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Limonia yakushimensis

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Species of fly

Limonia yakushimensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Genus: Limonia
Species: L. yakushimensis
Binomial name
Limonia yakushimensis
Alexander, 1930

Limonia yakushimensis is a crane fly in the family Limoniidae. The species occurs in the Palearctic region. L. yakushimensis is known to rear its young in the fruit bodies of the fungus Lactarius volemus.

References

  1. Sueyoshi M, Okabe K, Nakamura T (2007). "Host abundance of crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) and their role as phoronts of Acari (Arachnida) inhabiting fungal sporophores". Canadian Entomologist. 139 (2): 247–57. doi:10.4039/N06-016.
Taxon identifiers
Limonia yakushimensis
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