Limnellia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Ephydroidea

Familia: Ephydridae
Subfamilia: Ephydrinae
Tribus: Scatellini
Genus: Limnellia
Species: L. abbreviata – L. flavifrontis – L. maculipennis – L. quadrata – L. stenhammari – L. vounitis – L. zlobini
Name

Limnellia Malloch, 1925

Type species: Limnellia maculipennis Malloch, 1925
References

Andersson, H. 1971: The European species of Limnellia (Dipt., Ephydridae). Entomologica scandinavica, 2: 53–59. DOI: 10.1163/187631271X00059
Costa, D.N.R., Savaris, M., Marinoni, L. & Mathis, W.N. 2016. Two new, brachypterous Limnellia species from the Venezuelan Andes (Diptera: Ephydridae). Zootaxa 4144(3): 301–315. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Krivosheina, M.G., 2012: Review of the shore-fly genus Limnellia Malloch, 1925 (Diptera, Ephydridae) of Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist 246: 1–7.
Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T.; Marris, J.W.M. 2004: Review of unreported shore-fly genera of the tribe Scatellini from the New Zealand subregion (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa, 622: 1–27. Abstract & excerpt
Zhang, J.; Yang, D. 2009: Species of the genus Limnellia from China (Diptera: Ephydridae). Zootaxa, 2308: 58–64. Abstract & excerpt

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Limnellia is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. There are at least 20 described species in Limnellia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Limnellia:

L. anderssoni Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. anna Cresson, 1935 i c g b
L. balioptera Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. fallax (Czerny, 1903) c g
L. flavifrontis Costa, Savaris, Marinoni & Mathis, 2016[6]
L. flavitarsis Zhang & Yang, 2009 g[7]
L. helmuti Hollmann-Schirrmacher & Zatwarnicki, 1995[8] c g
L. huachuca Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. itatiaia Mathis, 1980 c g
L. lactea Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. lecocercus Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. luchunensis Zhang & Yang, 2009 g[7]
L. maculipennis Malloch, 1925 c g
L. minima Canzoneri & Meneghini, 1969 c g
L. picta Canzoneri & Meneghini, 1969 c g
L. quadrata (Fallén, 1813) i c g
L. rainier Mathis and Zack, 1980 i c g
L. sejuncta (Loew, 1863) i c g
L. stenhammari (Zetterstedt, 1846) i c g
L. sticta Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. surturi Andersson, 1971 g[9]
L. turneri Mathis, 1978 i c g[5]
L. vounitis Costa, Savaris, Marinoni & Mathis, 2016[6]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Limnellia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Browse Limnellia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Limnellia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Limnellia Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
Mathis, Wayne N. (1978). "A revision of the Nearctic species of Limnellia Malloch (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 9 (1): 250–293.
Costa, Daniel N. R.; Savaris, Marcoandre; Marinoni, Luciane; Mathis, Wayne N. (2016). "Two new, brachypterous Limnellia species from the Venezuelan Andes (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand.: Magnolia Press. 4144 (3): 301–315. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27470858. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
Zhang, Junhua; Ding, Yang (2009). "Species of the genus Limnellia from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand.: Magnolia Press. 2308: 58–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2308.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
Hollmann‐Schirrmacher, Volker; Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz (1995). "A New Species of Limnellia from the Azores Islands (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Aquatic Insects. 17 (2): 77–82. doi:10.1080/01650429509361575.

Andersson, Hugo (1971). "The European species of Limnellia (Dipt., Ephydridae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 2 (1): 53–59. doi:10.1163/187631271x00059.