Austrolimnophila harperi
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 harperi
Visual Description
Austrolimnophila harperi is a crane fly characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the family Limoniidae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark-pigmented, elongated abdomen and long, thin legs.[1] The wings are translucent with a distinct venation pattern.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Austrolimnophila harperi (Alexander, 1926) is a Holarctic species, with a distribution spanning across northern Eurasia and North America.[2] It was originally described as Limnophila harperi by C.P. Alexander in 1926.[3]
The species is classified within the subgenus Austrolimnophila (Archilimnophila), a relatively small group within the genus Austrolimnophila. It can be distinguished from related species, such as Austrolimnophila (Archilimnophila) barkalovi, by the structure of its gonapophyses, which consist of two pairs of curved, dark-pigmented, elongated spines.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Austrolimnophila / harperi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ V. I. Devyatkov. Austrolimnophila (Archilimnophila) barkalovi sp.n., a new species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from the Taimyr Peninsula, Russia. Euroasian Entomological Journal. 2025. https://doi.org/10.15298/euroasentj.24.01.11.
- ↑ Austrolimnophila harperi (Alexander, 1926). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1518185. Accessed 2026-07-16.