Limonia murchisoni Heer 1856

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative combination: Limnobia murchisoni

Synonym: Limnobia curtisi Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]

Full reference: O. Heer. 1856. Ueber die fossilen Insekten von Aix in der Provence. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1:1-40

Belongs to Limonia according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1907 and Heer 1856

Sister taxa: Limonia albertensis, Limonia antiqua, Limonia cingulata, Limonia deferi, Limonia deleta, Limonia dillonae, Limonia formosa, Limonia horioni, Limonia luca, Limonia pertinax, Limonia skalskii, Limonia spilota, Limonia tenuis, Limonia theobaldi, Limonia vetusta

Type specimens:

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection)

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