The Limnophorini are a tribe of

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

, belonging to the

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Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

. Although the name-giving

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Limnophora ''Limnophora'' is a genus of fly, flies, belonging to the family Muscidae. The flies are characterized by silver bands across their thorax. The tribe Limnophorini is named from the genus. The genus includes the following species: *''Limnophora co ...

'', this was actually described only after the more characteristic and easily recognized '' Lispe''.

Genera

Genera are: * '' Agenamyia'' Albuquerque, 1953 * '' Albertinella'' Couri & Carvalho, 2005 * '' Drepanocnemis''

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, 1911 * ''

'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 * '' Lispe'' Latreille, 1796 * '' Lispoides'' Malloch, 1917 * ''

Pachyceramyia ''Pachyceramyia'' is a genus of house flies, insects in the family Muscidae. There are about six described species in ''Pachyceramyia''. Species * ''Pachyceramyia cordyluroides'' (Atein, 1898) * ''Pachyceramyia littoralis'' (Malloch, 1917) * ''P ...

'' Albuquerque, 1955 * '' Rhabdotoptera''

, 1919 * '' Spilogona'' Schnabl, 1911 * '' Syllimnophora'' Speiser, 1923 * '' Tetramerinx'' Berg, 1898 * '' Thaumasiochaeta''

, 1911 * '' Villeneuvia'' Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911

References

Muscidae Brachycera tribes {{Muscidae-stub