Details for Chionea scita

Name: Chionea scita Walker, 1848 Publication: List Dipt. Colln Brit. Mus. 1: 82 (as Chionea) Status: Recognized taxon, Synonym(s): primitiva Alexander, 1917. Classification: Family Limoniidae Subfamily Chioneinae Revision: Byers, 1983a. Descriptive note: Descriptive note in Alexander, 1943k (reprint: 1966g) (as primitiva Alexander). Synonymy: Alexander, 1965h. habitus female Distribution: Canada, USA (Ont and Que to Vt, south to Ind, Ky, Tenn and Ga). Note: see the manual for abbreviations: Canada and USA. Region(s): Nearctic General note: For Virginia see Byers, 1995. Biology: Young and Gelhaus, 2000 (habitat, phenology). Figure references: Habitus: Alexander, 1917e (as primitiva) (male); Paquin et al., 2019 (female) Head: Alexander, 1917e (antenna) (as primitiva) Hypopygium: Alexander, 1919e (as primitiva) Citations on biology (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Habitat. Paquin et al., 2019: 6 (loc(s) Que, distr, figs, habitat) (in French). USA Phenology. Petersen, 2003: 90 (period of flight in relation to altitude). Habitat. Luke, 2015: 66 (first documented occurrence inside a human structure [garage]). on characters and taxonomy (mainly from 2000 onward): 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: 100 (comparison of female internal reproductive system, based on literure data). on distribution (mainly from 2000 onward): Canada Distribution. Paquin et al., 2019: 6 (loc(s) Que, distr, figs, habitat) (in French). 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. Petersen et al., 2005: 6 (loc(s) Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Distribution. Luke, 2015: 65 (loc(s) Ind). on flight period (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Petersen, 2003: month(s): 10-1. Luke, 2015: month(s): 12. on altitude (mainly from 2000 onward): USA Petersen et al., 2005: altitude: 594-1944 m.