Toxorhina

Toxorhina
	Toxorhina magna, Florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Limoniidae
Subfamily:	Chioneinae
Tribe:	Eriopterini
Genus:	Toxorhina; Loew, 1850
Type species
	Toxorhina fragilis; Loew, 1851
Synonyms
	Taxorrhina Loew, 1850 ; Toxorrhina Loew, 1850 ; 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Species

These species belong to the genus Toxorhina:^[4]^[5]

Subgenus Ceratocheilus Wesche, 1910: Toxorhina alexanderi Tjeder, 1981; Toxorhina approximata Alexander, 1951; Toxorhina atritarsis Alexander, 1943; Toxorhina australasiae (Alexander, 1922); Toxorhina biroi Alexander, 1934; Toxorhina bispinosa Alexander, 1965; Toxorhina bistyla Alexander, 1967; Toxorhina brachymera Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina brevifrons (Brunetti, 1918); Toxorhina brevisector Alexander, 1974; Toxorhina caledonica Alexander, 1948; Toxorhina capnitis Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina chiapasensis Alexander, 1938; Toxorhina claripennis Alexander, 1958; Toxorhina cocottensis Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina contractifrons (Edwards, 1933); Toxorhina cornigera (Speiser, 1908); Toxorhina danieleae Alexander, 1979; Toxorhina drysdalei Alexander, 1937; Toxorhina edwardsi (Alexander, 1920); Toxorhina flavicostata Alexander, 1954; Toxorhina flavirostris (Alexander, 1920); Toxorhina formosensis (Alexander, 1928); Toxorhina fulvicolor Alexander, 1967; Toxorhina fumipennis Alexander, 1936; Toxorhina fuscolimbata Alexander, 1967; Toxorhina gilesi (Edwards, 1911); Toxorhina gressitti Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina growea Theischinger, 1994; Toxorhina holvia Boardman, 2020; Toxorhina hoogstraali Alexander, 1948; Toxorhina huanglica Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015; Toxorhina imperatrix Alexander, 1948; Toxorhina infuscula Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina inobsepta Alexander, 1978; Toxorhina juvenca Alexander, 1948; Toxorhina kokodae Alexander, 1951; Toxorhina latifrons (Brunetti, 1918); Toxorhina leucomelanopus (Enderlein, 1912); Toxorhina leucostena Alexander, 1937; Toxorhina levis (Hutton, 1900); Toxorhina luteibasis Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina lyrata Alexander, 1972; Toxorhina macrorhyncha Alexander, 1955; Toxorhina maculipennis Alexander, 1936; Toxorhina majus (Edwards, 1926); Toxorhina melanomera Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina mesorhyncha Alexander, 1936; Toxorhina monostyla Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina nasus Theischinger, 1994; Toxorhina nigripleura (Alexander, 1920); Toxorhina nigropolita Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina nimbipleura Alexander, 1963; Toxorhina niveitarsis (Alexander, 1922); Toxorhina nympha Alexander, 1961; Toxorhina ochracea (Edwards, 1923); Toxorhina omnifusca Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015; Toxorhina phaeoneura Alexander, 1960; Toxorhina pianmica Xu, Lv & Zhang, 2024; Toxorhina pictipennis Alexander, 1972; Toxorhina pollex Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina prolongata Alexander, 1938; Toxorhina revulsa Alexander, 1955; Toxorhina romblonensis Alexander, 1929; Toxorhina scimitar Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina seychellarum (Edwards, 1912); Toxorhina simplicistyla Alexander, 1967; Toxorhina streptotrichia Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina superstes Alexander, 1942; Toxorhina taiwanicola (Alexander, 1923); Toxorhina tasmaniensis (Alexander, 1926); Toxorhina tenebrica Alexander, 1961; Toxorhina tinctipennis (Alexander, 1930); Toxorhina toxopeana Alexander, 1961; Toxorhina trichopyga Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina tuberifera Alexander, 1966; Toxorhina univirgata Zhang, Li & Yang, 2015; Toxorhina vulsa Alexander, 1952; Toxorhina westralis Theischinger, 1994; Toxorhina yamma Theischinger, 2000
