Limnophyes

Taxobox
name = "Limnophyes"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Nematocera
infraordo = Culicomorpha
superfamilia = Chironomoidea
familia = Chironomidae
genus = "Limnophyes"
genus_authority = Eaton, 1875

"Limnophyes" is a genus of non-biting midges belonging to the family Chironomidae.

pecies

Species include:

Holarctic species

*"L. asquamatus"
*"L. brachytomus"
*"L. eltoni"
*"L. minimus" - global distribution except Australasia
*"L. natalensis" - global distribution except Australasia and South America
*"L. ninae"
*"L. pentaplastus"
*"L. pumilio"

European species

*"L. aagaardi" - Norway, Eastern Palaearctic
*"L. angelicae" - British Isles, Germany
*"L. bidumus" - Scandinavia, Germany, Italy
*"L. cranstoni" - France, Andorra
*"L. difficilis" - Palaearctic
*"L. edwardsi" - Palaearctic
*"L. er" - Scandinavia
*"L. gurgicola" - Palaearctic, Indomalaya, Near East
*"L. habilis" - Palaearctic
*"L. inanispatina" - France
*"L. italicola" - Italy
*"L. madeirae" - Madeira
*"L. palmensis" - Canary Islands
*"L. paludis" - Britain, Northwest Europe
*"L. prolatus" - Germany, Novaya Zemlya
*"L. punctipennis" - Western Europe
*"L. roquehautensis" - France
*"L. schnelli" - far north of Palaearctic
*"L. spinigus" - Scandinavia, Central Europe
*"L. torulus" - Norway, Novaya Zemlya

Nearctic species

*"L. anderseni"
*"L. atomarius"
*"L. carolinensis"
*"L. coloradensis"
*"L. doughmani"
*"L. fumosus"
*"L. hastulatus"
*"L. margaretae"
*"L. pilicistulus"
*"L. prolongatus"
*"L. recisus"

References

* [http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution.php Fauna Europaea]
* [http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/diptera/dipchiro.htm#anchor888580 Nomina Insecta Nearctica]