GenusAtava
Sellards, 1909
1Species
GenusAtypophathalmus
1Species
GenusAtypopthalmus
Brunetti, 1911
  ⇒ Atypophthalmus
0Species
GenusAurolabis
Podenas, 2003
0Species
GenusBaltilimnophila
Krzeminski, 1990
0Species
GenusBothrophorus
Savchenko & Plyushch, 1984
0Species
GenusBrachylimnophila
Alexander, 1966
  ⇒ Limnophila
0Species
GenusBurmolimnophila
Podenas & Poinar, 2009
  ⇒ Limnophila
0Species
GenusBurmoptera
Podenas & Poinar, 2009
1Species
GenusCalobamon
Loew, 1850
1Species
GenusCheilotricha
1Species
GenusCladolipes
Loew, 1865
  ⇒ Hexatoma
4Species
GenusCladoneura
Scudder, 1894
5Species
GenusCoreozelia
Enderlein, 1936
0Species
GenusCretolimonia
Kalugina, 1986
8Species
GenusCritoneura
Loew, 1850
2Species
GenusCrypteriella
Soot-Ryen, 1928
1Species
GenusCyttaromyella
Meunier, 1915
1Species
GenusDasymolophilus
Goetghebuer, 1920
  ⇒ Tasiocera
11Species
GenusDasyptera
Schiner, 1863
1Species
GenusDecessia
Krzeminski, Kania-Klosok, Krzeminska, Å evcík & Soszynska-Maj, 2021
1Species
GenusDicranoptila
Handlirsch, 1906
1Species
GenusDictyotipula
Rohdendorf, 1962
1Species
GenusDicyphelus
Carpenter, 1985
1Species
GenusDiplarchitipula
Rohdendorf, 1962
2Species
GenusDipterodictya
Rohdendorf, 1961
1Species
GenusDrinosa
Podenas & Poinar, 2009
1Species
GenusElaeophila
Marschall, 1873
0Species
GenusElaphella
Bezzi, 1913
1Species
GenusElectrolabis
Loew, 1873
  ⇒ Lipsothrix
35Species
GenusEleophila
4Species
GenusElisia
Bigot, 1857
  ⇒ Ilisia
0Species
GenusEllipoptera
Bergroth, 1913
0Species
GenusEloephila
0Species
GenusEmpeda
Osten Sacken, 1869
  ⇒ Cheilotrichia
19Species
GenusEntradichnus
Ekdale & Picard, 1985
1Species
GenusEoasilidea
Bode, 1953
1Species
GenusEobothrophorus
Podenas, 2003
0Species
GenusEolabis
Podenas, 2003
0Species
GenusEotipula
Handlirsch, 1906
14Species
GenusEotipulina
Kalugina, 1985
7Species
GenusEotipuloptera
Kalugina, 1985
2Species
GenusEriconopa
1Species
GenusErostrata
Savchenko in Savchenko & Krivolutskaya, 1976
0Species
GenusEuptilostena
Alexander, 1938
0Species
GenusEurasicesa
Kocak & Kemal, 2009
  ⇒ Hoplolabis
0Species
GenusEvanioptera
Guérin-Méneville, 1838
0Species
GenusFranckomyia
Alexander, 1936
  ⇒ Crypteria
4Species
GenusFushunotrichia
Hong, 2002
1Species
GenusGlorhina
Haliday, 1833
0Species
GenusGonomtiella
1Species
GenusGoureautia
Bigot, 1854
  ⇒ Ula
0Species
GenusGrimmenia
Krzemi?ski & Zessin, 2017
3Species
GenusGurnardia
Krzeminski, 2019
1Species
GenusGymnoplistia
Bigot, 1854
0Species
GenusGynoplistes
Westwood, 1835
  ⇒ Gynoplistia
2Species
GenusHaploneura
Loew, 1850
  ⇒ Aploneura
2Species
GenusHaplophlebium
Scudder, 1867
2Species
GenusHaplopterum
Martynov, 1928
1Species
GenusHaplotipula
Bode, 1953
2Species
GenusHeteropoecilostola
Meunier, 1899
0Species
GenusHoplobasis
Osten-sacken, 1869
  ⇒ Hoplolabis
0Species
GenusHottipula
Evenhuis, 1994
1Species
GenusIdiocerodes
Savchenko, 1972
0Species
GenusIdioglochina
Alexander, 1921
  ⇒ Dicranomyia
3Species
GenusIdiopyga
Savtshenko, 1987
1Species
GenusIlisomyia
Osten Sacken, 1869
1Species
GenusIllsia
1Species
GenusLamnea
Rondani, 1861
0Species
GenusLebania
Podenas & Poinar, 2001
6Species
GenusLeptorhina
Stephens, 1829
1Species
GenusLeptotipuloides
Carpenter, 1986
1Species
GenusLiassotipula
Tillyard, 1933
1Species
GenusLimnaea
Rondani, 1861
