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Plecia
Genus of March flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae) comprising many species, both extant and fossilised. Several species of this genus are commonly known as "lovebugs" due to their behavior of flying around coupled together while mating.
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Extant species
- P. acutirostris Luo & Yang, 1988
- P. adiastola Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
- P. affinidecora Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. americana Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. amplipennis Skuse, 1888[4]
- P. aruensis Edwards, 1925[5]
- P. angularis Luo & Yang, 1988
- P. avicephaliforma Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. bicuspidata Luo & Yang, 1988
- P. bifida Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. bifoliolata Luo & Yang, 1988
- P. bisulca Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. boliviana Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. chinensis Hardy, 1949
- P. crenula Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. curtispina Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. cuspidata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. digitiformis Luo & Yang, 1988
- P. dileracabilis Yang & Luo, 1989
- P. dimidiata Macquart, 1846
- P. duplicis Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. edwardsi Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. emeiensis Yang & Luo, 1989
- P. erebea Skuse, 1889
- P. erebeoidea Hardy, 1982
- P. forcipiformis Yang & Luo, 1989
- P. fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1805)
- P. hadrosoma Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
- P. hamata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. impilosa Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. intricata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. javensis Edwards, 1925[5]
- P. lateralis Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. lieftincki Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. longifolia Yang & Luo, 1989
- P. longiforceps Duda, 1933
- P. lopesi Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. mandibuliformis Yang & Luo
- P. membranifera Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
- P. multilobata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. nagatomii Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
- P. nearctica Hardy, 1940[3] – Lovebug
- P. obtusicornis Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. obtusilobata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. oculastra Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. okadai Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
- P. ornaticornis Skuse, 1889
- P. patula Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. pellucida Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. persimilis Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. plagiata Wiedemann, 1824
- P. propeforcipata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. propria Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. protea Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. pruinosa Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. pudica Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. punctulata Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. ramosa Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. rhinigera Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. rostellata Loew, 1858
- P. rufangularis Luo & Yang, 1988
- P. ruficollis (Olivier, 1789) – Harlequin fly
- P. rufimarginata Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. rufiscutella Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. rugosa Hardy, 1940[3]
- P. serrifera Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. spilota Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. stricta Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. tephra Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. tetrascolata Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. thulinigra Hardy, 1961
- P. trifida Hardy, 1968[2]
- P. triquetra Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. trunca Fitzgerald, 1998
- P. xyele Fitzgerald, 1998
Fossil species
Many fossil species have been assigned to Plecia with ages dating from the Cretaceous (Campanian) through the early Pleistocene (Gelasian):[6]
Cretaceous
- †P. myersi Peterson, 1975 (Campanian, Canadian Amber, MB)
Paleocene
- †P. undans Zeuner, 1941 (Thanetian, ArdTun head, UK)
Eocene
- Ypresian, Allenby Formation, Canada
- †P. angustipennis (Handlirsch, 1910)
- †P. canadensis (Handlirsch, 1910)
- †P. elatior (Handlirsch, 1910)
- †P. minutula Rice, 1959 (Allenby Formation)
- †P. nana (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
- †P. pictipennis (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
- †P. pulchra (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
- †P. pulla (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
