Acantholimnophila
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Acantholimnophila
Visual Description
Members of the genus Acantholimnophila are crane flies characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the family Limoniidae. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal delicate, long legs and wings that are often held in a characteristic position at rest.[1] The wings exhibit distinct venation patterns, and the body coloration is generally muted, often featuring shades of brown or grey, which may provide camouflage in their natural habitats.[1]
Overview
Acantholimnophila is a genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae. It was described by the entomologist Charles Paul Alexander in 1924.[2][3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Acantholimnophila constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acantholimnophila Alexander 1924 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/03D23B67FFDDD825E7C5F9DF67A09155. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Acantholimnophila Alexander, 1924. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1512916. Accessed 2026-07-16.