0Species
GenusLimnocema
Scudder, 1894
5Species
GenusLimnochares
Latreille, 1796
6Species
GenusLimnoica
Rondani, 1861
0Species
GenusLimnomya
Rondani, 1861
0Species
GenusLimnomyza
Rondani, 1856
0Species
GenusLimnophis
Blanchard, 1845
  ⇒ Limnophila
0Species
GenusLimoniidae
0Species
GenusLunaria
Savchenko, 1982
  ⇒ Hoplolabis
0Species
GenusLurdia
Starý, 2003
0Species
GenusLymnophila
Rondani, 1861
0Species
GenusMabelysia
Shcherbakov, 1995
1Species
GenusMacalpina
Krzemi& 324;ski & Teskey, 1987
1Species
GenusMelanolimonia
Alexander, 1965
0Species
GenusMesotipula
Handlirsch, 1920
17Species
GenusMetarchilimonia
Blagoderov & al., 2007
2Species
GenusMetatipula
Lukashevich, 2009
  ⇒ Mesotipula
0Species
GenusMicrodacno
Kaddumi, 2005
1Species
GenusMicrolimonia
Savchenko in Savchenko & Krivolutskaya, 1976
  ⇒ Limonia
5Species
GenusMikrotipula
Bode, 1953
1Species
GenusMiomolophilus
Krzeminski, 1992
0Species
GenusMiopsiloptera
Gentilini, 1986
1Species
GenusMongoma
Westwood, 1881
34Species
GenusNemumeia
Kalugina, 1986
1Species
GenusNeoliomopterum
Riek, 1976
1Species
GenusNeopelosia
Özdikmen, 2010
0Species
GenusNeophylidorea
Petersen, 2012
  ⇒ Euphylidorea
0Species
GenusNovolunaria
Özdikmen, 2010
  ⇒ Hoplolabis
0Species
GenusNumantia
Bigot, 1854
0Species
GenusOkrenomyia
Ribeiro & Krzemi& 324;ski, 2000
1Species
GenusOnutia
Podenas, 2003
0Species
GenusOreophila
Lackschewitz, 1935
1Species
GenusOrimarguloides
Men & Podenas, 2021
1Species
GenusOrosmya
Rondani, 1856
1Species
GenusOryctogma
Scudder, 1894
1Species
GenusOxydiscus
De Meijere, 1913
  ⇒ Paradelphomyia
17Species
GenusOxyrhiza
De Meijere, 1946
2Species
GenusOzeoura
Theischinger & Billingham, 2018
9Species
GenusOzotipula
Bode, 1953
1Species
GenusPalaeomacromastix
Meunier, 1917
1Species
GenusPalaeopoecilostola
Meunier, 1899
5Species
GenusPalestinoptera
Kaddumi, 2007
1Species
GenusParageranomyia
Santos Abreu, 1923
1Species
GenusParalipophleps
Alexander, 1947
1Species
GenusParatipula
Bode, 1953
11Species
GenusParilisia
Savchenko in Savchenko & Krivolutskaya, 1976
0Species
GenusPeronecera
Curtis, 1836
2Species
GenusPhilippiana
Alexander, 1929
  ⇒ Neophilippiana
2Species
GenusPhilydorea
Bigot, 1854
0Species
GenusPhryganidium
Geinitz, 1884
9Species
GenusPhyllolabris
2Species
GenusPhyllolabrs
1Species
GenusPhysecrania
Bigot, 1859
2Species
GenusPimeliodes
Fritsch in Fritsch & Bayer, 1900
1Species
GenusPodoneura
Bergroth, 1888
  ⇒ Erioptera
5Species
GenusPoecilostiella
Meunier, 1899
  ⇒ Tanysphyra
0Species
GenusPoecilostoliella
Handlirsch, 1907
  ⇒ Tanysphyra
0Species
GenusPolypraesidia
Miller, 1945
0Species
GenusPraearchitipula
Kalugina, 1985
12Species
GenusProlipophleps
Sevchenko, 1972
0Species
GenusPronophlebia
Scudder, 1877
1Species
GenusProtipula
Handlirsch, 1906
1Species
GenusProtogonomyia
Alexander, 1934
0Species
GenusProtolimnophila
Riek, 1954
1Species
GenusPseudoerioptera
Men, Hu & Starkevich, 2022
1Species
GenusPsiloconopa
Zetterstedt, 1837
  ⇒ Erioptera
15Species
GenusPsyllolabis
1Species
GenusRhadinobrochus
Scudder, 1894
2Species
GenusRhadinolabis
Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Azar, 2011
1Species
GenusRhapidolabis
1Species
GenusRiphidia
1Species
GenusRipidia
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Rhipidia
0Species
GenusRypholophus
