LIMONIIDAE
(lesser craneflies)

LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Atypophthalmus
a genus of lesser crane-flies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
CHIONEINAE
a subfamily of lesser craneflies
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 5 references
Dactylolabis
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Ellipteroides
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Idiocera
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 references
Idioptera linnei
a lesser cranefly
Species 1 references
LIMNOPHILINAE
a subfamily of lesser craneflies
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 references
Paradelphomyia
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
LIMONIINAE
a subfamily of lesser craneflies
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 3 references
Metalimnobia
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
Neolimnomyia
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Phylidorea
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Symplecta
a genus of lesser craneflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F. 1950 Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae 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 Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 5 (1): 1-168 + Plate 1-5.
Pierre, C. 1924 Diptères; Tipulidae 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:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to LIMONIIDAE (lesser craneflies):

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