Toxorhina

Toxorhina
Toxorhina magna, Florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Limoniidae
Subfamily:	Chioneinae
Tribe:	Eriopterini
Genus:	Toxorhina Loew, 1850
Type species
Toxorhina fragilis Loew, 1851
Synonyms [1]
Taxorrhina Loew, 1850 Toxorrhina Loew, 1850 Neoceratocheilus Wesche, 1910

Toxorhina muliebris, Maryland

Toxorhina is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae. It can be distinguished among other crane flies by the reduced number of veins in the wings, among other less apparent differences. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Toxorhina: ^{[4] [5]}

Subgenus Ceratocheilus Wesche, 1910

Toxorhina alexanderi Tjeder, 1981

Toxorhina approximata Alexander, 1951

Toxorhina atritarsis Alexander, 1943

Toxorhina australasiae (Alexander, 1922)

Toxorhina biroi Alexander, 1934

Toxorhina bispinosa Alexander, 1965

Toxorhina bistyla Alexander, 1967

Toxorhina brachymera Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina brevifrons (Brunetti, 1918)

Toxorhina brevisector Alexander, 1974

Toxorhina caledonica Alexander, 1948

Toxorhina capnitis Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina chiapasensis Alexander, 1938

Toxorhina claripennis Alexander, 1958

Toxorhina cocottensis Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina contractifrons (Edwards, 1933)

Toxorhina cornigera (Speiser, 1908)

Toxorhina danieleae Alexander, 1979

Toxorhina drysdalei Alexander, 1937

Toxorhina edwardsi (Alexander, 1920)

Toxorhina flavicostata Alexander, 1954

Toxorhina flavirostris (Alexander, 1920)

Toxorhina formosensis (Alexander, 1928)

Toxorhina fulvicolor Alexander, 1967

Toxorhina fumipennis Alexander, 1936

Toxorhina fuscolimbata Alexander, 1967

Toxorhina gilesi (Edwards, 1911)

Toxorhina gressitti Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina growea Theischinger, 1994

Toxorhina holvia Boardman, 2020

Toxorhina hoogstraali Alexander, 1948

Toxorhina huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

Toxorhina imperatrix Alexander, 1948

Toxorhina infuscula Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina inobsepta Alexander, 1978

Toxorhina juvenca Alexander, 1948

Toxorhina kokodae Alexander, 1951

Toxorhina latifrons (Brunetti, 1918)

Toxorhina leucomelanopus (Enderlein, 1912)

Toxorhina leucostena Alexander, 1937

Toxorhina levis (Hutton, 1900)

Toxorhina luteibasis Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina lyrata Alexander, 1972

Toxorhina macrorhyncha Alexander, 1955

Toxorhina maculipennis Alexander, 1936

Toxorhina majus (Edwards, 1926)

Toxorhina melanomera Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina mesorhyncha Alexander, 1936

Toxorhina monostyla Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina nasus Theischinger, 1994

Toxorhina nigripleura (Alexander, 1920)

Toxorhina nigropolita Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina nimbipleura Alexander, 1963

Toxorhina niveitarsis (Alexander, 1922)

Toxorhina nympha Alexander, 1961

Toxorhina ochracea (Edwards, 1923)

Toxorhina omnifusca Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

Toxorhina phaeoneura Alexander, 1960

Toxorhina pianmica Xu, Lv & Zhang, 2024

Toxorhina pictipennis Alexander, 1972

Toxorhina pollex Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina prolongata Alexander, 1938

Toxorhina revulsa Alexander, 1955

Toxorhina romblonensis Alexander, 1929

Toxorhina scimitar Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina seychellarum (Edwards, 1912)

Toxorhina simplicistyla Alexander, 1967

Toxorhina streptotrichia Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina superstes Alexander, 1942

Toxorhina taiwanicola (Alexander, 1923)

Toxorhina tasmaniensis (Alexander, 1926)

Toxorhina tenebrica Alexander, 1961

Toxorhina tinctipennis (Alexander, 1930)

