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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)

Genus Chionea - Snow Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
male Snow Scorpionfly? - Chionea valga - male Chionea Chionea scita? - Chionea scita - male Snow Fly - Chionea stoneana - male C. valga? - Chionea - male Chionea scita - male Chionea scita - Chionea - male Chionea alexandriana - male
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)
Explanation of Names
From chion (χιών), the Greek word for snow.
Numbers
16 spp. north of Mexico.(1)
Identification
A revision in (2)
Remarks
Wingless. Often seen in winter walking on snow.
Print References
(2)
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
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.The crane fly genus Chionea in North America
George W. Byers. 1983. University of Kansas Science Bulletin.
Contributed by tom murray on 16 February, 2006 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, ceiseman, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 19 December, 2022 - 5:57pm

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