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Checklist for Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
793
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
18
176
598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
2
38
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tipuloidea
LeConte, 1861
2
38
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTipulidae
Latreille, 1802
Crane Flies, Crane fly, Crane-Flies, Craneflies, Cranefly
33
132
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLimoniinae
Speiser, 1909
24
110
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
24 Genera with 110 Species
#ABDEGHLMOPRST
Antocha Osten Sacken, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Baeoura Alexander, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Dicranomyia Stephens, 19339SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopeza Curtis, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Epiphragma Osten Sacken, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Erioptera Meigen, 05SpeciesTaxom
Geranomyia Haliday, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Gonomyia Meigen, 19586SpeciesTaxom
Gymnastes Brunetti, 08SpeciesTaxom
Hexatoma Latreille, 192124SpeciesTaxom
Libnotes Westwood, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Limonia Meigen, 19658SpeciesTaxom
Molophilus Curtis, 19586SpeciesTaxom
Orimarga Osten Sacken, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Paradelphomyia Alexander, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Polymera Wiedemann, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolimnophila Alexander, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdomastix Skuse, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidia Meigen, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Styringomyia Loew, 05SpeciesTaxom
Teucholabis Osten Sacken, 19186SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticomyia Skuse, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Toxorhina Loew, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Trentepohlia Bigot, 18286SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
110 Species and 11 Subspecies
Antocha (Antocha) fusca Edwards, 1928
Antocha (Orimargula) salikensis Alexander, 1958
Baeoura pollicis Alexander, 1958
Baeoura singhalica
Baeoura taprobanes Alexander, 1966
Baeoura triquetra Alexander, 1958
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) guttula Alexander, 1915
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ravana Alexander, 1964
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) rectidens Alexander, 1934
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) sielediva Alexander, 1960
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) tipulipes Karsch, 1886
Dicranomyia (Euglochina) saltens Doleschall, 1857
Dicranomyia (Glochina) sordida Brunetti, 1912
Dicranomyia sordida sordida Brunetti, 1912
Dicranomyia paramorio platysoma Alexander, 1933
Dolichopeza (Mitopeza) flavicans Edwards, 1927
Dolichopeza (Nesopeza) guttulanalis Alexander, 1958
Dolichopeza (Nesopeza) palifera Alexander, 1958
Dolichopeza (Nesopeza) singhalica Alexander, 1958
Epiphragma (Epiphragma) kempi Brunetti, 1913
Erioptera (Erioptera) orbitalis Alexander, 1924
Erioptera (Erioptera) ornatifrons (Edwards, 1927)⇒ Erioptera orbitalis Alexander, 1924
Erioptera (Meterioptera) notata De Meijere, 1911
Erioptera (Teucherioptera) incompleta Senior-White, 1922
Erioptera notate
Geranomyia circipunctata Brunetti, 1912
Geranomyia fletcheri Edwards, 1911
Geranomyia genitaloides Senior-White, 1924
Geranomyia gracilispinosa Alexander, 1937
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) serendibensis Alexander, 1958
Gonomyia (Gonomyina) persimilis Alexander, 1920
Gonomyia (Gonomyina) runa Alexander, 1947
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) conjugens Senior-White, 1922
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) hedys Alexander, 1958
Gonomyia (Leiponeura) lanka Alexander, 1958
Gymnastes (Gymnastes) cyanea
Gymnastes (Gymnastes) cyaneus (Edwards, 1911)⇒ Gymnastes violaceus Brunetti, 1911
Gymnastes (Gymnastes) violaceus Brunetti, 1911
Gymnastes violaceus violaceus Brunetti, 1911
Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) kandyanus Alexander, 1958
Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) maya Alexander, 1958
Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) simhalae Alexander, 1958
Gymnastes femoralutea
Hexatoma (Eriocera) albonotata Loew, 1852
Hexatoma albonotata citrocastanea Edwards, 1921
