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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region Central Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
419
3503
6778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
416
3499
6774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
396
3411
6581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
290
2948
5875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
82
673
1194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
21
204
358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
86
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Alberta
2 Families width 7 Species
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies6SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinidae Hendel, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Alberta
5 Genera with 7 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1828March flies3SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinus Walker, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1969love bug1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Alberta
7 Species
Bibio longipes Loew, 1864
Bibio rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804
Hesperinus brevifrons Walker, 1848
Penthetria heteroptera Say, 1823
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in Central Alberta
FamilyBibionidae
Fleming, 1821
Bibionid flies, Fever flies, Harlequin flies, Indet. St Marks Fly, Love bugs, Lovebugs, March flies, march fly, St Mark´s flies
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHesperinidae
Hendel, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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