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 hindwing ...

, belonging to the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 in ...

. Although the name-giving

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

is '' Limnophora'', this was actually described only after the more characteristic and easily recognized ''

Lispe ''Lispe'' is a genus of true flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the ...

''.

Genera

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

Stein Stein is a German, Yiddish and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic root as the English word stone. It may refer to: Places In Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Au ...

, 1911 * '' Limnophora'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 * ''

'' Latreille, 1796 * ''

Lispoides ''Lispoides'' is a genus of house flies, etc. in the family 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 ...

'' 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) * ' ...

'' Albuquerque, 1955 * '' Rhabdotoptera''

, 1919 * ''

Spilogona Spilogona is a very large genus of flies from the family Muscidae. Species *'' Spilogona acrostichalis'' (Stein, 1916) *'' Spilogona acuticornis'' ( Malloch, 1920 *'' Spilogona aenea'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Spilogona aerea'' ( Fallén, 1825) *'' S ...

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

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

References

Muscidae Brachycera tribes {{Muscidae-stub