- †P. similkameena Scudder, 1879 (Allenby Formation)
- †P. transitoria (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
- †P. tulameenensis Rice, 1959 (Allenby Formation)
- Ypresian, Driftwood shales, Canada
- †P. cairnesi Rice, 1959
- Ypresian, Horsefly Shales, Canada
- †P. avus (Handlirsch, 1910)
- †P. curtula (Handlirsch, 1910)
- †P. dilatata (Handlirsch, 1910)
- †P. platyptera (Handlirsch, 1910) (Horsefly Shales)
- †P. reducta (Handlirsch, 1910) (Horsefly Shales)
- Ypresian, "Mission Creek site", Canada
- †P. kelownaensis Rice, 1959
- Ypresian, Oise amber, France
- †P. parisiensis Gee et al., 2001
- Ypresian, Green River Formation, USA
- †P. akerionana Fitzgerald, 1999
- †P. dejecta Scudder, 1890
- †P. pealei Scudder, 1890
- †P. rhodopterina Cockerell, 1925
- †P. winchesteri Cockerell, 1917
- †P. woodruffi Cockerell, 1916
- Priabonian, Baltic Amber
- †P. borussica Meunier, 1904
- †P. brunniptera Skartveit, 2009
- †P. clavifemur Skartveit, 2009
- †P. hoffeinsorum Skartveit, 2009
- †P. prisca Meunier, 1899
- †P. tenuicornis Skartveit, 2009
- Priabonian, France
- †P. angustiventris Theobald, 1937 ( Célas site, France)
- †P. chapuisii Oustalet, 1872
- †P. dumasi Theobald, 1937
- †P. foersteri Theobald, 1937
- Pribonian, United Kingdom
- †P. acourti Cockerell, 1921 (Bembridge Marls, UK)
- Priabonian, Florissant Formation, USA
- †P. axeliana Cockerell, 1915
- †P. decapitata Cockerell, 1917
- †P. explanata Cockerell, 1917
- †P. gradata Melander, 1949
- †P. melanderi Cockerell, 1911
- †P. orycta Melander, 1949
- †P. tessella Melander, 1949
Oligocene
- Rupelian, Brunstatt, France
- †P. gracillima Förster, 1891
- Rupelian, Corent, France
- †P. joannis Oustalet, 1870
- †P. larteti Oustalet, 1870
- †P. longipennis Oustalet, 1870
- †P. pallida Oustalet, 1870
- †P. rubescens Oustalet, 1870
- †P. sauvagei Oustalet, 1870
- Rupelian, Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, France
- †P. assonensis Gentilini, 1993
- †P. larguensis Gentilini, 1993
- †P. maimensis Gentilini, 1993
- Rupelian, Chadrat, France
- †P. oustaleti Brongniart, 1876
- Chattian, Niveau du gypse d'Aix, France
- †P. livida Heer, 1849
- †P. painvini Meunier, 1915
- †P. retracta Theobald, 1937
- †P. rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865
- Chattian, Camoins-les-Bains, France
- †P. theobaldi Skartveit & Nel, 2017
- Chattian, Rott Formation, Germany
- †P. collossea (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
- †P. conica Theobald, 1937
- †P. dubia (Germar, 1837)
- †P. exigua Statz, 1943
- †P. gracilenta (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
- †P. grossa Heyden & Heyden, 1865
- †P. hypogaea (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
- †P. inflata Oustalet, 1870
- †P. luctuosa Heyden & Heyden, 1865
- †P. luteola Heyden & Heyden, 1865
- †P. lygaeoides Heer, 1849
- †P. macrocephala (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
- †P. morio Heer, 1849
- †P. pennata Statz, 1943
- †P. pinguis (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
- †P. proserpina Heyden & Heyden, 1865
- †P. rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865
- †P. sturmi Statz, 1943
- †P. stygia (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
- †P. winnertzi (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
Miocene
- Aquitanian, Mexican amber, Mexico
- †P. pristina Hardy, 1971
- Burdigalian, Shanwang Formation. China
- †P. aculeolata Zhang, 1989
- †P. bivalvula Zhang, 1993
- †P. capitata Zhang et al., 1994
- †P. diatoma Zhang, 1989
- †P. fumosa Zhang et al., 1994
- †P. gracilentula Evenhuis, 1994
- †P. ludongensis Hong & Wang 1985
- †P. platoptera Zhang, 1993
- †P. rectivenia Zhang, 1989
- †P. solaris Zhang, 1989
- †P. spinula Zhang, 1989
- †P. villosa Zhang, 1989
- †P. vulcania Zhang, 1989
- Burdigalian, Kudia River site, Russia
- †P. amagua Cockerell, 1925
- †P. obsitula Cockerell, 1925
- †P. kuznetzovi Cockerell, 1925
- †P. kudiella Cockerell, 1925
- †P. redempta Cockerell, 1925
- †P. refracta Cockerell, 1925
- Burdigalian - Langhian, Cypris Formation, Czech Republic
- †P. quaesita Novák, 1878
- Langhian, Chojabaru Formation, Japan
- †P. kanetakii Fujiyama, 1970
- Serravallian, Radoboj Formation, Croatia
- †P. bucklandi Heer, 1849
- Serravallian, Oehningen beds Member (Upper Freshwater-Molasse), Germany
- †P. hilaris Heer, 1849
- †P. jucunda Heer, 1849
- †P. macilenta Skartveit & Pika, 2014
- Messinian, Monte Castellaro, Italy
- †P. baglii Gentilini, 1991
- †P. castellaroi Gentilini, 1991
- †P. pisaurensis Gentilini, 1991
Pliocene
- Piacenzian, Togo Formation, Japan
- †P. intima Fujiyama & Iwao, 1974
Pleistocene
- Gelasian, Lac Chambon, France
- †P. brunneipennis Piton, 1939
- †P. vergnei Piton, 1935
Revision of the Bibionidae fossil record from the Oligocene of Germany by Skartveit and Wedmann (2021) included the redescription of a number of Plecia species.[7]
- Hesperinus heeri (Heyden & Heyden, 1865) (formerly Plecia heeri and syn P. elegantula )
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