Subgenus Eutoxorhina Alexander, 1934: Toxorhina ammoula Theischinger, 1994; Toxorhina parasimplex Hynes, 1988; Toxorhina simplex Alexander, 1934
Subgenus Toxorhina Loew, 1850: Toxorhina acanthobasis Alexander, 1960; Toxorhina acutapex Alexander, 1972; Toxorhina angustilinea Alexander, 1930; Toxorhina atripes Alexander, 1922; Toxorhina basalis Alexander, 1951; Toxorhina basiseta Alexander, 1978; Toxorhina biceps Alexander, 1931; Toxorhina brevirama Alexander, 1953; Toxorhina brevistyla Alexander, 1965; Toxorhina brunniventris Edwards, 1931; Toxorhina carunculata Alexander, 1970; Toxorhina centralis (Alexander, 1913); Toxorhina cisatlantica Speiser, 1908; Toxorhina curtipennis Alexander, 1975; Toxorhina curvata Alexander, 1938; Toxorhina cuthbertsoni Alexander, 1937; Toxorhina dendroidea Alexander, 1931; Toxorhina digitifera Alexander, 1964; Toxorhina distalis Alexander, 1936; Toxorhina domingensis Alexander, 1937; Toxorhina duyagi Alexander, 1930; Toxorhina fasciata Edwards, 1926; Toxorhina flavida (Alexander, 1913); Toxorhina fragilis Loew, 1851; Toxorhina grahami (Wesche, 1910); Toxorhina grossa Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina incerta Brunetti, 1912; Toxorhina infumata Edwards, 1928; Toxorhina infumipennis Alexander, 1942; Toxorhina jamaicensis Alexander, 1964; Toxorhina latamera Alexander, 1968; Toxorhina longicollis Pierre, 1924; Toxorhina magna Osten Sacken, 1865; Toxorhina mashona Alexander, 1959; Toxorhina megatricha Alexander, 1961; Toxorhina mendosa Alexander, 1935; Toxorhina meridionalis (Alexander, 1913); Toxorhina montina Alexander, 1931; Toxorhina muliebris Osten Sacken, 1865; Toxorhina nigrivena Alexander, 1939; Toxorhina noeliana Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina occlusa Edwards, 1928; Toxorhina ochreata Edwards, 1931; Toxorhina pergracilis Alexander, 1944; Toxorhina perproducta Alexander, 1956; Toxorhina phoracaena Alexander, 1966; Toxorhina polycantha Alexander, 1940; Toxorhina polytricha Alexander, 1970; Toxorhina producta Edwards, 1928; Toxorhina protrusa Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina pulvinaria Alexander, 1950; Toxorhina scapania Alexander, 1966; Toxorhina scita Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina serpens Alexander, 1951; Toxorhina sparsiseta Alexander, 1962; Toxorhina staplesi Alexander, 1973; Toxorhina stenomera Alexander, 1972; Toxorhina stenophallus Alexander, 1937; Toxorhina subfragilis Alexander, 1970; Toxorhina suttoni Alexander, 1936; Toxorhina taeniomera Alexander, 1950; Toxorhina tonkouiana Alexander, 1958; Toxorhina trichorhyncha Edwards, 1926; Toxorhina trilineata Alexander, 1936; Toxorhina trilobata Alexander, 1938; Toxorhina tuberculata Alexander, 1931; Toxorhina violaceipennis Alexander, 1937; Toxorhina westwoodi Brunetti, 1920
Subgenus not assigned: Toxorhina spinulifera

References

^ "ITIS report, Toxorhina". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
^ "GBIF, Toxorhina". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
^ "BugGuide.net, Toxorhina genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
^ ^a ^b "Catalogue of Life, Toxorhina Loew, 1850". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
^ ^a ^b Oosterbroek, Pjotr (2023). "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 2023-06-13.

[itis-1] "ITIS report, Toxorhina". Retrieved 2025-10-26.

[gbif-2] "GBIF, Toxorhina". Retrieved 2025-10-26.

[bugguide-3] "BugGuide.net, Toxorhina genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-26.

[catlife-4] "Catalogue of Life, Toxorhina Loew, 1850". Retrieved 2025-10-26.

[Oosterbroek2023-5] Oosterbroek, Pjotr (2023). "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 2023-06-13.

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