| Chionea | |
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| Chionea lutescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Limoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Chioneinae |
| Tribe: | Cladurini |
| Genus: | Chionea Dalman, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Chionea araneoides Dalman, 1816
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| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| ca. 40 species | |
Chionea is a genus of wingless limoniid crane flies. It consists of two subgenera, the holarctic Chionea and palaearctic Sphaeconophilus. About 37 species are currently recognized in the northern hemisphere,[1] but there are probably several undescribed species. They are commonly called snow flies.
- ^ De Jong, Herman; Ciliberti, Pasquale (2014). "How cold-adapted flightless flies dispersed over the northern hemisphere: phylogeny and biogeography of the snow fly genus Chionea Dalman (Diptera: Limoniidae)". Syst. Entomol. 39 (1): 563–589. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39..563D. doi:10.1111/syen.12075. S2CID 86307492.