Plecia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Bibionomorpha
Superfamilia: Bibionoidea

Familia: Bibionidae
Genus: Plecia

Species: P. americana – P. amplipennis – P. aruensis – P. crenula – P. dimidiata – P. erebea – P. erebeoidea – P. nearctica – P. ornaticornis – †P. acourti – †P. akerionana – †P. borussica – †P. brunniptera – †P. chapuisii – †P. clavifemur – †P. dejecta – †P. edwardsii – †P. fushunensis – †P. hoffeinsorum – †P. minutula – †P. myersi – †P. oustaleti – †P. parisiensis – †P. pealei – †P. prisca – †P. pristina – †P. rhodopterina – †P. tenuicornis – †P. undans – †P. winchesteri – †P. woodruffi
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Name

Plecia Wiedemann, 1828
References

Fitzgerald, S.J. 1998: Eighteen new species of Neotropical Plecia (Diptera: Bibionidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 124: 133–164.
Fitzgerald, S.J. 1999: A new species of Plecia from the Green River Formation and new combinations of fossil Bibionidae (Diptera). Great Basin naturalist, 59: 182–187.
Gee, J.; Nel, A.; Menier, J.-J.; De Ploëg, G. 2001: A new lovebug fly (Insecta, Diptera) from the lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin. Geodiversitas, 23: 341–348. PDF
Skartveit, J. 2009(2008): Fossil Hesperinidae and Bibionidae from Baltic amber (Diptera: Bibionoidea). Studia dipterologica, 15: 3–42. Abstract

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus

Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae).
Contents

1 Species
2 Fossil record
2.1 Cretaceous
2.2 Paleocene
2.3 Eocene
2.4 Oligocene
2.5 Miocene
2.6 Pliocene
2.7 Pleistocene
3 References

Species

P. acutirostris Luo & Yang, 1988
P. adiastola Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
P. affinidecora Hardy, 1968[2]
P. americana Hardy, 1940[3]
P. amplipennis Skuse, 1888[4]
P. aruensis Edwards, 1925[5]
P. angularis Luo & Yang, 1988
P. avicephaliforma Hardy, 1940[3]
P. bicuspidata Luo & Yang, 1988
P. bifida Hardy, 1968[2]
P. bifoliolata Luo & Yang, 1988
P. bisulca Hardy, 1968[2]
P. boliviana Fitzgerald, 1998
P. chinensis Hardy, 1949
P. crenula Hardy, 1968[2]
P. curtispina Hardy, 1968[2]
P. cuspidata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. digitiformis Luo & Yang, 1988
P. dileracabilis Yang & Luo, 1989
P. dimidiata Macquart, 1846
P. duplicis Hardy, 1968[2]
P. edwardsi Hardy, 1940[3]
P. emeiensis Yang & Luo, 1989
P. erebea Skuse, 1889
P. erebeoidea Hardy, 1982
P. forcipiformis Yang & Luo, 1989
P. fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1805)
P. hadrosoma Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
P. hamata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. impilosa Hardy, 1940[3]
P. intricata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. javensis Edwards, 1925[5]
P. lateralis Hardy, 1940[3]
P. lieftincki Hardy, 1968[2]
P. longifolia Yang & Luo, 1989
P. longiforceps Duda, 1933
P. lopesi Hardy, 1940[3]
P. mandibuliformis Yang & Luo
P. membranifera Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
P. multilobata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. nagatomii Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
P. nearctica Hardy, 1940[3] – Lovebug
P. obtusicornis Hardy, 1968[2]
P. obtusilobata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. oculastra Hardy, 1968[2]
P. okadai Hardy & Takahashi, 1960
P. ornaticornis Skuse, 1889
P. patula Hardy, 1968[2]
P. pellucida Fitzgerald, 1998
P. persimilis Hardy, 1940[3]
P. plagiata Wiedemann, 1824
P. propeforcipata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. propria Hardy, 1968[2]
P. protea Fitzgerald, 1998
P. pruinosa Hardy, 1940[3]
P. pudica Hardy, 1968[2]
P. punctulata Hardy, 1940[3]
P. ramosa Fitzgerald, 1998
P. rhinigera Hardy, 1968[2]
P. rostellata Loew, 1858
P. rufangularis Luo & Yang, 1988
P. ruficollis (Olivier, 1789) – Harlequin fly
P. rufimarginata Hardy, 1940[3]
P. rufiscutella Hardy, 1940[3]
P. rugosa Hardy, 1940[3]
P. serrifera Hardy, 1968[2]
P. spilota Hardy, 1968[2]
P. stricta Hardy, 1968[2]
P. tephra Fitzgerald, 1998
P. tetrascolata Hardy, 1968[2]
P. thulinigra Hardy, 1961
P. trifida Hardy, 1968[2]
P. triquetra Fitzgerald, 1998
P. trunca Fitzgerald, 1998
P. xyele Fitzgerald, 1998

