Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae) Author Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha text Zootaxa 2012 3173 54 68 journal article 45580 10.5281/zenodo.279866 465ffc6f-023e-40fe-88f0-270e262d03d7 1175-5326 279866 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.