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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
896
13558
47115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
893
13548
47100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
807
13239
46382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
484
10777
40631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
121
2306
11234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
29
748
4276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
8
312
1857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
1
7
43
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
1 Family width 43 Species
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies43SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
7 Genera with 43 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1828March flies28SpeciesTaxom
Bibiodes Coquillett, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Bibiodites Cockerell, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Bibionites Handlirsch, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 19198SpeciesTaxom
Dimeropterum Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1941love bug3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
43 Species
Bibio ablusus Hardy, 1965
Bibio anglicus Verrall, 1869
Bibio clavipes (Meigen, 1818)⇒ Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio edwardsi Freeman & Lane, 1985
Bibio extremus T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Bibio ferruginatus Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio gurnetensis Cockerell, 1917
Bibio hortulanus Linnaeus, 1758Marchfly
Bibio hybridus (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
Bibio lepidus Loew, 1871
Bibio leucopterus Meigen, 1804
Bibio longipes Loew, 1864
Bibio marci Linnaeus, 1758March fly
Bibio minimus Harris, 1776
Bibio minusculus Harris, 1776
Bibio nigriventris Haliday, 1833
Bibio nigrostigma Walker, 1848
Bibio oblitus T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Bibio oligocenus Cockerell, 1917
Bibio parvus Harris, 1776
Bibio pomonae Fabricius, 1775Heather Fly
Bibio reticulatus Loew, 1846
Bibio varipes Meigen, 1830
Bibio velorum Mcatee, 1923
Bibio venosus Meigen, 1804
Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Bibiodes confluens T. D. A. Coc..., 1915
Bibiodites confluens Cockerell, 1916
Bibionites priscus Giebel, 1856
Dilophus bispinosus Lundstrom, 1913
Dilophus febrilis Linnaeus, 1758Fever Fly
Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804
Dilophus humeralis Zetterstedt, 1850
Dilophus obsoleta Hardy, 1951
Dilophus obsoletus Hardy, 1951
Dilophus splendens Hardy, 1951
Dilophus venulatus Johnson, 1919
Dimeropterum westwoodi A. Handlirsch, 1906
Plecia acourti T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969
Plecia undans F. E. Zeuner, 1941

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in British Isles
FamilyBibionidae
Fleming, 1821
Bibionid flies, Fever flies, Harlequin flies, Indet. St Marks Fly, Love bugs, Lovebugs, March flies, march fly, St Mark´s flies
7
43
Genera
Species

Taxom



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