Hoverioptera

Hoverioptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Chioneinae
Genus: Hoverioptera
Alexander, 1963
Type species
Erioptera ambricola
Alexander, 1951
Subgenera
  • Hoverioptera Alexander, 1963
  • Tesserioptera Mendl & Geiger, 1992

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

Distribution

Madagascar, Comoros & Switzerland.

Species

  • Subgenus Tesserioptera Mendl & Geiger, 1992
  • H. pilosa Mendl & Geiger, 1992

References

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