# Limnophila (fly)

Limnophila is a genus of limoniid crane flies in the family Limoniidae. There are at least 280 described species in Limnophila.
Members of the family Limoniidae were previously in a subfamily of Tipulidae which was promoted to family rank.

## Species

* Subgenus Araucolimnophila Alexander, 1940
   * L. wolffhuegeli Alexander, 1940
* Subgenus Arctolimnophila Alexander, 1966
   * L. claggi Alexander, 1931
   * L. subcostata (Alexander, 1911)
* Subgenus Atopolimnophila Alexander, 1972
   * L. laricicola Alexander, 1912
* Subgenus Dasylimnophila Alexander, 1965
   * L. stuckenbergiana Alexander, 1965
   * L. velitor Alexander, 1951
* Subgenus Dendrolimnophila Alexander, 1949
   * L. albomanicata (Alexander, 1945)
   * L. shikokuensis Alexander, 1953
* Subgenus Elporiomyia Alexander, 1964
   * L. breviterebra Alexander, 1965
   * L. crepuscula Wood, 1952
   * L. nox Alexander, 1921
   * L. woodiana Alexander, 1964
* Subgenus Habrolimnophila Alexander, 1968
   * L. celestissima (Alexander, 1945)
* Subgenus Hesperolimnophila Alexander, 1966
   * L. euxesta Alexander, 1924
   * L. nycteris Alexander, 1943
   * L. rubida Alexander, 1924
* Subgenus Hovalimnophila Alexander, 1963
   * L. malitiosa (Alexander, 1951)
* Subgenus Idiolimnophila Alexander, 1934
   * L. emmelina Alexander, 1914
* Subgenus Indolimnophila Alexander, 1968
   * L. adicia Alexander, 1964
   * L. benguetana Alexander, 1931
   * L. bituminosa Alexander, 1931
   * L. bivittata Edwards, 1928
   * L. dravidica Alexander, 1971
   * L. iota Alexander, 1964
   * L. iotoides Alexander, 1968
   * L. manipurensis Alexander, 1942
   * L. subguttularis Alexander, 1932
* Subgenus Lasiomastix Osten Sacken, 1860
   * L. macrocera (Say, 1823)
   * L. subtenuicornis (Alexander, 1918)
   * L. tenuicornis Osten Sacken, 1869
* Subgenus Limnophila Macquart, 1834
   * L. abstrusa Alexander, 1929
   * L. acuspinosa Alexander, 1931
   * L. allosoma Speiser, 1908
   * L. alpica Alexander, 1929
   * L. angularis Alexander, 1929
   * L. angusticellula Alexander, 1931
   * L. angustilineata Alexander, 1926
   * L. antennella Alexander, 1929
   * L. araucania Alexander, 1928
   * L. arnoudi Theowald, 1971
   * L. aureola Skuse, 1890
   * L. austroalpina Alexander, 1929
   * L. basalis (Walker, 1856)
   * L. bathrogramma Alexander, 1929
   * L. bogongensis Alexander, 1929
   * L. borchi Alexander, 1929
   * L. brachyptera Alexander, 1931
   * L. brunneistigma Alexander, 1931
   * L. bryobia Mik, 1881
   * L. buangensis Alexander, 1933
   * L. campbelliana Alexander, 1932
   * L. cancellata Alexander, 1962
   * L. carteri Alexander, 1922
   * L. casta Alexander, 1928
   * L. charis Alexander, 1955
   * L. charon Alexander, 1937
   * L. chinggiskhani Podenas & Gelhaus, 2001
   * L. cingulipes Alexander, 1928
   * L. circumscripta Alexander, 1934
   * L. clavigera Alexander, 1934
   * L. colophallus Alexander, 1967
   * L. defecta Alexander, 1929
   * L. dictyoptera Alexander, 1922
   * L. difficilis Alexander, 1920
   * L. disposita Skuse, 1890
   * L. dorrigana Alexander, 1933
   * L. edita Alexander, 1928
   * L. effeta Alexander, 1922
   * L. egena Alexander, 1928
   * L. electa (Alexander, 1924)
   * L. eutheta Alexander, 1936
   * L. expressa Alexander, 1937
   * L. filiformis Alexander, 1929
   * L. flavissima Alexander, 1960
   * L. fundata Alexander, 1928
   * L. guttulatissima Alexander, 1913
   * L. hemmingseniana (Alexander, 1978)
   * L. hilli Alexander, 1929
   * L. hoffmanniana Alexander, 1938
   * L. humidicola Alexander, 1929
   * L. imitatrix Skuse, 1890
