Austrolimnophila relicta
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 relicta
Visual Description
Austrolimnophila relicta exhibits the characteristic slender, elongated body form typical of many crane flies in the family Limoniidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses long, thin, multi-segmented legs and delicate, membranous wings that extend well beyond the posterior end of the abdomen.[1] The thorax is robust, supporting the wings and legs, while the abdomen is notably elongated and cylindrical.[1]
Distribution and Taxonomy
Austrolimnophila relicta was described by the entomologist Charles Paul Alexander in 1928.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted taxon within the genus Austrolimnophila.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Austrolimnophila / relicta constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrolimnophila relicta Alexander, 1928. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1518144. Accessed 2026-07-16.