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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Tipulomorpha » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Erioptera

Genus Erioptera

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Internet References
Crane Fly - Erioptera caliptera small blotch-winged crane fly - Erioptera venusta Pale Green Little Bug - Erioptera Fly - Erioptera cana Small crane fly - Erioptera parva Limoniid Crane Fly - Erioptera cana Erioptera_1242 - Erioptera caliptera Fly - Erioptera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha
Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
Genus Erioptera
Numbers
90 species in North America (nearctic.com)
19 species in Pennsylvania
Size
body length 2.5-7 mm
Identification
small crane flies variously colored pale green, brownish-yellow, dark brown, or grayish, with or without markings on wings and body
Range
throughout North America
Habitat
larvae of many species develop in moist or saturated earth near water edges; adults are found in low vegetation near water or in various other habitats such as woodlands and grasslands
Season
spring through fall (or spring and again in fall, in some species)
Remarks
Page creation based on Chen Young's identification of this image.
Internet References
pinned and live adult images of several species, plus description, habitat, biology, seasonality (James Fetzner Jr. and Chen Young, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania)
list of crane fly species in Pennsylvania (James Fetzner Jr. and Chen Young, Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Contributed by tom murray on 25 August, 2005 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 5 December, 2005 - 7:51pm

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