Acantholimnophila bispina
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Acantholimnophila
- Species: Acantholimnophila bispina
Visual Description
Acantholimnophila bispina exhibits the characteristic slender, elongated body form typical of many Limoniidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a delicate, long-legged appearance with narrow, membranous wings that extend well beyond the abdomen. The thorax is robust, supporting the long, thin legs, while the abdomen is slender and cylindrical. The coloration appears to be predominantly brownish or yellowish, consistent with many species in this family.[1]
Taxonomy and Classification
Acantholimnophila bispina was originally described by Charles P. Alexander in 1922 as Limnophila bispina.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Acantholimnophila.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Acantholimnophila / bispina constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Acantholimnophila bispina (Alexander, 1922). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1512918. Accessed 2026-07-16.