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Limnellia Malloch 1925

Description

Limnellia Malloch, 1925

Limnellia Malloch, 1925: 331 (feminine). Type species: Limnellia maculipennis Malloch, 1925, original designation.– Andersson, 1971: 53 –59 [review of European species].– Mathis, 1978: 250 –293 [revision of Nearctic species]. Eustigoptera Cresson, 1930: 126 (feminine). Type species: Notiphila quadrata Fallén, 1813, original designation.– Cresson, 1935: 362 [synonymy].

Stictoscatella Collin, 1930: 113 (feminine). Type species: Notiphila quadrata Fallén, 1813, original designation.– Cresson, 1935: 362 [synonymy].

Stranditella Duda, 1942: 30 (as a subgenus of Lamproscatella; feminine). Type species: Notiphila quadrata Fallén, 1813, original designation.– Dahl, 1959: 126 [synonymy].

Diagnosis. The genus Limnellia is distinguished from other genera of the tribe Scatellini as follows: 1 pair of well-developed, lateroclinate fronto-orbital setae; gena narrow; thorax with vittate markings; 2 dorsocentral setae (0+2); wing mostly dark brown, with white markings; surstyli well developed as unfused processes at ventral margin of epandrium; phallapodeme reduced, Y-shaped (Mathis, 1978).

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Junhua & Yang, Ding, 2009, Species of the genus Limnellia from China (Diptera: Ephydridae), pp. 58-64 in Zootaxa 2308 on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191805

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ephydridae
Genus
Limnellia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Malloch
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Limnellia Malloch, 1925 sec. Zhang & Yang, 2009

References

  • Malloch, J. R. (1925) Notes on Australian Diptera. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49, 329 - 338.
  • Andersson, H. (1971) The European species of Limnellia (Diptera: Ephydridae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 2 (1), 53 - 59.
  • Mathis, W. N. (1978) A revision of the Nearctic species of Limnellia Malloch (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91 (1), 250 - 293.
  • Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1930) Studies in the Dipterous Family Ephydridae. Paper III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 56, 93 - 131.
  • Fallen, C. F. (1813) Beskrifninf ofner nagra i Sverige funna Vattenflugor (Hydromyzides). Kongliga Vetenskaps- Academiens Handlingar, series 3, 1813, 240 - 257.
  • Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1935) Descriptions of new genera and species of the Dipterous family Ephydridae. XI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61, 345 - 372.
  • Collin, J. E. (1930) Some new species of the dipterous genus Scatella Dsv. and the differentiation of Stictoscatella gen. nov. (Ephydridae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 66, 133 - 139.
  • Duda, O. (1942) Neue oder ungenugend bekannte Zweiflugler der palaarktischen region aus meiner sammlung. 2. Fortsetzung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, (1 - 4), 1 - 39.
  • Dahl, R. G. (1959) Studies on Scandinavican Ephydridae (Diptera: Brachycera). Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum, 15, 1 - 224.