Fossil record

A number of fossil species have been assigned to Plecia with ages dating from the Cretaceous (Campanian) through the early Pleistocene (Gelasian):[6]
Cretaceous

†P. myersi Peterson, 1975 (Campanian, Canadian Amber, MB)

Paleocene

†P. undans Zeuner, 1941 (Thanetian, ArdTun head, UK)

Eocene

Ypresian, Allenby Formation, Canada

†P. angustipennis (Handlirsch, 1910)
†P. canadensis (Handlirsch, 1910)
†P. elatior (Handlirsch, 1910)
†P. minutula Rice, 1959 (Allenby Formation)
†P. nana (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
†P. pictipennis (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
†P. pulchra (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
†P. pulla (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
†P. similkameena Scudder, 1879 (Allenby Formation)
†P. transitoria (Handlirsch, 1910) (Allenby Formation)
†P. tulameenensis Rice, 1959 (Allenby Formation)

Ypresian, Driftwood shales, Canada

†P. cairnesi Rice, 1959

Ypresian, Horsefly Shales, Canada

†P. avus (Handlirsch, 1910)
†P. curtula (Handlirsch, 1910)
†P. dilatata (Handlirsch, 1910)
†P. platyptera (Handlirsch, 1910) (Horsefly Shales)
†P. reducta (Handlirsch, 1910) (Horsefly Shales)

Ypresian, "Mission Creek site", Canada

†P. kelownaensis Rice, 1959

Ypresian, Oise amber, France

†P. parisiensis Gee et al., 2001

Ypresian, Green River Formation, USA

†P. akerionana Fitzgerald, 1999
†P. dejecta Scudder, 1890
†P. pealei Scudder, 1890
†P. rhodopterina Cockerell, 1925
†P. winchesteri Cockerell, 1917
†P. woodruffi Cockerell, 1916

Priabonian, Baltic Amber

†P. borussica Meunier, 1904
†P. brunniptera Skartveit, 2009
†P. clavifemur Skartveit, 2009
†P. hoffeinsorum Skartveit, 2009
†P. prisca Meunier, 1899
†P. tenuicornis Skartveit, 2009

Priabonian, France

†P. angustiventris Theobald, 1937 ( Célas site, France)
†P. chapuisii Oustalet, 1872
†P. dumasi Theobald, 1937
†P. foersteri Theobald, 1937

Pribonian, United Kingdom

†P. acourti Cockerell, 1921 (Bembridge Marls, UK)

Priabonian, Florissant Formation, USA

†P. axeliana Cockerell, 1915
†P. decapitata Cockerell, 1917
†P. explanata Cockerell, 1917
†P. gradata Melander, 1949
†P. melanderi Cockerell, 1911
†P. orycta Melander, 1949
†P. tessella Melander, 1949

Oligocene

Rupelian, Brunstatt, France

†P. gracillima Förster, 1891

Rupelian, Corent, France

†P. joannis Oustalet, 1870
†P. larteti Oustalet, 1870
†P. longipennis Oustalet, 1870
†P. pallida Oustalet, 1870
†P. rubescens Oustalet, 1870
†P. sauvagei Oustalet, 1870

Rupelian, Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, France

†P. assonensis Gentilini, 1993
†P. larguensis Gentilini, 1993
†P. maimensis Gentilini, 1993

Rupelian, Chadrat, France

†P. oustaleti Brongniart, 1876

Chattian, Niveau du gypse d'Aix, France

†P. livida Heer, 1849
†P. painvini Meunier, 1915
†P. retracta Theobald, 1937
†P. rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865

