''Limonia'' is a genus of
crane flies
A crane fly is any member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family T ...
in the family
Limoniidae
Limoniidae is the largest of four crane fly families, with more than 10,700 species in more than 150 genera. Some studies have suggested it to be a paraphyletic group, with some limoniids being more closely related to Tipulidae and Cylindrotomida ...
. There are at least 430 described species in ''Limonia''.
[ It is somewhat of a 'catch-all' genus, where some members should rightly be placed elsewhere.][
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See also
* List of Limonia species
References
External links
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Limoniidae
Tipulomorpha genera