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Chioneinae

Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Chioneinae Rondani
1987Eriopterinae Krzemiński and Teskey p. 888
1992Eriopterinae Krzemiński and Gentilini p. 89
1993Eriopterinae Krzemiński p. 78
2002Eriopterinae Wappler p. 130
2003Eriopterinae Wappler p. 150
2006Chioneinae Podenas
2012Chioneinae Podenas and Poinar p. 348
2013Chioneinae Kopeć and Kania p. 538
2015Chioneinae Kania et al. p. 516
2019Chioneinae Krzemiński p. 507
2021Chioneinae Kania-Kłosok et al. p. 1155
2022Chioneinae Men et al. p. 2
2023Chioneinae Jordan-Stasiło et al. p. 685
2024Chioneinae Kania‑Kłosok et al. p. 2
2025Chioneinae Jordan-Stasiło et al. p. 58
2025Chioneinae Kania-Kłosok et al. p. 2
2025Chioneinae Kopeć et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
suborderNematoceraLatreille 1825
infraorderTipulomorpha
superfamilyTipuloidea
familyLimoniidae
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861
subfamilyChioneinaeRondani 1861

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Chioneinae Rondani 1861
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G. †Burmoptera Podenas and Poinar 2009
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†Burmoptera azu Podenas and Poinar 2009
G. Cheilotrichia Rossi 1848
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Subg. Cheilotrichia (Empeda) Osten Sacken 1869
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†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) cretacea Gelhaus and Johnson 1996
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) gallica Kopeć et al. 2025
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Invalid names: Gonomyia grisea Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Empeda elongata Meunier 1906 [synonym], Empeda prolifica Meunier 1906 [synonym]
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) oisensis Kopeć et al. 2025
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) palaeocenica Krzemiński and Krzemińska 1994
†Cheilotrichia (Empeda) weitschati Kopeć and Kania 2013
Empeda stigmatica Osten-Sacken 1869
†Cheilotrichia szwedoi Krzemiński 2019
G. Ellipteroides Becker 1907
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Subg. †Ellipteroides (Jantares) Kania-Kłosok et al. 2025
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†Ellipteroides (Jantares) hansi Kania-Kłosok et al. 2025
G. Erioptera Meigen 1803
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Subg. Erioptera (Mesocyphona) Osten Sacken 1869
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†Erioptera (Mesocyphona) beata Podenas and Poinar 2012
†Erioptera (Mesocyphona) divera Podenas and Poinar 2012
†Erioptera (Mesocyphona) sherry Podenas and Poinar 2012
†Erioptera danae von Heyden 1870
†Erioptera fasciipennis Statz 1944
Erioptera lutea Meigen 1804
†Erioptera oligocaenica Meunier 1922
†Erioptera pagasti Statz 1944
G. Gonomyia Meigen 1818
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Subg. †Gonomyia (Azaria) Kania et al. 2015
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†Gonomyia (Azaria) libanensis Kania et al. 2015
Subg. †Gonomyia (Cretagonomyia) Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2022
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†Gonomyia (Cretagonomyia) burmitica Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2022
Subg. †Gonomyia (Electrogonomyia) Alexander 1931
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Subg. Gonomyia (Gonomyia) Meigen 1818
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†Gonomyia (Gonomyia) indecisa Cockerell and Haines 1921
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Invalid names: Gonomyia ferrea Cockerell 1921 [synonym], Gonomyia lutescens Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
Subg. †Gonomyia (Iberiana) Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2022
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†Gonomyia (Iberiana) penalveri Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2022
Subg. Gonomyia (Paralipophleps) Alexander 1947
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†Gonomyia (Paralipophleps) asymmetrica Podenas and Poinar 1999
†Gonomyia andrea Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992
†Gonomyia munda Statz 1944
†Gonomyia sturi von Heyden 1870
G. Gymnastes Brunetti 1911
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Subg. Gymnastes (Paragymnastes) Alexander 1922
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†Gymnastes violaceus Brunetti 1911
G. Idiocera Dale 1842
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†Idiocera acera Podenas 2006
†Idiocera adocera Podenas 2006
