Tribe Lechriini Alexander 1927

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Alternative spelling: Lechriinae

Full reference: C. P. Alexander. 1927. The interpretation of the radial field of the wing in the Nematocerous Diptera, with special reference to the Tipulidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52:42-72

Parent taxon: Limoniinae according to I. Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021

See also Alexander 1927 and Krzemiński 1990

Sister taxa: Antochini, Antodicranomyia, Antohelia, Dicranomyia, Dicranoptycha, Elephantomyia, Helius, Lebania, Limonia, Limoniini, Lipsothrix, Microdacno, Orimarga, Orimarguloides, Palestinoptera, Protolimnophila, Rhipidia, Thaumastoptera, Toxorhina, Trentepohlia

Subtaxa: Trichoneura

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Distribution:

• Eocene of Lithuania (1 collection), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (11)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), Myanmar (2), Spain (1)

Total: 20 collections including 35 occurrences

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