Limnia (fly)

Limnia
	Limnia unguicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:	Sciomyzinae
Tribe:	Tetanocerini
Genus:	Limnia ; Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
	Musca limbata ; Fabricius, 1830

Last updated November 22, 2025

Limnia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.^[1]

Species

L. alpina Mayer, 1953^[2]
L. appenninica Rivosecchi & Santagata, 1979
L. boscii (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
L. brevicostalis Melander, 1920
L. capensis Schiner, 1868
L. castanea Hutton, 1904
L. claripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
L. conica Steyskal, 1978^[3]
L. dejeani Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
L. fitchi Steyskal, 1978^[3]
L. flavostriata Villeneuve, 1912
L. georgiae Melander, 1920
L. hendeli Mayer, 1953^[2]
L. inopa (Adams, 1904)
L. japonica Yano, 1978^[4]
L. lemmoni Fisher & Orth, 1971
L. limbata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
L. lindbergi Steyskal, 1978^[3]
L. louisianae Melander, 1920
L. maculatissima Strobl, 1906
L. mannii Schiner, 1864
L. marginalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
L. mehadiensis Oldenberg, 1923
L. nambai Steyskal, 1978^[3]
L. nigrescens Becker, 1907
L. obscura Hutton, 1901
L. pacifica Elberg, 1965^[5]
L. paludicola Elberg, 1965^[5]
L. pubescens (Day, 1881)
L. sandovalensis Fisher & Orth, 1978
L. saratogensis (Fitch, 1855)
L. setosa Yano, 1978^[4]
L. shannoni Cresson, 1920
L. sparsa (Loew, 1862)
L. stiticaria Mayer, 1953^[2]
L. striata Hutton, 1904
L. syriaca Mayer, 1953^[2]
L. testacea Sack, 1939
L. tranquilla Hutton, 1901
L. transmarina Schiner, 1868
L. unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763)

References

1 2 Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. p. 224. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
1 2 3 4 Mayer, H. (1953). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Sciomyzidae (Diptera Musc. acalyptr.)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 59: 202–219. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
1 2 3 4 Steyskal, G.C.; Fisher, T.W.; Knutson, L. (1978). "Taxonomy of North American flies of the genus Limnia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)". The University of California Publications in Entomology. 83. University of California, Berkeley: 1–48.
1 2 Yano, Koji (1978). "Faunal and biological studies on the insects of paddy fields in Asia. Part I. Introduction and Sciomyzidae from Asia (Diptera)" (PDF). Esakia. 11. Hikosan biological laboratory: 1–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
1 2 Elberg, K. (1965). "New Palearctic genera and species of flies of the family Sciomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Ont. Obozr. (in Russian). 44: 189–198.

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[Rozkošný84-1] 1 2 Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. p. 224. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.

[Mayer53-2] 1 2 3 4 Mayer, H. (1953). "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Sciomyzidae (Diptera Musc. acalyptr.)" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 59: 202–219. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[Steyskal-3] 1 2 3 4 Steyskal, G.C.; Fisher, T.W.; Knutson, L. (1978). "Taxonomy of North American flies of the genus Limnia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)". The University of California Publications in Entomology. 83. University of California, Berkeley: 1–48.

[Yano78-4] 1 2 Yano, Koji (1978). "Faunal and biological studies on the insects of paddy fields in Asia. Part I. Introduction and Sciomyzidae from Asia (Diptera)" (PDF). Esakia. 11. Hikosan biological laboratory: 1–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[Elberg1965-5] 1 2 Elberg, K. (1965). "New Palearctic genera and species of flies of the family Sciomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Ont. Obozr. (in Russian). 44: 189–198.

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Limnia

Limnia unguicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:	Sciomyzinae
Tribe:	Tetanocerini
Genus:	Limnia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
Musca limbata Fabricius, 1830^[1]