Chionea (Chionea) araneoides Dalman, 1816

Stolbov, V. A., Galich, D. E. & Nizovtsev, D. S., 2018, New data on distribution of winter insects (Mecoptera: Boreidae; Diptera: Limoniidae) in Western Siberia, Far Eastern Entomologist 359, pp. 12-15 : 13

Chionea (Chionea) araneoides Dalman, 1816

Fig. 3

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Tyumen oblast, Uvatsky district, upstream of the

Manguya River , 58°30'N 69°33'E, siberian pine-spruce-fir forest, 02.XII 2017, 1♂ (D.S.

Nizovtsev leg.).

DISTRIBUTION. Northern Europe and the mountains of Central Europe and Romania

(Oosterbroek & Reusch, 2008). In Russia it is known from the Leningradskaya oblast,

Karelia, Kola Peninsula and Siberia (Boldyrev, 1913; Savchenko, 1982, 1989).

NOTES. This species was recorded from Yamburg (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)

by Boldyrev (1913). Here it is recorded from Tyumen oblast for the first time.

Figures

Figs. 1–5. Winter insects of Western Siberia. 1, 2 – Boreus westwoodi: 1 – ♀; 2 – ♂; 3 – Chionea araneoides, ♀; 4, 5 – Chionea crassipes crassipes: 4 – ♀; 5 – ♂.