Genus Chionea

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

What the? Wingless 1 of 4 - Chionea scita

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Tipulomorpha (Crane Flies)

Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)

Tribe Eriopterini

Genus Chionea

Numbers

16 spp. north of Mexico.(1)

Remarks

Wingless. Often seen in winter walking on snow.

Internet References

Wikipedia

Carnegie

Image of a female from Moscow, Russia

Snow Flies, by Schrock, J.R. (1992). The Kansas School Naturalist 38(2)

Notes on the Habits of the Snow-Fly (Chionea), by Werner Marchand (1917). Psyche 24:142-152.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by tom murray on 16 February, 2006 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2010 - 4:28pm

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