Erioptera

Erioptera

Erioptera flavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Limoniidae
Subfamily:	Chioneinae
Tribe:	Eriopterini
Genus:	Erioptera Meigen, 1803
Type species
Erioptera lutea Meigen, 1804
Subgenera
Alcheringa Ctenerioptera Erioptera Hespererioptera Lepidocyphona Mesocyphona Meterioptera Tasiocerodes Teleneura Teucherioptera Polymeda
Synonyms
Polymeda Meigen, 1800 Polyraphia Meigen, 1818 Polyrhaphia Agassiz, 1847 Octavia Bigot, 1854 Chemalida Róndani, 1856 Ilisophila Róndani, 1856 Limnoea Róndani, 1856 Limnoica Róndani, 1861

Erioptera is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae.

Species

Subgenus Alcheringa Theischinger, 1994
- E. amabilis Alexander, 1926
Subgenus Ctenerioptera Alexander, 1961
- E. caledonia Alexander, 1948
- E. derasa Edwards, 1931
- E. ferruginea Brunetti, 1912
- E. pectinella Alexander, 1961
- E. sziladyi Alexander, 1934
Subgenus Erioptera Meigen, 1803

- E. abrasa Edwards, 1928
- E. acucuspis Alexander, 1976
- E. alanstonei Alexander, 1977
- E. alboguttata Edwards, 1916
- E. aletschina Stary, 1997
- E. alta Alexander, 1932
- E. andina Alexander, 1913
- E. angolana Alexander, 1963
- E. angusticincta Alexander, 1956
- E. annulipes Williston, 1896
- E. apicialba Alexander, 1921
- E. badicincta Alexander, 1974
- E. beckeri Kuntze, 1914
- E. beebeana Alexander, 1950
- E. bequaerti Alexander, 1923
- E. biaculeata Savchenko, 1981
- E. biarmata Alexander, 1934
- E. biobtusa Alexander, 1956
- E. brahma Alexander, 1966
- E. brevirama Alexander, 1931
- E. bryantiana Alexander, 1929
- E. cacuminis Edwards, 1926
- E. carior Alexander, 1920
- E. carissima Alexander, 1920
- E. celestissima Alexander, 1956
- E. cervula Savchenko, 1972
- E. chlorophylla Osten Sacken, 1860
- E. chlorophylloides Alexander, 1919
- E. circumambiens Alexander, 1957
- E. cladophora Alexander, 1920
- E. cladophoroides Alexander, 1921
- E. connata Alexander, 1972
- E. coolbyngga Theischinger, 1994
- E. cornuta Savchenko, 1984
- E. cristata Alexander, 1956
- E. dama Alexander, 1958
- E. dampfi Alexander, 1927
- E. diplacantha Alexander, 1931
- E. distinguenda Stary, 1983
- E. divisa (Walker, 1848)
- E. dyari Alexander, 1924
- E. ebenina Alexander, 1926
- E. euzona Alexander, 1970
- E. flavata (Westhoff, 1882)
- E. flavohumeralis Alexander, 1924
- E. funesta Alexander, 1926
- E. furcifer Alexander, 1919
- E. fuscipennis Meigen, 1818
- E. fusculenta Edwards, 1938
- E. galbinocosta Alexander, 1960
- E. gaspeana Alexander, 1929
- E. genuatra Alexander, 1953
- E. georgei Alexander, 1956
- E. gorgona Savchenko, 1981
- E. grandior Brunetti, 1912
- E. griseipennis Meigen, 1838
- E. haplostyla Alexander, 1934
- E. himalayae Alexander, 1930
- E. hohensis Alexander, 1949
- E. horii Alexander, 1924
- E. impensa Alexander, 1957
- E. interrita Alexander, 1970
- E. inusitata Alexander, 1976
- E. juvenilis Alexander, 1933
- E. karisimbii Alexander, 1956
- E. kluaneana Alexander, 1955
- E. laticrista Savchenko, 1977
- E. leptostyla Alexander, 1940
- E. leucosticta Alexander, 1933
- E. limbata Loew, 1873
- E. litostyla Alexander, 1966
- E. longicauda Loew, 1871
- E. lucerna Alexander, 1926
- E. lunicola Alexander, 1932
- E. lunigera Alexander, 1929
- E. lutea Meigen, 1804
- E. luteicornis Alexander, 1930
- E. mediofusca Alexander, 1940
- E. megalops Alexander, 1975
- E. megophthalma Alexander, 1918
- E. meijerei Edwards, 1921
- E. micromyia Alexander, 1920
- E. minor de Meijere, 1920
- E. multiannulata Alexander, 1937
- E. murudensis Edwards, 1926
- E. nielseni de Meijere, 1921
- E. nigripalpis de Meijere, 1913
- E. nitidiuscula Alexander, 1920
- E. oceanica Alexander, 1914
- E. orbitalis Alexander, 1924
- E. orientalis Brunetti, 1912
- E. osceola Alexander, 1933
- E. otayba Theischinger, 1994
- E. palliclavata Alexander, 1936
- E. pallidivena Alexander, 1938
- E. parviclava Alexander, 1974
- E. pederi Tjeder, 1969
- E. perexquisita Alexander, 1978
- E. peringueyi Bergroth, 1888
- E. phoinix Savchenko, 1972
- E. pila Alexander, 1966
- E. polydonta Alexander, 1944
- E. polytricha Alexander, 1945
- E. pompalis Alexander, 1957
- E. quadricincta Alexander, 1927
- E. quadrihamata Savchenko, 1972
- E. quinquecincta Alexander, 1927
- E. rubripes Alexander, 1931
- E. scolophora Alexander, 1973
- E. scolostyla Alexander, 1962
- E. seminole Alexander, 1933
- E. septemtrionis Osten Sacken, 1860
- E. setipennis Alexander, 1956
- E. sexaculeata Alexander, 1940
- E. sordida Zetterstedt, 1838
- E. squalida Loew, 1871
- E. straminea Osten Sacken, 1869
- E. subchlorophylla Alexander, 1919
- E. subfurcifer Alexander, 1929
- E. subhalterata Alexander, 1960
- E. subirrorata Alexander, 1920
- E. susurra Alexander, 1945
- E. tahanensis Edwards, 1928
- E. tenuirama Savchenko, 1972
- E. tordi Tjeder, 1973
- E. transmarina Bergroth, 1889
- E. trivittata Lindner, 1958
- E. uliginosa Alexander, 1930
- E. urania Alexander, 1944
- E. verralli Edwards, 1921
- E. vespertina Osten Sacken, 1860
- E. villosa Osten Sacken, 1860
- E. viridula Alexander, 1929
- E. wellsae Theischinger, 1994
- E. xanthoptera Alexander, 1924
- E. yarraga Theischinger, 1994
- E. yarto Theischinger, 1994
- E. yukonensis Alexander, 1955

