Species Chionea carolus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Works Cited

Chionea: an apterous Tipulid in CA snows - Chionea carolus - female

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 Chionea (Snow Flies)

Species carolus (Chionea carolus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chionea carolus Byers, 1979

Explanation of Names

Carolus is Latin for Charles. The species was named for Charles Alexander for his 90th birthday.

Range

Sierra Nevada from approximately Yosemite to a little north of Tahoe at altitudes from 5,800 to 8,600 feet ("chiefly in the lower lodgepole pine zone or upper ponderosa pine-sugar pine zone").(1)

Season

Winter

Works Cited

1.	The crane fly genus Chionea in North America George W. Byers. 1983. University of Kansas Science Bulletin.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 7 February, 2016 - 9:04pm

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