LIMONIIDAE
(lesser craneflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Atypophthalmus
a genus of lesser crane-flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
CHIONEINAE
a subfamily of lesser craneflies
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 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 4 images 3 ident. refs
Dicranomyia
a genus of lesser craneflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Euphylidorea
a genus of lesser craneflies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 12 images
Gnophomyia
a genus of lesser craneflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 24 images
Idiocera
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Idioptera linnei
a lesser cranefly
Species 1 ident. refs
LIMNOPHILINAE
a subfamily of lesser craneflies
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 		Subfamily 5 subtaxa 14 images 1 ident. refs
LIMONIINAE
a subfamily of lesser craneflies
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 		Subfamily 8 subtaxa 28 images 3 ident. refs
Metalimnobia
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Neolimnomyia
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Rhipidia
a genus of lesser craneflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Symplecta
a genus of lesser craneflies
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies)
SuperfamilyTIPULOIDEA (craneflies)
InfraorderTipulomorpha (craneflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 *** Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX. Part 2, 216pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Edwards, F.W. 1938 British Short-Palped Craneflies: Taxonomy of Adults Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 5(1): 1-168.
Edwards, F.W. 1938 *** British short-palped craneflies. Taxonomy of adults ***(Superseded) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 5 (1): 1-168 + Plate 1-5.
Pierre, C. 1924 *** Diptères; Tipulidae ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Vol 8, 159pp
Stubbs, A.E. 1997 Tipulidae (in prep)

Larva

Brindle, A. 1967 The larvae and pupae of the British Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae (Diptera, Tipulidae) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17: 151-216.

Pupa

Brindle, A. 1967 The larvae and pupae of the British Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae (Diptera, Tipulidae) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 17: 151-216.

LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies)
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