Details for Chionea nipponica

Name: Chionea nipponica Alexander, 1932 Publication: Philipp. J. Sci. 49: 127 (as Chionea) Status: Recognized taxon. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Keys: Vanin, 2010 (Palaearctic Chionea s.str.); Zhang, X. et al., 2012b (Eastpalaearctic Chionea) habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus male habitus female plus 7 more images of body part(s), hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, hypopygium, ovipositor and ovipositor. Distribution: Russia: FE (Primorskiy kray, Sakhalin); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: present-day Russia. Region(s): Eastpalaearctic General note: Added: Kyushu (Tanida, 1987). Biology: Alexander, 1932f (orig descr) (on snow). Figure references: Habitus: Kato, 2023a (male) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1932f (orig descr) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Habitat. Kato, 2023a: 13-14 (loc(s) Honshu, habitat) (in Japanese). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): Country not relevant Characters. Vanin, 2008: 415-417 (comparison). Key. Zhang, X. et al., 2012b: 3 (key). 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. Jo et al., 2015: 48-51 (DNA-barcoding using 713-base-pair sequence profiles of the COI gene) (subspec. not indicated) (in Korean). Russia Figures. Vertyankin, 2017: 17-19 (figs, loc(s) Sakhalin) (in Russian). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): 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). Japan Distribution. Jo et al., 2015: 48-51 (loc(s) Hokkaido) (subspec. not indicated) (in Korean). Distribution. Tago, 2015: 30-31 (loc(s) Honshu) (and with additional information in Japanese). Distribution. Kato, 2023a: 13-14 (loc(s) Honshu, habitat) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Hiraga, 2024: 32 (loc(s) Niigata, Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Endo, 2025: 14 (loc(s) Honshu) (in Japanese). Distribution. Kato and Kawase 2025: 15 (annotated checklist of the Gifu prefecture, Honshu). Russia Misinterpretation. Pilipenko et al., 2016: 280 (erroneously listed from Russia ) (in Russian). First record. Vertyankin, 2017: 17-19 (figs, loc(s) Sakhalin) (in Russian). Distribution. Vertyankin and Zaytsev, 2021: 104-105 (loc(s) Sakhalin) (in Russian). Distribution. Solodkii and Sergeev, 2023: 169 (loc(s) Primorskiy kray) (in Russian). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Tago, 2015: month(s): 1-2. Kato, 2023a: month(s): 2, 12. Kato and Hiraga, 2024: month(s): 1. Kato and Endo, 2025: month(s): 1. Russia Vertyankin, 2017: month(s): 10-1. Vertyankin and Zaytsev, 2021: month(s): 2. Solodkii and Sergeev, 2023: month(s): 9. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): Japan Tago, 2015: altitude: 1330-1950 m. Kato, 2023a: altitude: 892 m.