''Collessophila'' is a genus of

crane fly A crane fly is any member of the dipteran superfamily Tipuloidea, which contains the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, as well as several extinct families. "Winter crane flies", members of the family T ...

in the family

Limoniidae Limoniidae is the largest of four crane fly families, with more than 10,700 species in more than 150 genera. Some studies have suggested it to be a paraphyletic group, with some limoniids being more closely related to Tipulidae and Cylindrotomida ...

. There is only one known species. The epithet commemorates Australian entomologist

Donald Henry Colless Donald Henry Colless (24 August 1922 – 16 February 2012), also known simply as Don Colless, was an Australian entomologist. He was an authority on true flies (Diptera). Career Colless was born in Uralla, a small town in the Northern Tablelands o ...

Distribution

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Species

*'' C. chookachooka'' Theischinger, 1994

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5147051 Limoniidae Nematocera genera Diptera of Australasia