{{Short description|Genus of insects}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Limata (fly) | display_parents = 2 | authority = Oldroyd, 1954<ref name="Oldroyd1954">{{cite book |last1=Oldroyd |first1=H. |title=The horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region. II. ''Tabanus'' and related genera |date=1954 |publisher=Trustees of the British museum |location=London |pages=x + 341 pp}}</ref> | type_species = ''Tabanus tenicornis'' | type_species_authority =Macquart, 1838<ref name="Macquart1838b">{{cite book |last1=Macquart |first1=P.J.M. |title=Insectes diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome premier.-1re partie |date=1838 |publisher=Roret |location=Paris |pages=5–221, 25 pls}}</ref> | synonyms = }}
'''''Limata''''' is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae.<ref name="Moucha1976">{{cite journal |last1=Moucha |first1=J. |title=Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue. |journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements |date=1976 |volume=7 |pages=1–320 |url=https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-975/956-7_0_7.pdf |access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Afrotropical">{{cite book |last1= Smith |first1= Kenneth G.V. |last2= Vockeroth |first2= J.R. |editor1-first= R.W. |editor1-last=Crosskey |title= Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region |date= 1980 |publisher= British museum (Natural History)|location= London |isbn= 0565-00821-8 |pages= 1–1436 }}</ref>
==Species== *''Limata bedfordi'' <small>Oldroyd, 1954</small><ref name="Oldroyd1954"/> *''Limata capensis'' <small>(Wiedemann, 1821)</small><ref name="Wiedemann1821">{{cite book |last1=Wiedemann |first1=C.R.W. |title=Diptera exotica. Sectio II. Antennis parumarticulatis. [Edition 1] |date=1821 |publisher=no publisher given |location=Kilae [= Kiel] |pages=iv + pp. 43–50 + 101 pp., 2 pls}}</ref> *''Limata facialis'' <small>Oldroyd, 1954</small><ref name="Oldroyd1954"/> *''Limata karooensis'' <small>Oldroyd, 1954</small><ref name="Oldroyd1954"/> *''Limata kuhnelti'' <small>Usher, 1967</small><ref name="Usher">{{cite journal |last1=Usher |first1=P.J. |title=Three new species of Tabanidae from southern Africa (Diptera) |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |date=1967 |volume=18 |pages=595–606 |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_737 |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> *''Limata laevifrons'' <small>(Loew, 1858)</small><ref name="Loew1858">{{cite journal |last1=Loew |first1=H. |title=Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera [cont.] |journal=Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar |date=1858 |volume=15 |pages=335–341 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15959377#page/343/mode/1up |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> *''Limata miranda'' <small>Usher, 1968</small><ref name="Usher1968">{{cite journal |last1=Usher |first1=P.J. |title=New and little-known South African Tabanidae (Diptera) |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |date=1968 |volume=20 |pages=15–36 |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_708 |access-date=3 November 2022}}</ref> *''Limata parafacialis'' <small>Oldroyd, 1957</small><ref name="Oldroyd1957">{{cite book |last1=Oldroyd |first1=H. |title=The horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region. III. Subfamilies Chrysopinae, Scepsidinae and Pangoniinae and a revised classification |date=1957 |publisher=British Museum (Natural History) |location=London |pages=xii + 489}}</ref> *''Limata seyrigi'' <small>(Séguy, 1955)</small><ref name="Séguy1955">{{cite journal |last1=Séguy |first1=E. |title=Un Chrysozona de Madagascar (Dipt. Tabanidae) |journal=Revue Française d'Entomologie |date=1955 |volume=22 |pages=203–204}}</ref> *''Limata tenuicornis'' <small>(Macquart, 1838)</small><ref name="Macquart1838b"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Tabanidae Category:Flies of Africa Category:Taxa named by Harold Oldroyd Category:Brachycera genera
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