Subgenus Hespererioptera Alexander, 1972
- E. oregonensis Alexander, 1920
Subgenus Lepidocyphona Alexander, 1972
- E. rubia Alexander, 1914
Subgenus Mesocyphona Osten Sacken, 1869

- E. aglaia Alexander, 1945
- E. albicapitella (Edwards, 1912)
- E. apicinigra Alexander, 1927
- E. bicinctipes Alexander, 1913
- E. bievexa Alexander, 1967
- E. bivittata (Loew, 1873)
- E. caliptera Say, 1823
- E. celestior Alexander, 1957
- E. conica (Savchenko, 1972)
- E. costalis Alexander, 1913
- E. cynthia Alexander, 1946
- E. diffusa Alexander, 1921
- E. distincta Alexander, 1912
- E. dulcis Osten Sacken, 1877
- E. eiseni Alexander, 1913
- E. euphrosyne Alexander, 1945
- E. evergladea Alexander, 1933
- E. factiosa Alexander, 1943
- E. femoraatra Alexander, 1950
- E. fossarum (Loew, 1873)
- E. fuscodiscalis Alexander, 1938
- E. gagneana Alexander, 1970
- E. gulosa Alexander, 1943
- E. histrio Alexander, 1945
- E. immaculata Alexander, 1913
- E. incurvata Alexander, 1971
- E. inornatipes Alexander, 1925
- E. intercepta Alexander, 1947
- E. invariegata Alexander, 1921
- E. iquitosensis Alexander, 1946
- E. knabi Alexander, 1913
- E. latilimbata Alexander, 1970
- E. leonensis Alexander, 1946
- E. leucopasta Alexander, 1927
- E. lilliputina (Savchenko, 1972)
- E. maculosa (Edwards, 1912)
- E. melanderiana Alexander, 1946
- E. minuta (Lackschewitz, 1940)
- E. modica Alexander, 1927
- E. needhami Alexander, 1918
- E. pachyrhampha Alexander, 1967
- E. parva Osten Sacken, 1860
- E. portoricensis Alexander, 1933
- E. quadrifurcata Alexander, 1928
- E. saturata Alexander, 1927
- E. scabrifolia Alexander, 1967
- E. serpentina Alexander, 1941
- E. spinifera (Savchenko, 1972)
- E. splendida Alexander, 1913
- E. subcynthia Alexander, 1967
- E. subdulcis Alexander, 1937
- E. subhistrio Alexander, 1967
- E. surinamensis Alexander, 1947
- E. tantilla Alexander, 1916
- E. testacea (Lackschewitz, 1964)
- E. thalia Alexander, 1945
- E. triangularis Alexander, 1945
- E. troglodyta Edwards, 1918
- E. turrialbae Alexander, 1945
- E. venustipes Alexander, 1926
- E. whitei Alexander, 1930
- E. withycombei Alexander, 1930

