Limnophora

Limnophora is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Muscidae. The flies are characterized by silver bands across their thorax. The tribe Limnophorini is named from the genus.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyMuscidae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

Limnophora este un gen de muște din familia Muscidae.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 448
With media: 1
Family: Muscidae
Collections: UAM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
Recorded in: United States

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Mosca en Bastavales, Brión, Galiza 090818 2.jpg

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taxon name: Limnophora
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Limnophora
Commons category: Limnophora
diel cycle: diurnality

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Limnophora is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Muscidae. The flies are characterized by silver bands across their thorax. The tribe Limnophorini is named from the genus.

The genus includes the following species: Limnophora corvina (Giglio-Tos, 1893) Limnophora discreta Stein, 1898 Limnophora femorata (Malloch, 1913) Limnophora garrula (Giglio-Tos, 1893) Limnophora groenlandica Malloch, 1920 Limnophora incrassata Malloch, 1919 Limnophora invada Huckett, 1966 Limnophora minuscula (Wulp, 1896) Limnophora narona Walker Limnophora nigripes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) Limnophora normata Bigot, 1885 Limnophora rotundata (Collin, 1930) Limnophora sinuata Collin, 1930 Limnophora triangula (Fallén, 1825) Limnophora uniseta Stein, 1916

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