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Genus Erioptera

Limoniid Crane Fly - Erioptera caliptera - female Midge or Tiny Cranefly? - Erioptera chlorophylla NJ Erioptera septemtrionis - Erioptera septemtrionis - male - female Erioptera venusta Red headed bug - Erioptera caliptera - male Erioptera septemtrionis ? - Erioptera uliginosa Insect - Erioptera tantilla Erioptera
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Former subgenus Symplecta is treated as a separate genus on BugGuide
Explanation of Names
Erioptera Meigen 1803
Numbers
90 spp. in North America, ~300 total
Size
body 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
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)
Contributed by tom murray on 25 August, 2005 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2018 - 7:44am

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