Notholimnophila Alexander, 1924

Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2012, Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae), Zootaxa 3173, pp. 54-68 : 55

Genus Notholimnophila Alexander, 1924

Notholimnophila Alexander, 1924: 369 . Type species: Limnophila exclusa Alexander, 1922a .

Diagnosis. According to the analysis of Ribeiro (2008), the genus Notholimnophila can be recognized by the following combination of autapomorphic features: anterodorsal region of the head slightly protuberant; apex of vein Sc situated just before the level of first bifurcation of Rs; vein Rs originating between the levels of the tips of A1 and A2; petiole of cell R2 between ca. half and the total length of R3; vein M1+2 non-bifurcated (cell m1 absent); posterior margin of ninth tergite forming extensions longer than wide.