Austrolimnophila chrysorrhoea
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Austrolimnophila
- Species: Austrolimnophila chrysorrhoea
Visual Description
Austrolimnophila chrysorrhoea exhibits characteristic wing morphology typical of the family Limoniidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal wings with a distinct pattern of darkened, cloud-like spots or patches distributed across the membrane, particularly along the veins and cross-veins.[1] The wing venation is clearly defined, with a series of longitudinal veins connected by cross-veins, creating a series of cells across the wing surface.[1]
History and Classification
Austrolimnophila chrysorrhoea was originally described by F.W. Edwards in 1923 as Limnophila chrysorrhoea.[2] The species was published as part of a preliminary revision of the crane-flies of New Zealand.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Austrolimnophila / chrysorrhoea constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrolimnophila chrysorrhoea (Edwards, 1923). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1518183. Accessed 2026-07-16.