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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
112
1822
7450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
26
593
2675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
7
244
906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
2
6
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Benelux
2 Families width 30 Species
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies29SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinidae Hendel, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Benelux
6 Genera with 30 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1830March flies20SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinus Walker, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Hirtea Scopoli, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1919love bug2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
30 Species
Bibio anglicus Verrall, 1869
Bibio clavipes (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio edwardsi Freeman & Lane, 1985
Bibio ferruginatus Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio graecus Duda, 1930
Bibio hortulanus Linnaeus, 1758Marchfly
Bibio hybridus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio laniger Meigen, 1818
Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
Bibio lepidus Loew, 1871
Bibio leucoptera Meigen, 1804
Bibio leucopterus Meigen, 1804
Bibio longipes Loew, 1864
Bibio marci Linnaeus, 1758March fly
Bibio nigriventris Haliday, 1833
Bibio pomonae Fabricius, 1775Heather Fly
Bibio reticulatus Loew, 1846
Bibio rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio varipes Meigen, 1830
Dilophus febrilis Linnaeus, 1758Fever Fly
Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804
Dilophus humeralis Zetterstedt, 1850
Hesperinus brevifrons Walker, 1848
Hirtea longicornis (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Stratiomys longicornis Scopoli, 1763
Penthetria funebris Meigen, 1804
Penthetria heteroptera Say, 1823
Penthetria holosericea (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Penthetria funebris Meigen, 1804
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969
Plecia marginata Edwards, 1919

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in Benelux
FamilyBibionidae
Fleming, 1821
Bibionid flies, Fever flies, Harlequin flies, Indet. St Marks Fly, Love bugs, Lovebugs, March flies, march fly, St Mark´s flies
5
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHesperinidae
Hendel, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Bibionoidea at artfakta.se
Bibionoidea at dyntaxa.se