Dicranomyia

Genus of flies


title: "Dicranomyia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["limoniidae", "tipuloidea-genera", "taxa-named-by-james-francis-stephens"] description: "Genus of flies" topic_path: "general/limoniidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicranomyia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flies ::

| image = Dicranomyia.modesta.-.lindsey.jpg | image_caption = Dicranomyia modesta | taxon = Dicranomyia | authority = Stephens, 1829 | diversity_link = | diversity = | type_species = Limnobia modesta | type_species_authority = Meigen, 1818 | subdivision_ranks = Subgenera | subdivision = *Alexandriaria Garrett, 1922

Dicranomyia is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae. Larvae are mostly aquatic or semi-aquatic, with an exception found in a single Hawaiian Islands species which has a leaf-mining larva.

Species

;Subgenus Alexandriaria Garrett, 1922

References

References

  1. (1868). "Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B.". K. Gerold's Sohn.
  2. (2004). "The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot". [[Zootaxa]].
  3. (1915). "A leaf-mining cranefly in Hawaii". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society.
  4. (2009). "New replacement names in craneflies (Diptera: Limonidae, Tipulidae)". Zoosymposia.

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