Limonia humidicola

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Limonia humidicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Tribe: Limoniini
Genus: Limonia
Species:
L. humidicola
Binomial name
Limonia humidicola
(Osten Sacken, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
  • Dicranomyia humidicola Doane, 1908
  • Dicranomyia viridicans Osten Sacken

Limonia humidicola is a species of limoniid crane fly in the family Limoniidae. [1] [2] [3] It can be found in Southern Canada, across the United States, and into Central America, [4] [5] [6] [7] commonly in shady, wet areas along streams. [5]

Description

Wing diagram of Limonia humidicola. Limonia humidicola.png
Wing diagram of Limonia humidicola.

Adult flies are medium to small for crane flies, with a body typically 7-8mm in length. [5] The body is mostly dark brown, though the abdomen exhibits alternating dark brown and tannish-yellow striping. [8] Between the mesonotal prescutum and the scutum there is a V-shaped suture distinctive to all Limoniinae. Wings show pale brown clouds in basal cells, along with a number of darkened patches, including three notably visible patches near the tip of the wing. [9] Legs are brown with pale yellow joints.



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References

  1. 1 2 "Limonia humidicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ Oosterbroek, Pjotr (2018). "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. ↑ "GBIF Occurrence Map" . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. 1 2 3 "Invertebrate Zoology Guide to Crane Flies of Pennsylvania" . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. ↑ "Limonia humidicola Occurrence in Wellington, Ontario (bugguide.net)" . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  6. ↑ "Limonia humidicola (bugguide.net)" . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  7. ↑ "Limonia humidicola Occurrence in Montgomery County, Maryland (bugguide.net)" . Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Limonia humidicola Occurrence in Montgomery County, Maryland (bugguide.net)" . Retrieved 2021-02-04.


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