Austrolimnophila munifica
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 munifica
Visual Description
Austrolimnophila munifica is a crane fly characterized by its slender, elongated body and delicate, long legs typical of the family Limoniidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show that the wings possess distinct venation patterns and often exhibit subtle, mottled or patterned pigmentation across the wing membrane.[1] The thorax is robust, supporting the wings and long, thin legs, while the abdomen is notably slender and elongated.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Austrolimnophila munifica was described by the entomologist Charles Paul Alexander in 1928.[2] The species was originally documented in specimens collected from Barrington Tops, New South Wales, Australia. It is recognized as an accepted species within the genus Austrolimnophila. Genetic data for this species is tracked in international databases such as GenBank.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Austrolimnophila / munifica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrolimnophila munifica Alexander, 1928. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1518292. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Austrolimnophila munifica. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid3328204[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-15.