Molophilus ater is a Palearctic species of craneflies in the family Limoniidae.It is found in a wide range of habitats and micro habitats: in earth rich in humus, in swamps and marshes, in leaf litter and in wet spots in woods. [2][3]

Molophilus ater
Molophilus ater in British Entomology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Genus: Molophilus
Species:
M. ater
Binomial name
Molophilus ater
(Meigen, 1804) [1]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Stubbs, A. and Kramer, J, 2016 A Key to the subfamily Limnophilinae pdf
  3. ^ R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 9 Part 2 i. pdf Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine download manual Out of date but online at no cost
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