Kolenati, 1860
0Species
GenusRyta
Nazarau, 1994
1Species
GenusSacandaga
Alexander, 1911
4Species
GenusSalebriella
Savchenko, 1978
0Species
GenusSimplecta
Rondani, 1856
  ⇒ Symplecta
0Species
GenusSivalimnobia
Alexander, 1963
0Species
GenusSphaeconophilus
Becker, 1912
1Species
GenusSphaeridiota
Latreille, 1802
0Species
GenusSpiladomyia
Scudder, 1877
1Species
GenusSpyloptera
Rondani, 1856
1Species
GenusStibadocerites
Zeuner, 1941
1Species
GenusStichocera
Hine, 1920
0Species
GenusTanymera
Loew, 1850
7Species
GenusTanysphyra
Loew, 1850
2Species
GenusTaxorrhina
Loew, 1850
0Species
GenusTeleneura
Alexander, 1931
1Species
GenusTesserioptera
Mendl & Geiger, 1992
0Species
GenusTeuchogonomyia
Alexander, 1968
0Species
GenusTipunia
Krzemi& 324;ski & Ansorge, 1995
6Species
GenusToxorrhina
4Species
GenusTriadochorista
Geyer & Kleber, 1987
1Species
GenusTriadocoleopteron
Zeuner, 1930
1Species
GenusTrichosticha
Schiner, 1863
3Species
GenusTrochobola
Osten-sacken, 1869
8Species
GenusUlugbekia
Savchenko, 1970
0Species
GenusUnomyia
Meigen, 1818
1Species
GenusVariptera
Bigot, 1854
0Species
GenusXutipula
Hong, 1983
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Limoniidae
GermanStelzmücken, Sumpfmücken
EnglishCraneflies, Limoniid Crane Flies, Several crane flies
DutchLimoniide steltmuggen, Steltmuggen
SwedishSmåharkrankar


Distribution and Species lists of Limoniidae Speiser, 1909
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVYZ
Afghanistan
4 Genera  12 Species
Albania
9 Genera  15 Species
Algeria
3 Genera  5 Species
Andorra
5 Genera  6 Species
Angola
5 Genera  6 Species
Argentina
10 Genera  29 Species
Armenia
9 Genera  14 Species
Australia
23 Genera  268 Species
Austria
16 Genera  54 Species
Azerbaijan
10 Genera  21 Species
Bahamas
1 Genus  1 Species
Bangladesh
1 Genus  1 Species
Belarus
7 Genera  13 Species
Belgium
14 Genera  34 Species
Benin
1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
5 Genera  9 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 Genera  11 Species
Botswana
1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
11 Genera  40 Species
Bulgaria
14 Genera  45 Species
Burundi
1 Genus  1 Species
Cameroon
8 Genera  18 Species
Canada
17 Genera  65 Species
Cape Verde
1 Genus  1 Species
Central African Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
Chad
1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
13 Genera  94 Species
China
24 Genera  92 Species
Colombia
4 Genera  3 Species
Comoros
3 Genera  4 Species
Costa Rica
5 Genera  6 Species
Croatia
11 Genera  15 Species
Cuba
2 Genera  2 Species
Cyprus
4 Genera  4 Species
Czech Republic
16 Genera  62 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
8 Genera  18 Species
Denmark
23 Genera  48 Species
Dominica
1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
9 Genera  23 Species
Egypt
2 Genera  4 Species
Equatorial Guinea
2 Genera  2 Species
Estonia
18 Genera  25 Species
Ethiopia
3 Genera  4 Species
Fiji
3 Genera  4 Species
Finland
14 Genera  39 Species
France
21 Genera  77 Species
Gabon
1 Genus  2 Species
Georgia
11 Genera  24 Species
Germany
39 Genera  151 Species
Ghana
2 Genera  3 Species
Greece
14 Genera  25 Species
Guinea
1 Genus  1 Species
Guyana
3 Genera  7 Species
Honduras
1 Genus  1 Species
Hungary
14 Genera  29 Species
