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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
707
11317
47199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
704
11307
47184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
673
11100
46296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
448
9313
40244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
120
2154
10611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
31
639
3361
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
9
262
1124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
2
6
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
2 Families width 79 Species and 2 Subspecies
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies78SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinidae Hendel, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Canada
6 Genera with 79 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1828March flies32SpeciesTaxom
Bibiodes Coquillett, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 187011SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinus Walker, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 195916SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1959love bug20SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
79 Species and 2 Subspecies
Bibio abbreviatus (Loew, 1864)⇒ Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828
Bibio albipennis (Say, 1823)⇒ Bibio nigriventris Haliday, 1833
Bibio albipennis albipennis
Bibio basalis (Loew, 1864)⇒ Bibio vestitus Walker, 1848
Bibio brunnipes Fabricius, 1794
Bibio carri Curran, 1927
Bibio columbiaensis Hardy, 1938
Bibio femoratus Wiedemann, 1820March Fly
Bibio fluginatus Hardy, 1937
Bibio fraternus Loew, 1864
Bibio fumipennis (Walker, 1848)⇒ Bibio brunnipes Fabricius, 1794
Bibio gracilis (F. Unger, 1841)⇒ Bibio slossonae Cockerell, 1909
Bibio humeralis (Walker, 1848)⇒ Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828
Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio labradorensis Johnson, 1929Brittle sandwort
Bibio longipes Loew, 1864
Bibio mickeli Hardy, 1937
Bibio nigripilus Loew, 1864
Bibio nigritus (Curran, 1924)⇒ Thyridanthrax fenestratus Fallen, 1814
Bibio nigriventris Haliday, 1833
Bibio painteri James, 1936Fendler's hedgehog cactus
Bibio pallipes Say, 1823
Bibio rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio rufitibialis Hardy, 1938
Bibio scita (Walker, 1848)⇒ Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828
Bibio sericatus Hardy, 1937
Bibio slossonae Cockerell, 1909
Bibio striatipes Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Bibio townesi Hardy, 1945Forest peperomia
Bibio velcidus Hardy, 1937
Bibio vestitus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Dilophus caurinus Mcatee, 1922Cliff bittercress
Dilophus febrilis Linnaeus, 1758Fever Fly
Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804
Dilophus fulvicoxa Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Dilophus lateralis Philippi, 1865
Dilophus niger Hardy, 1937
Dilophus obesula
Dilophus obesulus Loew, 1869Juniper globemallow
Dilophus serraticollis Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Dilophus tibialis breviceps
Dilophus tibialistibialis Loew, 1870
Hesperinus brevifrons Walker, 1848
Penthetria angustipennis Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria avus Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria canadensis Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria curtula Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria elatior Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria fryi H. M. A. Rice, 1959
Penthetria heteroptera Say, 1823
Penthetria intermedia S. H. Scudder, 1892
Penthetria nana Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria platyptera Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria pulchra Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria pulla Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria reducta Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria similkameena Scudder, 1879
Penthetria transitoria Handlirsch, 1910
Penthetria whipsawensis H. M. A. Rice, 1959
Plecia angustipennis A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia avus A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia cairnesi H. M. A. Rice, 1959
Plecia canadensis A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia curtula A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia dilatata A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia elatior A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969
Plecia kelownaensis H. M. A. Rice, 1959
Plecia minutula H. M. A. Rice, 1959
Plecia myersi B. V. Peterson, 1975
Plecia nana A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia pictipennis A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia platyptera A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia pulchra A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia pulla A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia reducta A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia similkameena S. H. Scudder, 1879
Plecia transitoria A. Handlirsch, 1910
Plecia tulameenensis H. M. A. Rice, 1959

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in Canada
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
78
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHesperinidae
Hendel, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
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Bibionoidea at dyntaxa.se