Hexatoma (Eriocera) badia Brunetti, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) crystalloptera Osten Sacken, 1888
Hexatoma (Eriocera) ctenophoroides Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma ctenophoroides ctenophoroides Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma ctenophoroides nigrithorax Edwards, 1921
Hexatoma (Eriocera) fusca Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) greenii Brunetti, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) hemicera Alexander, 1933
Hexatoma (Eriocera) humberti Osten Sacken, 1888
Hexatoma (Eriocera) meleagris Osten Sacken, 1888
Hexatoma (Eriocera) neopaenulata Alexander, 1957
Hexatoma (Eriocera) ochripleuris Edwards, 1927
Hexatoma (Eriocera) pachyrrhina Osten Sacken, 1888
Hexatoma (Eriocera) pachyrrhinoides Edwards, 1927
Hexatoma (Eriocera) rufithorax (Brunetti, 1912)⇒ Hexatoma ctenophoroides Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) scutellata Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) serendib Alexander, 1958
Hexatoma (Eriocera) subnitens Edwards, 1927
Hexatoma (Eriocera) subpaenulata (Edwards, 1926)⇒ Hexatoma neopaenulata Alexander, 1957
Hexatoma (Eriocera) tuberculifera Edwards, 1911
Hexatoma (Eriocera) yerburyi Edwards, 1921
Hexatoma nigrithorax Edwards, 1921
Libnotes (Libnotes) distincta (Senior-White, 1922)⇒ Libnotes palaeta Alexander, 1942
Libnotes (Libnotes) greeni Edwards, 1928
Libnotes (Libnotes) notata van der Wulp, 1878
Libnotes notata notata van der Wulp, 1878
Libnotes (Libnotes) palaeta Alexander, 1942
Libnotes (Libnotes) poeciloptera Osten Sacken, 1881
Libnotes (Libnotes) thwaitesiana Westwood, 1876
Libnotes (Neolibnotes) immaculipennis Senior-White, 1922
Limonia (Discobola) annulata Lackschewitz, 1940Gray bushmallow
Limonia (Limonia) albipes Senior-White, 1924
Limonia ayodhya Alexander, 1966
Limonia chaseni Edwards, 1933
Limonia latiorflava Alexander, 1966
Limonia longivena Edwards, 1911
Limonia ravida Alexander, 1925
Limonia vibhishana Alexander, 1965
Molophilus (Molophilus) hylandensis Theischinger, 1999
Molophilus (Molophilus) rachius Alexander, 1958
Molophilus (Molophilus) rhamphus Alexander, 1979
Molophilus (Molophilus) veddah Alexander, 1958
Molophilus (Molophilus) wejaya Alexander, 1958
Molophilus (Molophilus) yakkho Alexander, 1958
Orimarga (Orimarga) asignata Senior-White, 1924
Orimarga (Orimarga) taprobanica Alexander, 1966
Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) indulcata Alexander, 1958
Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) subterminalis Alexander, 1958
Polymera (Polymera) zeylanica Alexander, 1958
Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) zelanica Alexander, 1958
Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) schmidiana Alexander, 1958
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) subtesselata Brunetti, 1912
Rhipidia (Rhipidia) zeylanica (Senior-White, 1922)⇒ Rhipidia subtesselata Brunetti, 1912
Styringomyia ceylonica Edwards, 1911
Styringomyia flava Brunetti, 1911
Styringomyia fryeri Edwards, 1914
Styringomyia marmorata Senior-White, 1924
Styringomyia monochaetodes
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) angusticapitis Brunetti, 1918
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) annuloabdominalis Senior-White, 1921
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) fenestrata Osten Sacken, 1888
Teucholabis fenestrata fenestrata Osten Sacken, 1888
Teucholabis (Teucholabis) ornata Brunetti, 1918
Teucholabis ornata ornata Brunetti, 1918
Thrypticomyia apicalis Wiedemann, 1828
Thrypticomyia apicalis apicalis Wiedemann, 1828
Thrypticomyia arachnophila Alexander, 1927
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) yamma Theischinger, 2000
Toxorhina (Toxorhina) pulvinaria Alexander, 1950
Trentepohlia (Mongoma) pennipes Osten Sacken, 1888
Trentepohlia (Mongoma) tenera Osten Sacken, 1882
Trentepohlia tenera tenera Osten Sacken, 1882
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) nigroapicalis Brunetti, 1912
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) speiseri Edwards, 1913
Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) trentepohlii Wiedemann, 1828

Subnodes of Limoniinae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
TribeEriopterini
Osten-sacken, 1860
10
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHexatomini
Alexander, 1914
5
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLimoniini
Alexander, 1942
9
40
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Limoniinae at artfakta.se
Limoniinae at dyntaxa.se
Limoniinae at itis.gov
Limoniinae at marinespecies.org