Subgenus Meterioptera Alexander, 1934

- E. ablusa Alexander, 1958
- E. angustifascia Alexander, 1920
- E. bengalensis Alexander, 1921
- E. beninensis Alexander, 1976
- E. bicornifer Alexander, 1921
- E. dewulfi Alexander, 1956
- E. ensifera Alexander, 1930
- E. fervida Alexander, 1934
- E. festiva Alexander, 1934
- E. fumipennis Alexander, 1921
- E. geniculata Edwards, 1931
- E. genualis Edwards, 1934
- E. halterata Brunetti, 1912
- E. illingworthi Alexander, 1920
- E. insignis Edwards, 1916
- E. javanensis de Meijere, 1911
- E. luzonica Alexander, 1917
- E. nigrospica Alexander, 1976
- E. notata de Meijere, 1911
- E. pergracilis Alexander, 1975
- E. persinuata Alexander, 1964
- E. quadripilata Alexander, 1958
- E. quadrispicata Alexander, 1949
- E. raphidostyla Alexander, 1978
- E. scioptera Alexander, 1956
- E. simulans Alexander, 1926
- E. subaurea Bergroth, 1888
- E. thaumasta Alexander, 1950
- E. thelema Alexander, 1962

Subgenus Tasiocerodes Alexander, 1958
- E. cnephosa Alexander, 1966
- E. nepalensis Alexander, 1957
- E. persessilis Alexander, 1958
- E. subsessilis Alexander, 1924
Subgenus Teleneura Alexander, 1931
- E. acanthapophysis Alexander, 1973
- E. annandaleana Alexander, 1953
- E. argentifrons Edwards, 1928
- E. ctenophora Alexander, 1966
- E. fusca de Meijere, 1913
- E. laetipes Alexander, 1968
- E. leucopoda Alexander, 1932
- E. lushaiensis Alexander, 1966
- E. luteiclavata Alexander, 1932
- E. melanotaenia Alexander, 1931
- E. nebulifera Alexander, 1953
- E. nigribasis Edwards, 1928
- E. parallela Brunetti, 1912
- E. pennigera Alexander, 1954
- E. perlugubris Alexander, 1940
- E. perornata Alexander, 1934
- E. subfusca Edwards, 1919
Subgenus Teucherioptera Alexander, 1972
- E. chrysocoma Osten Sacken, 1860
- E. chrysocomoides Alexander, 1929
Unplaced
- E. amamiensis Alexander, 1956
- E. balioptera Alexander, 1966
- E. fuscoradialis Alexander, 1950
- E. grumula Alexander, 1957
- E. incerta Brunetti, 1912
- E. incompleta Senior-White, 1922
- E. paivai Alexander, 1927
- E. perpictula Alexander, 1931
- E. regina Alexander, 1959
- E. rex Alexander, 1952
- E. rhadinostyla Alexander, 1957
- E. rogersi Alexander, 1923
- E. tiro Alexander, 1954

References

Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World