Chattian, Camoins-les-Bains, France

†P. theobaldi Skartveit & Nel, 2017

Chattian, Rott Formation, Germany

†P. collossea (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
†P. conica Theobald, 1937
†P. dubia (Germar, 1837)
†P. exigua Statz, 1943
†P. gracilenta (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
†P. grossa Heyden & Heyden, 1865
†P. hypogaea (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
†P. inflata Oustalet, 1870
†P. luctuosa Heyden & Heyden, 1865
†P. luteola Heyden & Heyden, 1865
†P. lygaeoides Heer, 1849
†P. macrocephala (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
†P. morio Heer, 1849
†P. pennata Statz, 1943
†P. pinguis (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
†P. proserpina Heyden & Heyden, 1865
†P. rhenana Heyden & Heyden, 1865
†P. sturmi Statz, 1943
†P. stygia (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)
†P. winnertzi (Heyden & Heyden, 1865)

Miocene

Aquitanian, Mexican amber, Mexico

†P. pristina Hardy, 1971

Burdigalian, Shanwang Formation. China

†P. aculeolata Zhang, 1989
†P. bivalvula Zhang, 1993
†P. capitata Zhang et al., 1994
†P. diatoma Zhang, 1989
†P. fumosa Zhang et al., 1994
†P. gracilentula Evenhuis, 1994
†P. ludongensis Hong & Wang 1985
†P. platoptera Zhang, 1993
†P. rectivenia Zhang, 1989
†P. solaris Zhang, 1989
†P. spinula Zhang, 1989
†P. villosa Zhang, 1989
†P. vulcania Zhang, 1989

Burdigalian, Kudia River site, Russia

†P. amagua Cockerell, 1925
†P. obsitula Cockerell, 1925
†P. kuznetzovi Cockerell, 1925
†P. kudiella Cockerell, 1925
†P. redempta Cockerell, 1925
†P. refracta Cockerell, 1925

Burdigalian - Langhian, Cypris Formation, Czech Republic

†P. quaesita Novák, 1878

Langhian, Chojabaru Formation, Japan

†P. kanetakii Fujiyama, 1970

Serravallian, Radoboj Formation, Croatia

†P. bucklandi Heer, 1849

Serravallian, Oehningen beds Member (Upper Freshwater-Molasse), Germany

†P. hilaris Heer, 1849
†P. jucunda Heer, 1849
†P. macilenta Skartveit & Pika, 2014

Messinian, Monte Castellaro, Italy

†P. baglii Gentilini, 1991
†P. castellaroi Gentilini, 1991
†P. pisaurensis Gentilini, 1991

Pliocene

Piacenzian, Togo Formation, Japan

†P. intima Fujiyama & Iwao, 1974

Pleistocene

Gelasian, Lac Chambon, France

†P. brunneipennis Piton, 1939
†P. vergnei Piton, 1935

Revision of the Bibionidae fossil record from the Oligocene of Germany by Skartveit and Wedmann (2021) included the redescription of a number of Plecia species.[7]

Hesperinus heeri (Heyden & Heyden, 1865) (formerly Plecia heeri and syn P. elegantula )

References

Hardy, D. Elmo (1950). "Studies in Pacific Bibionidae (Diptera). Part I.". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 14: 75–85.
Hardy, D. Elmo (1968). "Bibionidae (Diptera) of New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. Honolulu, Hawaii, U. S. A.: The Bishop Museum. 10 (3–4): 443–513. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
Hardy, D. Elmo (1940). "Studies in New World Plecia (Bibionidae: Diptera)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. Kansas: Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society. 13 (1): 15–27. JSTOR 25081585.
Skuse, F. A. A. (1888). "Diptera of Australia. Part I". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 3 (2): 17–145, pls. 2–3. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
Edwards, F. W. (1925). "Diptera Nematocera from the Dutch East Indies. [II.]". Treubia. 6: 154–172.
Fossilworks Plecia 12 July 2021
Skartveit, J.; Wedmann, S. (2021). "A revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Oligocene of Germany". Zootaxa. 4909 (1): 1–77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4909.1.1.