Dicranomyia chorea is a Palearctic species of cranefly in the family Limoniidae. It is found in a wide range of habitats and micro habitats: in earth rich in humus, in swamps and marshes, in leaf litter and in wet spots in woods. [3][4]

Dicranomyia chorea
Dicranomyia chorea North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Genus: Dicranomyia
Species:
D. chorea
Binomial name
Dicranomyia chorea
(Meigen, 1818)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Limnobia chorea Meigen, 1818

Limonia lutea Meigen, 1804

Dicranomyia flavicollis Becker, 1908

Dicranomyia longipes Santos Abreu, 1923

Dicranomyia vidua Santos Abreu, 1923

Dicranomyia grisescens Lackschewitz, 1928

Dicranomyia lutescens Lackschewitz, 1928

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chorea (Meigen, 1818) | Fauna Europaea".
  3. ^ Stubbs, A. and Kramer, J, 2016 A Key to the subfamily Limnophilinae pdf
  4. ^ R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 9 Part 2 i. pdf Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine download manual Out of date but online at no cost
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