Limnia (fly)

Genus of flies

Limnia

Limnia unguicornis
Scientific classification
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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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.
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. University of California, Berkeley. 83: 1–48.
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. Hikosan biological laboratory. 11: 1–27. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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.

Taxon identifiers|

* 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

|