Limnia (fly)

Genus of flies

Limnia

Limnia unguicornis
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:  | Sciomyzinae
Tribe:  | Tetanocerini
Genus:  | Limnia
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
Musca limbata

Fabricius, 1830[1]

Limnia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.[1]

## Species

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* L. alpina Mayer, 1953[2]
* L. appenninica Rivosecchi & Santagata, 1979
* L. boscii (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
* L. brevicostalis Melander, 1920
* L. capensis Schiner, 1868
* L. castanea Hutton, 1904
* L. claripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
* L. conica Steyskal, 1978[3]
* L. dejeani Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
* L. fitchi Steyskal, 1978[3]
* L. flavostriata Villeneuve, 1912
* L. georgiae Melander, 1920
* L. hendeli Mayer, 1953[2]
* L. inopa (Adams, 1904)
* L. japonica Yano, 1978[4]
* L. lemmoni Fisher & Orth, 1971
* L. limbata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
* L. lindbergi Steyskal, 1978[3]
* L. louisianae Melander, 1920
* L. maculatissima Strobl, 1906
* L. mannii Schiner, 1864
* L. marginalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
* L. mehadiensis Oldenberg, 1923
* L. nambai Steyskal, 1978[3]
* L. nigrescens Becker, 1907
* L. obscura Hutton, 1901
* L. pacifica Elberg, 1965[5]
* L. paludicola Elberg, 1965[5]
* L. pubescens (Day, 1881)
* L. sandovalensis Fisher & Orth, 1978
* L. saratogensis (Fitch, 1855)
* L. setosa Yano, 1978[4]
* L. shannoni Cresson, 1920
* L. sparsa (Loew, 1862)
* L. stiticaria Mayer, 1953[2]
* L. striata Hutton, 1904
* L. syriaca Mayer, 1953[2]
* L. testacea Sack, 1939
* L. tranquilla Hutton, 1901
* L. transmarina Schiner, 1868
* L. unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763)

## References

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1. ^ a b Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14\. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. p. 224\. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
2. ^ a b c d Mayer, H. (1953). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Sciomyzidae (Diptera Musc. acalyptr.)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 59: 202–219. Retrieved 2 January 2015.202-219&rft.date=1953&rft.aulast=Mayer&rft.aufirst=H.&rft_id=http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_59_0202-0219.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Limnia+(fly)" class="Z3988">
3. ^ a b c d Steyskal, G.C.; Fisher, T.W.; Knutson, L. (1978). "Taxonomy of North American flies of the genus Limnia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)". The University of California Publications in Entomology. 83. University of California, Berkeley: 1–48.1-48&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Steyskal&rft.aufirst=G.C.&rft.au=Fisher,+T.W.&rft.au=Knutson,+L.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Limnia+(fly)" class="Z3988">
4. ^ a b Yano, Koji (1978). "Faunal and biological studies on the insects of paddy fields in Asia. Part I. Introduction and Sciomyzidae from Asia (Diptera)" (PDF). Esakia. 11. Hikosan biological laboratory: 1–27. Retrieved 2 January 2015.1-27&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Yano&rft.aufirst=Koji&rft_id=http://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/handle/2324/2370/1.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Limnia+(fly)" class="Z3988">
5. ^ a b Elberg, K. (1965). "New Palearctic genera and species of flies of the family Sciomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Ont. Obozr. (in Russian). 44: 189–198.189-198&rft.date=1965&rft.aulast=Elberg&rft.aufirst=K.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Limnia+(fly)" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Limnia|

* Wikidata: Q14660135
* BOLD: 80173
* BugGuide: 111272
* CoL: 62YJB
* EoL: 56585
* Fauna Europaea (new): 1bce1257-bc73-4367-b038-d37078f7231c
* GBIF: 1443961
* iNaturalist: 127179
* IRMNG: 1294413
* ITIS: 144848
* NBN: NBNSYS0000013003
* NCBI: 320943
* Open Tree of Life: 737237