Thread subject: Diptera.info :: cf. Eriopterodes (Limoniidae) from Suriname

Posted by Auke on 13-06-2020 18:47
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Searching for images of these three genera (with Empeda as a subgenus of Cheilotrichia) with Google turns up no species with anything close to the ornamentation my fly has on its legs (most specimens in BOLD have no legs at all).

BOLD places these genera in Chioneinae, while Bugguide skips the level of subfamily and places Cheilotrichia directly in the tribe Eriopterini. What is the lowest taxonomic level you would still consider accurate?