   * L. implicita Alexander, 1929
   * L. inculta Alexander, 1929
   * L. inordinata Skuse, 1890
   * L. intonsa Alexander, 1928
   * L. japonica Alexander, 1913
   * L. jordanica Alexander, 1949
   * L. jucunda Alexander, 1928
   * L. kaieturana Alexander, 1930
   * L. kershawi Alexander, 1928
   * L. kerteszi Alexander, 1914
   * L. latistyla Alexander, 1923
   * L. lepida lepida Alexander, 1928
   * L. lepida subtilis Alexander, 1944
   * L. leucostigma Alexander, 1937
   * L. levidensis Skuse, 1890
   * L. litigiosa Alexander, 1928
   * L. lloydi Alexander, 1913
   * L. longicellula Alexander, 1931
   * L. luctuosa Skuse, 1890
   * L. luteicauda Alexander, 1924
   * L. madida Alexander, 1928
   * L. martynovi Alexander, 1933
   * L. melica Alexander, 1929
   * L. micromera Alexander, 1979
   * L. mira Alexander, 1926
   * L. mirabunda Alexander, 1928
   * L. miroides Alexander, 1932
   * L. mitocera Alexander, 1929
   * L. mitoceroides Alexander, 1933
   * L. morosa Alexander, 1928
   * L. morula Alexander, 1928
   * L. nebulicola Alexander, 1929
   * L. nebulifera Alexander, 1923
   * L. nematocera (Alexander, 1939)
   * L. nemorivaga Alexander, 1929
   * L. nitidiceps Alexander, 1928
   * L. nixor Alexander, 1965
   * L. nocticolor Alexander, 1929
   * L. novella Alexander, 1928
   * L. obscura Riedel, 1914
   * L. obscuripennis Skuse, 1890
   * L. ocellata Skuse, 1890
   * L. oiticicai Alexander, 1948
   * L. oliveri Alexander, 1923
   * L. otwayensis Alexander, 1934
   * L. pallidistyla Alexander, 1934
   * L. pauciseta Alexander, 1924
   * L. penana Alexander, 1967
   * L. pergracilis Alexander, 1943
   * L. perscita Alexander, 1926
   * L. pictipennis (Meigen, 1818)
   * L. pilosipennis Alexander, 1922
   * L. platyna Alexander, 1952
   * L. politostriata Alexander, 1934
   * L. polymoroides Alexander, 1929
   * L. procella Alexander, 1944
   * L. pullipes Alexander, 1938
   * L. quaesita Alexander, 1923
   * L. recedens Alexander, 1931
   * L. recta Alexander, 1928
   * L. referta Alexander, 1928
   * L. reniformis Alexander, 1934
   * L. roraima Alexander, 1931
   * L. roraimicola Alexander, 1931
   * L. rubecula Alexander, 1944
   * L. schadei Alexander, 1926
   * L. schranki Oosterbroek, 1992
   * L. scitula Alexander, 1926
   * L. serena Alexander, 1928
   * L. sikorai Alexander, 1921
   * L. soldatovi Alexander, 1934
   * L. spinulosa Alexander, 1946
   * L. subapterogyne Alexander, 1928
   * L. subcylindrica Alexander, 1928
   * L. subjucunda Alexander, 1928
   * L. subtristis Alexander, 1928
   * L. suspecta Alexander, 1928
   * L. tasioceroides Alexander, 1933
   * L. theresiae Alexander, 1945
   * L. tigriventris Alexander, 1928
   * L. tonnoiri Alexander, 1926
   * L. undulata Bellardi, 1861
   * L. unispinifera Alexander, 1955
   * L. varicornis Coquillett, 1898
   * L. vera Alexander, 1933
   * L. vicaria (Walker, 1835)
* Subgenus Nesolimnophila Alexander, 1920
   * L. grandidieri Alexander, 1920
   * L. luteifemorata Alexander, 1963
   * L. malagasya Alexander, 1920
* Unplaced
   * L. bigladia Alexander, 1945
   * L. bryanti Alexander, 1927
   * L. byersi Alexander, 1973
   * L. canifrons Edwards, 1932
   * L. chilensis Blanchard, 1852
   * L. decasbila (Wiedemann, 1828)
   * L. flavicauda (Bigot, 1888)
   * L. galactopoda Alexander, 1943
   * L. lobifera Alexander, 1955
   * L. mcdunnoughi Alexander, 1926
   * L. micropriapus Alexander, 1981
   * L. nigrofemorata Alexander, 1927
   * L. pectinifera Alexander, 1964
   * L. poetica Osten Sacken, 1869
   * L. subpilosa Edwards, 1928
   * L. tetonicola Alexander, 1945