Family Limnocharidae Grube, 1859

At the larval stage, limnocharids are known to parasitize aquatic bugs (Böttger 1972, B.P. Smith 1989a), but also Odonata (Petzold & Martin 2004) and aquatic beetles (B.P. Smith 1989b), while adults feed on insect larvae (Böttger 1970). Tuzovskij & Gerecke (2009) give a survey on the diversity of this fauna in Madagascar, reporting the presence of six species.