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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
11863
34633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
11859
34631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
579
11701
34157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
379
9752
30015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
98
1705
4482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
21
294
979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
7
91
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
1
4
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
1 Family width 25 Species
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies25SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Costa Rica
4 Genera with 25 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1868March flies4SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1942love bug17SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
25 Species
Bibio atrigigas Fitzgerald, 1997
Bibio dolichotarsus Yang, 1997
Bibio intermedius Rondani, 1850
Bibio superfluus Schiner, 1868
Dilophus brazilensis Hardy, 1948
Dilophus melanarius Wulp, 1881
Dilophus minimus Hardy, 1942
Penthetria appendicula Hardy, 1945
Plecia akantha Fitzgerald, 1998
Plecia anthophila Fitzgerald, 1998
Plecia arachne Fitzgerald, 1998
Plecia biarmata Hardy, 1942
Plecia bicolor Bellardi, 1859
Plecia collaris Fabricius, 1805
Plecia dentata Hardy, 1942
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969
Plecia nearctica Hardy, 1940Double-headed bug
Plecia ornithocephala Fitzgerald, 1998
Plecia pertinens Hardy, 1942
Plecia plagiata Wiedemann, 1824
Plecia quadrivittata Williston, 1900
Plecia rufimarginata Hardy, 1940
Plecia rufithorax Walker, 1848
Plecia varabilis Hardy, 1942
Plecia xenia Hardy, 1942

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in Costa Rica
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
25
Genera
Species

Taxom



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