Toxorhina

Genus of flies

Toxorhina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Nematocera
Infraorder:
Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:
Tipuloidea
Family:
Limoniidae
Subfamily:
Limoniinae
Genus:
Toxorhina

Loew, 1850
Type species
Toxorhina fragilis
Loew, 1851
Subgenera
  • Ceratocheilus Wesche, 1910
  • Eutoxorhina Alexander, 1934
  • Toxorhina Loew, 1850
Synonyms
  • Neoceratocheilus Wesche, 1910

Toxorhina is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae. It can be distinguished among other crane flies by the reduced number of veins in the wings, among other less apparent differences.

Species

  • Subgenus Ceratocheilus Wesche, 1910
  • T. ammoula Theischinger, 1994
  • T. parasimplex Hynes, 1988
  • T. simplex Alexander, 1934
  • Subgenus Toxorhina Loew, 1850

References

  • "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
Taxon identifiers
Toxorhina