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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
110
1274
3379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
28
360
1112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
7
123
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
2
7
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Metropolitan France
2 Families width 99 Species
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies98SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinidae Hendel, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Metropolitan France
7 Genera with 99 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1828March flies37SpeciesTaxom
Bibiodes Coquillett, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 17893SpeciesTaxom
Hesperinus Walker, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Hirtea Scopoli, 1763
0SpeciesTaxom
Penthetria Meigen, 187023SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1935love bug34SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
99 Species
Bibio alacris E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio aquaesextiae Skartveit & Nel, 2017
Bibio aymardi A. Aymard, 1856
Bibio baumbergeri N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio boulayi B. Riou, 1999
Bibio celasensis N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio conformans N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio curtisi Heer, 1863
Bibio curtisii Heer, 1856
Bibio cylindratus E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio detractus N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio disjectus N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio edwardsii Oustalet, 1871
Bibio fusiformis O. Heer, 1849
Bibio gigas E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio johannis Linnaeus, 1767
Bibio joursacencis N. Theobald, 1935
Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
Bibio larteti E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio lignarius O. Heer, 1849
Bibio luteipennis N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio macer Loew, 1871
Bibio major Oustalet, 1870
Bibio marci Linnaeus, 1758March fly
Bibio marginatus E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio minor E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio moestus O. Heer, 1849
Bibio morio (O. Heer, 1849)⇒ Hemipenthes morio Linnaeus, 1758
Bibio nigripennis N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio obtusus Theobald, 1937
Bibio painvini F. Meunier, 1915
Bibio pomonae Fabricius, 1775Heather Fly
Bibio robustus E. Oustalet, 1870
Bibio romani N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio serresi N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio spectabilis N. Theobald, 1937
Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Bibiodes provincialis Skartveit & Nel, 2017
Dilophus febrilis Linnaeus, 1758Fever Fly
Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804
Dilophus novemmaculatus de Villers, 1789
Hesperinus brevifrons Walker, 1848
Penthetria adusta E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria blanchardi E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria brevipennis O. Heer, 1856
Penthetria bucklandi O. Heer, 1849
Penthetria elegans O. Heer, 1856
Penthetria formicoides E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria fusca E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria globularis E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria gracilis O. Heer, 1856
Penthetria heteroptera Say, 1823
Penthetria incerta E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria inflata E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria longa O. Heer, 1849
Penthetria longipennis E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria luberonica Skartveit & Nel, 2017
Penthetria lugens E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria lygaeoides O. Heer, 1849
Penthetria major E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria nigrescens E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria pallida E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria rubescens E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria sauvagei E. Oustalet, 1870
Penthetria vaillanti E. Oustalet, 1870
Plecia acutiventris N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia angustiventris N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia assonensis G. Gentilini, 1993
Plecia bakeri Malloch, 1928
Plecia bucklandi Heer, 1849
Plecia conica N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia constricta N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia dilatativentris N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia dumasi N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia edwardsii E. Oustalet, 1870
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969
Plecia foersteri N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia guinieri N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia inflata Hull, 1960
Plecia joannis Oustalet, 1870
Plecia lapidaria C. von Heyden, 1865
Plecia larguensis G. Gentilini, 1993
Plecia livida Heer, 1856
Plecia longiventris N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia lugens Oustalet, 1870
Plecia lygaeoides Heer, 1849
Plecia macilenta Skartveit & ..., 2014
Plecia maimensis G. Gentilini, 1993
Plecia morio Heer, 1849
Plecia nearctica Hardy, 1940Double-headed bug
Plecia nervisinuata N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia nigrescens Oustalet, 1871
Plecia parisiensis Gee & al., 2001
Plecia pulchella Meunier, 1915
Plecia retracta N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia rhenana C. von Heyden, 1865
Plecia splendida N. Theobald, 1937
Plecia theobaldi Skartveit & Nel, 2017
Plecia vergnei Piton, 1935

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in Metropolitan France
FamilyBibionidae
Fleming, 1821
Bibionid flies, Fever flies, Harlequin flies, Indet. St Marks Fly, Love bugs, Lovebugs, March flies, march fly, St Mark´s flies
6
98
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHesperinidae
Hendel, 1928
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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