Limnia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(a genus of snail-killing flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Limnia unguicornis
a snail-killing fly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Limnia (unidentified)
Unidentified Limnia Snail-killing Flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLimnia (a genus of snail-killing flies)
FamilySCIOMYZIDAE (snail-killing flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
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)

Limnia (a genus of snail-killing flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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