G. Ilisia Rondani 1856
G. Maietta Alexander 1929
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†Maietta hoffeinsetta Krzemiński et al. 2024
G. †Pseudoerioptera Men et al. 2022
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†Pseudoerioptera hubenqii Men et al. 2022
G. Rhabdomastix Skuse 1890
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Subg. †Rhabdomastix (Lurdia) Podenas 2006
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Subg. †Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021
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†Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) asiatica Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021
†Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) cretacica Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021
†Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) krzeminskae Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021
†Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) myanmae Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021
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†Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) rafali Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2025
†Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) setosa Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2025
†Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) woottoni Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2025
Invalid names: Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) Meunier 1899 [synonym], Rhabdomastix (Sacandaga) Alexander 1911 [synonym]
†Rhabdomastix borussica Meunier 1906
†Rhabdomastix brevis Alexander 1931
†Rhabdomastix frigida Scudder 1894
†Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2023
†Rhabdomastix labefactata Scudder 1894
†Rhabdomastix praecursor Cockerell 1927
†Rhabdomastix profundi Scudder 1894
†Rhabdomastix pulcherrima Meunier 1906
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Invalid names: Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) graciosa Meunier 1906 [synonym], Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulchella Meunier 1906 [synonym], Gonomyia (Palaeogonomyia) pulchra Meunier 1906 [synonym]
†Rhabdomastix redophilax Podenas 2006
†Rhabdomastix scudderi Cockerell 1921
G. Styringomyia Loew 1845
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†Styringomyia concinna Cockerell 1917
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Invalid names: Styringomyia extensa Cockerell and Haines 1921 [synonym]
†Styringomyia dominicana Podenas and Poinar 1999
†Styringomyia gracilis Loew 1850
†Styringomyia optiva Podenas and Poinar 2001
Invalid names: Mesomyites Cockerell 1917 [synonym]
G. Symplecta Meigen 1830
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Subg. Symplecta (Psiloconopa) Zetterstedt 1837
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†Symplecta (Psiloconopa) penalveri Krzemiński and Arillo 2008
Subg. Symplecta (Trimicra) Osten-Sacken 1861
Invalid names: Miopsiloptera Gentilini 1986 [synonym]
G. Tasiocera Skuse 1890
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Subg. Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) Goetghebuer 1920
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†Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) baltica Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2024
†Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) gorskii Kania‑Kłosok et al. 2024
Invalid names: Eriopterinae [synonym], Gonomyiini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Messinian or 125.77000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Gonomyia libanensis (122471)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Gonomyia penalveri (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Pseudoerioptera hubenqii (204786) Rhabdomastix asiatica, Gonomyia burmitica (161726) Rhabdomastix cretacica, Rhabdomastix krzeminskae, Rhabdomastix myanmae (187929) Rhabdomastix jarzembowskii (123020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Gonomyia sp., Burmoptera azu (104053)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Cheilotrichia cretacea (105001)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Macalpina incomparabilis (122353)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Cheilotrichia oisensis, Cheilotrichia gallica (123850)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Gonomyia sp., Gnophomyia gentilinii (122230)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Gonomyia scudderi (114681)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Cheilotrichia palaeocenica (107340)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Montana) Ellipteroides kishenehn (203699)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Gonomyia primogenitalis (122093)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (153882)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Rhabdomastix elegantula, Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Cheilotrichia budrysi, Ormosia divina, Ormosia skwarrae, Ormosia indago, Rhabdomastix brevis (123977)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cheilotrichia antiqua, Cheilotrichia gilija, Cheilotrichia bella, Ormosia abava, Ormosia divina, Ormosia divulgata, Ormosia illibata, Ormosia longipalpa, Ormosia beurleni, Ormosia jurate, Ormosia electrella, Ormosia skwarrae, Ormosia tornquisti, Ormosia sp., Ormosia innata (140808) Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (123962) Erioptera circumcincta, Ormosia skwarrae, Erioptera arcuata, Erioptera minuta, Erioptera platyphylla, Erioptera duplicata, Erioptera axillaris, Rhabdomastix klebsi, Gonomyia graciosa, Gonomyia pinetorum, Gnophomyia magna, Gnophomyia inferna, Gnophomyia parvicellula, Empeda prolifica (124073) Ormosia beurleni, Erioptera perspicillata, Erioptera minuta (127170) Rhabdomastix brevis, Erioptera circumcincta, Ormosia skwarrae, Ormosia electrella, Ormosia tornquisti, Ormosia beurleni, Erioptera perspicillata, Erioptera minuta, Empeda schummeli, Erioptera duplicata, Erioptera diacantha, Erioptera subabortiva, Erioptera rectistyla, Gonomyia elegantula, Gonomyia pulcherrima, Gonomyia pulchella, Gonomyia pulchra, Gonomyia graciosa, Gonomyia borussica, Gonomyia oligocenica, Gnophomyia magna, Gnophomyia procera, Trimicra minuta, Gnophomyia inferna, Gnophomyia parvicellula, Empeda prolifica, Empeda elongata, Erioptera gracilis (123927) Rhabdomastix elegantula, Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix setix, Idiocera adocera, Ormosia abava, Ormosia divina, Ormosia divulgata, Ormosia illibata, Ormosia beurleni, Ormosia skwarrae, Rhabdomastix brevis (124517) Rhabdomastix ratix, Rhabdomastix lutix, Rhabdomastix grussica, Rhabdomastix elegantula, Rhabdomastix borussica, Rhabdomastix mastix, Rhabdomastix pulcherrima, Rhabdomastix redophilax, Idiocera acera, Idiocera adocera, Ormosia divina, Ormosia beurleni, Ormosia skwarrae, Rhabdomastix brevis (124503)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cheilotrichia duplicata, Gymnastes fasciatipennis (113829) Gymnastes fasciatipennis, Gonomyia lutescens, Gonomyia indecisa, Cheilotrichia szwedoi (21976) Mesomyites concinnus, Gonomyia indecisa, Gymnastes fasciatipennis, Empeda ferruginea, Gonomyia lutescens (123959) Styringomyia extensa, Gymnastes fasciatipennis, Empeda hyalina, Gonomyia ferrea, Gonomyia grisea, Gonomyia indecisa, Symplecta gurnetensis (123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Cheilotrichia pawlowskii (110737) Cheilotrichia pawlowskii, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi (120813) Styringomyia gracilis (109625) Tasiocera circumcincta, Cheilotrichia pawlowskii, Tasiocera gorskii, Tasiocera baltica, Rhabdomastix rafali, Rhabdomastix setosa, Rhabdomastix mastix (123215)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Cheilotrichia weitschati, Rhabdomastix woottoni (129228)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Cheilotrichia pawlowskii, Rhabdomastix hoffeinsi, Ellipteroides hansi, Maietta hoffeinsetta, Rhabdomastix setosa (123419)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Gnophomyia seiverti (106382) Gonomyia profundi, Gonomyia labefactata, Gonomyia primogenitalis, Gonomyia frigida (106384) Rhabdomastix praecursor (124680)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Ilisia gracilis (122508)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Gonomyia munda, Erioptera pagasti, Rhabdomastix oligocaenica (122010)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Erioptera fasciipennis (153359) Erioptera oligocaenica (138696)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Limnobia sturi, Erioptera danae (123945)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Erioptera beata, Erioptera divera, Erioptera sherry (125757)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain Symplecta penalveri (123306)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Gnophomyia sp. (21977)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Gonomyia sp., Styringomyia optiva, Styringomyia dominicana, Gnophomyia ieva, Gnophomyia martyni, Gonomyia asymmetrica (122472)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Limnobia debilis (117761)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Miopsiloptera savtshenkoi, Gonomyia andrea (113886)