LIMONIIDAE

Papp, L., Merz, B. & Földvári, M., 2006, DIPTERA OF THAILAND A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (2), No. 2, pp. 97-269 : 108-109

LIMONIIDAE

The Limoniidae fauna of Thailand is comparatively well known. In the CDO (ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER 1973) 67 spp. of 27 genera were listed: Atypophthalmus 1 sp., Elephantomyia (Elephantomyodes) 1 sp., Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) 3 spp., Discobola 1 sp., Libnotes (Libnotes) 4 spp., Limonia 4 spp., Orimarga (O.) 1 sp., Rhipidia (Rhipidia) 1 sp., Epiphragma (E.) 2 spp., Eupilaria 1 sp., Hexatoma (H.) 1 sp., H. ( Eriocera ) 8 spp., Conosia 1 sp., Limnophila (Dicranophragma) 1 sp., Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) 3 spp., Pseudolimnophila 1 sp., Taiwanomyia 3 spp., Erioptera 2 spp., Gnophomyia 4 spp., Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) 1 sp., Idiocera (Idiocera) 2 spp., Ellipteroides (Protogonomyia) 3 spp., Gymnastes (G.) 1 sp., G. ( Paragymnastes ) 1 sp., Molophilus (Molophilus) 3 spp., Styringomyia 5 spp., Teucholabis 5 spp., Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) 1 sp., Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) 2 spp.

An unusually high proportion, 51 spp. were described by EDWARDS and ALEXANDER from Thailand. They are in the sequence of the CDO: Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lemmonae ( ALEXANDER, 1953 a) (p. 903), D. (D.) parvistylata ALEXANDER, 1960 (p. 146), D. (D.) perdocta ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 594), Libnotes (Libnotes) crocea ( EDWARDS, 1916) (p. 353), L. (Libnotes) neovittata punctiventris EDWARDS, 1928 (p. 81), L. (Libnotes) scutellata EDWARDS, 1916 (p. 353), L. (Libnotes) stantoni EDWARDS, 1916 (p. 354), Limonia micropyga ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 595), L. murcida ALEXANDER, 1967 (p. 228), L. sannionis ALEXANDER, 1967 (p. 230), L. tagax ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 596), Epiphragma (E.) caligatum ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 601), Eupilaria leucopeza ALEXANDER, 1972 (p. 3), Eupilaria thurmani ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 906), Hexatoma (H.) brevistigma ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 908), H. (Eriocera) aegle ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 909), H. (E.) luxuriosa ALEXANDER, 1936 (p. 419), H. (E.) punctigera (EDWARDS, 1928) (p. 121), H. (E.) retrograda ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 909), H. (E.) thaiensis ALEXAN- DER, 1953 a (p. 910), H. (E.) thaiicola ALEXANDER, 1957 (p. 113), Limnophila (Dicranophragma) palassoptera ALEXANDER, 1968 (c, p. 247), Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) manopi ALEXANDER, 1956 a (p. 43), P. (O.) nubifera ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 600), P. (O.) prayooni ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 598), Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) ernestina ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 754), Taiwanomyia inobseta ALEXANDER, 1970 (p. 79), T. perpendicularis ( ALEXANDER, 1954) (p. 602), T. perretracta ( ALEXANDER, 1954) (p. 603), Erioptera (Teleneura) pennigera ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 606), Erioptera tiro ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 607), Gnophomyia anaphora ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 604), G. multiermis ALEXANDER, 1956 a (p. 48), G. nebulicincta ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 605), G. nigrescens EDWARDS, 1916 (p. 361), Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) tenebrosus (EDWARDS, 1928) (p. 108), E. (Protogonomyia) lateromacula (ALEXANDER, 1968) b (p. 35), E. (P.) namtokensis ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 911), Idiocera (Idiocera) peninsularis (EDWARDS, 1928) (p. 107), I. (I.) thaiicola ( ALEXANDER, 1953 a) (p. 912), Gymnastes (G.) tridens ALEXANDER, 1967 (p. 28), G. (Paragymnastes) mckeani ALEXANDER, 1935 (p. 217), Molophilus (M.) algol ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 608), M. (M.) lupus ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 609), Styringomyia caudifera ALEXANDER, 1953 a (p. 913), S. manicata EDWARDS, 1928 (p. 97), S. tenuispina ALEXANDER, 1971 , Teucholabis siamensis EDWARDS, 1928 (p. 95), T. thurmani ALEXANDER, 1954 (p. 603), Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) capnitis ALEXANDER, 1956 a (p. 52), Trentepohlia (T.) suavis ALEXANDER, 1955 (p. 899).

In 2004 we captured and pinned 70 indiv., in 2003 six indiv. This material is not significant if compared to the species richness in Thailand and due to lack of expertise we did not try to select them even to genera.