Family Limoniidae

Many Fabricius types are in either poor condition or even lost. Please contact the Diptera Curator for information on the condition of the types for individual species. The Wiedemann material listed here is not in every case type material.

Current Family Genus (orig. comb.) Species Author Citation New combination
/synonym of
Limoniidae Gonomyia minae Peder Nielsen 1959: Ent. Meddr. 29: 69 Gonomyia copulata (Becker, 1908)
Limoniidae Erioptera nielseni de Meijere 1921: Tijdschr. Ent. 64: 108 none
Limoniidae Gonomyia nielseni Kuntze 1919: Dt. Ent. Zeit. 1919: 142 Paradelphomyia
Limoniidae Dicranomyia nigristigma Peder Nielsen 1919: Ent. Meddr. 13: 12 none
Limoniidae Erioptera perexquisita Alexander 1978: Studia Entomol. (N.S.) 20: 170 none
Limoniidae Limnophila scutellata Staeger 1840: Naturhist. Tidsskrift [1] 3: 34 none
Limoniidae Erioptera similis Staeger 1840: Naturhist. Tidsskrift [1] 3: 53 Ormosia
Limoniidae Limnobia sorbillans Wiedemann 1828: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 1: 551 Limonia
Limoniidae Erioptera spinosus Peder Nielsen 1953: Z. wien. Ent. Ges. 38: 35 Hoplolabis
Limoniidae Paralimnophila stradbrokensis Alexander 1978: Studia Entomol. (N.S.) 20: 159 none
Limoniidae Molophilus strobliana Peder Nielsen 1953: Z. wien. Ent. Ges. 38: 36 none
Limoniidae Molophilus subannulipes Alexander 1978: Studia Entomol. (N.S.) 20: 172 none
Limoniidae Limonia suecica Peder Nielsen 1953: Z. wien. Ent. Ges. 38: 34 Dicranomyia intricata Alexander, 1927
Limoniidae Limnobia trentepohlii Wiedemann 1828: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 1: 551 Trenthepolia
Limoniidae Limonia vibei Peder Nielsen 1951: Ent. Meddr 26: 185 Limonia piscataquis Alexander, 1941

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