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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Crane Flies (Tipulomorpha) » Limoniid Crane Flies (Limoniidae) » Eriopterini » Erioptera » subgenus Mesocyphona (Erioptera subgenus Mesocyphona) » Erioptera caliptera

Species Erioptera caliptera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Works Cited
cranefly - Erioptera caliptera Limoniid Crane Fly - Erioptera caliptera flying insect hanging on a wild ginger leaf - Erioptera caliptera midge with mite? - Erioptera caliptera 2018-08-11 White-spotted crane fly - Erioptera caliptera Limoniid Crane Fly (Family Limoniidae) - Limonia sp.? - Erioptera caliptera A small Limoniid - Erioptera caliptera Erioptera - subgenus Mesocyphona - Erioptera caliptera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)
Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
Tribe Eriopterini
Genus Erioptera
No Taxon (subgenus Mesocyphona)
Species caliptera (Erioptera caliptera)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Erioptera caliptera Say, 1823
Sometimes called Erioptera caloptera
Range
e. NA to e. TX, Calif. - Map (1)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 25 August, 2005 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 24 October, 2023 - 12:20pm

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