Iceland
4 Genera  4 Species
India
16 Genera  130 Species
Indonesia
16 Genera  90 Species
Iran
5 Genera  11 Species
Ireland
12 Genera  33 Species
Israel
8 Genera  10 Species
Italy
21 Genera  61 Species
Ivory Coast
1 Genus  2 Species
Jamaica
1 Genus  2 Species
Japan
21 Genera  92 Species
Jordan
2 Genera  2 Species
Kazakhstan
11 Genera  33 Species
Kenya
6 Genera  11 Species
Kiribati
1 Genus  0 Species
Kuwait
1 Genus  1 Species
Kyrgyzstan
11 Genera  24 Species
Latvia
16 Genera  27 Species
Lebanon
4 Genera  7 Species
Lesotho
2 Genera  2 Species
Liberia
3 Genera  3 Species
Lithuania
22 Genera  52 Species
Luxembourg
10 Genera  17 Species
Madagascar
7 Genera  17 Species
Malawi
3 Genera  3 Species
Malaysia
10 Genera  21 Species
Malta
2 Genera  2 Species
Mauritius
3 Genera  3 Species
Mexico
7 Genera  14 Species
Micronesia
3 Genera  2 Species
Mongolia
13 Genera  28 Species
Montenegro
10 Genera  12 Species
Morocco
8 Genera  19 Species
Mozambique
6 Genera  7 Species
Myanmar
4 Genera  5 Species
Namibia
2 Genera  4 Species
Nepal
5 Genera  7 Species
Netherlands
21 Genera  50 Species
New Zealand
18 Genera  180 Species
Niger
10 Genera  23 Species
Nigeria
10 Genera  23 Species
North Korea
10 Genera  22 Species
Norway
42 Genera  136 Species
Oman
1 Genus  4 Species
Pakistan
4 Genera  10 Species
Palau
1 Genus  1 Species
Panama
5 Genera  11 Species
Papua New Guinea
7 Genera  69 Species
Paraguay
3 Genera  4 Species
Peru
8 Genera  36 Species
Philippines
9 Genera  19 Species
Poland
25 Genera  60 Species
Portugal
8 Genera  13 Species
Republic of the Congo
3 Genera  4 Species
Republic South Africa
14 Genera  35 Species
Romania
15 Genera  56 Species
Russia
41 Genera  161 Species
Rwanda
2 Genera  2 Species
Saint Lucia
1 Genus  1 Species
Samoa
3 Genera  3 Species
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Genus  3 Species
Saudi Arabia
2 Genera  5 Species
Senegal
1 Genus  1 Species
Serbia
11 Genera  20 Species
Seychelles
1 Genus  1 Species
Sierra Leone
2 Genera  2 Species
Singapore
1 Genus  1 Species
Slovakia
16 Genera  61 Species
Slovenia
10 Genera  16 Species
Solomon Islands
1 Genus  1 Species
South Korea
5 Genera  9 Species
Spain
17 Genera  47 Species
Sri Lanka
5 Genera  11 Species
Sudan
1 Genus  1 Species
Suriname
1 Genus  1 Species
Sweden
23 Genera  95 Species
Switzerland
18 Genera  66 Species
Syria
2 Genera  2 Species
Taiwan
11 Genera  32 Species
Tajikistan
7 Genera  20 Species
Tanzania
8 Genera  10 Species
Thailand
6 Genera  13 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Genus  1 Species
Tunisia
1 Genus  1 Species
Turkey
13 Genera  36 Species
Turkmenistan
4 Genera  8 Species
Uganda
10 Genera  22 Species
Ukraine
16 Genera  50 Species
United Arab Emirates
1 Genus  3 Species
United Kingdom
32 Genera  94 Species
USA
38 Genera  199 Species
Uzbekistan
2 Genera  2 Species
Venezuela
4 Genera  6 Species
Vietnam
1 Genus  1 Species
Yemen
1 Genus  3 Species
Zimbabwe
5 Genera  10 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Ecozone
Lakes, Mountains, River, Urban


Limoniidae (Speiser 1909)
Limoniidae (Speiser 1909)


Links, sources and further information
Limoniidae at artfakta.se
Limoniidae at dyntaxa.se
Limoniidae at gbif.org
Limoniidae at gbif.org
Limoniidae at irmng.org
Limoniidae at marinespecies.org