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Limoniinae
The Limoniinae are a paraphyletic assemblage of genera within the crane flies, Tipulidae, although they can usually be distinguished by the way the wings are held at rest. Limoniines usually hold/fold the wings along the back of the body, whereas other tipulids usually hold them out at right angles. Members of the genus Chionea (snow flies) have no wings at all. Limoniines are also usually smaller than other tipulids, with some exceptions. Limoniinae are a very...
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Limoniini
tribeLimoniini
Trentepohlia
genusTrentepohlia
Libnotes
genusLibnotes
Achyrolimonia
genusAchyrolimonia
Thrypticomyia
genusThrypticomyia
Dapanoptera
genusDapanoptera
Lipsothrix
genusLipsothrix
Trichoneura
genusTrichoneura
Tonnoiromyia
genusTonnoiromyia
Platylimnobia
genusPlatylimnobia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 547089.