Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Synonyms: Agelia Rafinesque 1815 [objective synonym], Ataracta Loew 1850, Corethrium Westwood 1854, Limnobia Meigen 1818 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281
Parent taxon: Limoniinae according to W. Krzemiński 2019
See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Handlirsch 1906, Kania 2015, Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992 and Piton 1940
Sister taxa: Antochini, Antodicranomyia, Antohelia, Dicranomyia, Dicranoptycha, Elephantomyia, Helius, Lebania, Lechriini, Limoniini, Lipsothrix, Microdacno, Orimarga, Orimarguloides, Palestinoptera, Protolimnophila, Rhipidia, Thaumastoptera, Toxorhina, Trentepohlia
Subtaxa: Limonia albertensis Limonia antiqua Limonia cingulata Limonia deferi Limonia deleta Limonia dillonae Limonia formosa Limonia horioni Limonia luca Limonia murchisoni Limonia pertinax Limonia skalskii Limonia spilota Limonia tenuis Limonia theobaldi Limonia vetusta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Croatia (2 collections), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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