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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 » Snow Flies (Chionea)
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Fly - Chionea
Copyright © 2011 Algidus

Fly - Chionea
Cache National Forest, Cache County, Utah, USA
January 15, 2011
Some kind of a strange looking wingless fly (I guess because of the halteres). Found three crawling around on the snow. The head sort of looks like a cranefly, and the tip of the abdomen was pincer like.

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Contributed by Algidus on 16 January, 2011 - 12:43pm

C. hybrida or nigra
There are two dark-colored species in northeastern Utah, Chionea hybrida and C. nigra. I can't tell them apart from these pictures. There is also a third, yellowish-brown species.
… John F. Carr, 27 January, 2011 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Algidus, 16 January, 2011 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

Chionea
Nice! I've been looking for one of these this winter but haven't seen one yet.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 January, 2011 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll be....
It is a crane fly. Good luck with your search.
… Algidus, 16 January, 2011 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

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