Hoverioptera

Hoverioptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Nematocera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
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 Hoverioptera Alexander, 1963

• H. ambricola (Alexander, 1951)

• 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.