Limonia yakushimensis

Limonia yakushimensis
Scientific classification
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.[1]

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.
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