Details for Chionea alexandriana

Name: Chionea alexandriana Garrett, 1922 Publication: Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 24: 62 (as Chionea) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Revision: Byers, 1983a. Descriptive note: Type-material: Cooper, 1991. Variant spelling(s): alexanderiana habitus male habitus female habitus copula body part(s) head and thorax Distribution: Canada, USA (Yukon, BC and Alta, south to Calif and Utah). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic Figure references: Head: Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008 (after Byers, 1983a) Other figures: Oosterbroek and Reusch, 2008 (thorax, halter, after Byers, 1983a) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Habitat. Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: 72 (wooded benchland below Willowbank Mountain at an elevation of 926 m on the lower western slopes of the Central Continental Ranges of the Rocky Mountains, which are predominantly limestone, resulting in alkaline soils; see paper for details). Biology. Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: 73-75 (phenology, behaviour, detailed info on mating including figures). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Characters. Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: 71-72 (characters, figs, comparison). Country not relevant Phylogeny. Jong and Ciliberti, 2014: 563-589 (paper deals with the phylogeny (based on an extensive matrix of morphological characters), historical biogeography and ecological niche modelling at the species and species-group level; see paper for details). Phylogeny. Men et al., 2018a: 99 (comparison of male internal reproductive system, based on literure data). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: 71-72 (loc(s), overview of distribution). Country not relevant Distribution. Jong and Ciliberti, 2014: 563-589 (paper deals with the phylogeny (based on an extensive matrix of morphological characters), historical biogeography and ecological niche modelling at the species and species-group level; see paper for details). USA Distribution. Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: 71 (overview of distribution). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: month(s): 1, 2, 12. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Cannings and Kelly-McArthur, 2021: altitude: 926 m.