Chioneinae Explained

The Chioneinae are a subfamily of limoniid crane flies.

This subfamily was known as Eriopterinae until 1992.

Systematics

This list is adapted from the Web site: Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae) . Naturalis Biodiversity Center. (January 2007). However, tribe affiliation is taken from Fauna Europaea; thus genera that include no European species are given below. then refined from Savchenko, Oosterbroek & Stary^[1]

• Tribe Cladurini Mendl, 1979
  • Chionea Dalman, 1816
  • Cladura Osten-Sacken, 1860
  • Crypteria Bergroth, 1913
  • Franckomyia Alexander, 1936
  • Neolimnophila Alexander, 1920
• Tribe Eriopterini
  • Arctoconopa Alexander, 1955
  • Baeoura Alexander, 1924
  • Beringomyia Savchenko, 1980
  • Erioptera Meigen, 1803
  • Gonempeda Alexander, 1924
  • Gonomyodes Alexander, 1948
  • Gonomyopsis Alexander, 1966
  • Hesperoconopa Alexander, 1948
  • Scleroprocta Edwards, 1938
  • Styringomyia Loew, 1845
  • Symplecta Meigen, 1830
• Tribe Gonomyiini
  • Dasymallomyia Brunetti, 1911
  • Ellipteroides Becker, 1907
  • Gnophomyia Osten-Sacken, 1860
  • Gonomyia Meigen, 1818
  • Gymnastes Brunetti, 1911
  • Idiocera Dale, 1842
  • Idiognophomyia Alexander, 1956
  • Rhabdomastix Skuse, 1890
  • Teucholabis Osten-Sacken, 1860
• Tribe Molophilini Savchenko & Krivolutskaya, 1976
  • Cheilotrichia Rossi, 1848
  • Erioconopa Starý, 1976
  • Hoplolabis Osten-Sacken, 1869
  • Hoverioptera Alexander, 1963
  • Ilisia Rondani, 1856
  • Molophilus Curtis, 1833
  • Ormosia Rondani, 1856
  • Rhypholophus Kolenati, 1860
  • Tasiocera Skuse, 1890
• Unknown tribe
  • Amphineurus Skuse, 1890
  • Aphrophila Edwards, 1923
  • Atarba Osten-Sacken, 1869
  • Aymaramyia Alexander, 1943
  • Cryptolabis Osten-Sacken, 1860
  • Empedomorpha Alexander, 1916
  • Eriopterella Alexander, 1929
  • Eriopterodes Alexander, 1970
  • Eugnophomyia Alexander, 1947
  • Gymnastes Brunetti, 1911
  • Horistomyia Alexander, 1924
  • Hovamyia Alexander, 1951
  • Jivaromyia Alexander, 1943
  • Limnophilomyia Alexander, 1921
  • Maietta Alexander, 1929
  • Neocladura Alexander, 1920
  • Neognophomyia Alexander, 1926
  • Neophilippiana Alexander, 1964
  • Phantolabis Alexander, 1956
  • Phyllolabis Osten-Sacken, 1877
  • Quathlambia Alexander, 1956
  • Quechuamyia Alexander, 1943
  • Riedelomyia Alexander, 1928
  • Sigmatomera Osten-Sacken, 1869
  • Tasiocerellus Alexander, 1958
  • Trichotrimicra Alexander, 1921
  • Unguicrypteria Alexander, 1981

Dicranoptycha Osten Sacken, 1860 and Lipsothrix Loew, 1873 were moved to subfamily Limoniinae.

References

• Web site: Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae) . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Notes and References

1. Book: Savchenko, E.N. . Oosterbroek, P. . Stary, J. . Soos, A. . Papp, L. . Oosterbroek, P. . Family Limoniidae in Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera . Print . 1 . 1992 . Hungarian Hatural History Museum . Budapest . 963-7093-10-9 . 179–182 .