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Checklist for Superfamily Bibionoidea Cocquerell, 1901 (March flies and lovebugs)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
84
748
1915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
20
167
357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Bibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
38
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bibionoidea
Cocquerell, 1901
March flies and lovebugs
1
3
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
1 Family width 10 Species
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
3 Genera with 10 Species
Bibio Geoffroy, 1828March flies5SpeciesTaxom
Dilophus Meigen, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Plecia Wiedemann, 1781love bug2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
10 Species
Bibio breviceps Loew, 1866
Bibio brevicruris Hardy, 1950
Bibio longirostris Rondani, 1863
Bibio turneri Edwards, 1925
Bibio xanthopus Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Dilophus capensis Edwards, 1925
Dilophus femoratus Meigen, 1804
Dilophus suberythreus Edwards, 1914
Plecia exechia Hardy & Delf..., 1969
Plecia ruficollis Fabricius, 1781

Subnodes of Bibionoidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyBibionidae
Fleming, 1821
Bibionid flies, Fever flies, Harlequin flies, Indet. St Marks Fly, Love bugs, Lovebugs, March flies, march fly, St Mark´s flies
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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