Toxorhina toxopeana Alexander, 1961

Toxorhina trichopyga Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina tuberifera Alexander, 1966

Toxorhina univirgata Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015

Toxorhina vulsa Alexander, 1952

Toxorhina westralis Theischinger, 1994

Toxorhina yamma Theischinger, 2000

Subgenus Eutoxorhina Alexander, 1934

Toxorhina ammoula Theischinger, 1994

Toxorhina parasimplex Hynes, 1988

Toxorhina simplex Alexander, 1934

Subgenus Toxorhina Loew, 1850

Toxorhina acanthobasis Alexander, 1960

Toxorhina acutapex Alexander, 1972

Toxorhina angustilinea Alexander, 1930

Toxorhina atripes Alexander, 1922

Toxorhina basalis Alexander, 1951

Toxorhina basiseta Alexander, 1978

Toxorhina biceps Alexander, 1931

Toxorhina brevirama Alexander, 1953

Toxorhina brevistyla Alexander, 1965

Toxorhina brunniventris Edwards, 1931

Toxorhina carunculata Alexander, 1970

Toxorhina centralis (Alexander, 1913)

Toxorhina cisatlantica Speiser, 1908

Toxorhina curtipennis Alexander, 1975

Toxorhina curvata Alexander, 1938

Toxorhina cuthbertsoni Alexander, 1937

Toxorhina dendroidea Alexander, 1931

Toxorhina digitifera Alexander, 1964

Toxorhina distalis Alexander, 1936

Toxorhina domingensis Alexander, 1937

Toxorhina duyagi Alexander, 1930

Toxorhina fasciata Edwards, 1926

Toxorhina flavida (Alexander, 1913)

Toxorhina fragilis Loew, 1851

Toxorhina grahami (Wesche, 1910)

Toxorhina grossa Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina incerta Brunetti, 1912

Toxorhina infumata Edwards, 1928

Toxorhina infumipennis Alexander, 1942

Toxorhina jamaicensis Alexander, 1964

Toxorhina latamera Alexander, 1968

Toxorhina longicollis Pierre, 1924

Toxorhina magna Osten Sacken, 1865

Toxorhina mashona Alexander, 1959

Toxorhina megatricha Alexander, 1961

Toxorhina mendosa Alexander, 1935

Toxorhina meridionalis (Alexander, 1913)

Toxorhina montina Alexander, 1931

Toxorhina muliebris Osten Sacken, 1865

Toxorhina nigrivena Alexander, 1939

Toxorhina noeliana Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina occlusa Edwards, 1928

Toxorhina ochreata Edwards, 1931

Toxorhina pergracilis Alexander, 1944

Toxorhina perproducta Alexander, 1956

Toxorhina phoracaena Alexander, 1966

Toxorhina polycantha Alexander, 1940

Toxorhina polytricha Alexander, 1970

Toxorhina producta Edwards, 1928

Toxorhina protrusa Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina pulvinaria Alexander, 1950

Toxorhina scapania Alexander, 1966

Toxorhina scita Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina serpens Alexander, 1951

Toxorhina sparsiseta Alexander, 1962

Toxorhina staplesi Alexander, 1973

Toxorhina stenomera Alexander, 1972

Toxorhina stenophallus Alexander, 1937

Toxorhina subfragilis Alexander, 1970

Toxorhina suttoni Alexander, 1936

Toxorhina taeniomera Alexander, 1950

Toxorhina tonkouiana Alexander, 1958

Toxorhina trichorhyncha Edwards, 1926

Toxorhina trilineata Alexander, 1936

Toxorhina trilobata Alexander, 1938

Toxorhina tuberculata Alexander, 1931

Toxorhina violaceipennis Alexander, 1937

Toxorhina westwoodi Brunetti, 1920

Subgenus not assigned

Toxorhina spinulifera

References

1. "ITIS report, Toxorhina" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
2. "GBIF, Toxorhina" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
3. "BugGuide.net, Toxorhina genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
4. "Catalogue of Life, Toxorhina Loew, 1850" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
5. Oosterbroek, Pjotr (2023). "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 2023-06-13.