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Bibionidae

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Description

The Bibionidae (March flies and lovebugs) are a family of flies (Diptera). About 650-700 species are known worldwide.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7281https://www.gbif.org/species/7281
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)70528https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=70528
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
-NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoideaFleming 1821
familyBibionidaeFleming 1821
Common Namemarch fly
Scientific NameBibionidae
Name Published InEntomol. Mag., 2: 379, 387
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Nematocerastated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Dipterastated without evidenceCockerell, 1921
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Dipterastated with evidenceMeunier, 1923
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Nematocerastated with evidenceZeuner, 1941
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Dipterastated without evidenceHong, 1983
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Bibionoideastated without evidenceHong and Wang, 1985
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Nematocerastated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Bibionomorphastated with evidenceNel, 1994
Bibionidaefamilybelongs to Bibionoideastated with evidenceYeates et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)317
Extant Size (PBDB)12 (3.8%)
First Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. C. Hong. 1983. Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8:1-15
Common Name(s) March Flies, Hårmygg, Hårmyggor, March-flies, Rouwvliegen, Zwarte Vliegen, Rouwvliegen, Harlequin Flies, March Fly
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibionidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Bibioninae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)26893.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
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Pleciinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)474125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
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Bibio
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
23659.2 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Bibiodes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1093.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Bibionellus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Dilophus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2255.8 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Enicoscolus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hirtea
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Lichnoplecia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Megeana
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Penthetria
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Plecia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Love Bug36783.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Enicoscoelus brachycephalus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Bibio elongatus Heer, 1849GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Bibio elongatus
Penthetria fusca (Oustalet, 1870)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Penthetria fusca
Penthetria adusta (Oustalet, 1870)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Penthetria adusta
Penthetria formicoides (Oustalet, 1870)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Penthetria formicoides
Bibio robustus Oustalet, 1870GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Bibio robustus
Protomyia formicoides (Oustalet, 1870)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Protomyia formicoides
Protomyia fusca (Oustalet, 1870)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Protomyia fusca
Protomyia adusta (Oustalet, 1870)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Protomyia adusta

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1821Bibionidae Fleming p. 55
1849Bibio elongatus Heer p. 214 figs. Pl 16, fig 2
1865Bibio elongatus Heer p. 394 fig. 311
1870Bibio robustus Oustalet p. 128 figs. Pl 4, figs 7-9
1870Protomyia adusta Oustalet p. 145 figs. Pl 5, fig 18
1870Protomyia fusca Oustalet p. 145 figs. Pl 4, fig 15
1870Protomyia formicoides Oustalet p. 150 figs. Pl 4, fig 18; pl 5, fig 19
1906Bibionidae Handlirsch p. 488
1921Bibionidae Cockerell
1923Bibionidae Meunier p. 86
1931Bibionidae Pongrácz p. 117
1931Bibio elongatus Pongrácz p. 121 figs. Pl 7, 8; text-fig 8
YearName and Author
1941Bibionidae Zeuner
1953Bibionidae Bode
1983Bibionidae Hong p. 3
1985Bibionidae Hong and Wang p. 17
1992Bibionidae Carpenter
1994Penthetria adusta Evenhuis
1994Penthetria formicoides Evenhuis
1994Penthetria fusca Evenhuis
1994Bibionidae Nel p. 451
2007Bibionidae Yeates et al.
2009Bibionidae Skartveit p. 10
2019Bibionidae Nel et al. p. 530

References

Hong Y. C. (1983) Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang, Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8, 1-15
Fleming J. Insecta, Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 5, 41-56
Heer O. , Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen, 1-264
Heer O. , Die Urwelt der Schweiz, 1-622
Oustalet E. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains Tertiaires de la France, première partie, insectes fossiles de l'Auvergne, Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 2 3, 1-178
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Cockerell T. D. A. (1921) Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57, 233-260
Meunier F. (1923) Sur quelques insectes de l'Aquitanien de Rott (Sept-Monts, Rhénanie), Miscellanea Entomologica, Revue Entomologique Internationale 26, 82-88
Pongrácz A. (1931) Bemerkungen über die Insektenfauna von Oeningen nebst Revision der Heer'schen Typen, Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg 17 2, 104-125
Zeuner F. E. (1941) The Eocene Insects of the Ardtun Beds, Isle of Mull, Scotland, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 7, 82-100
Bode A. (1953) Die Insektenfauna des Ostniedersachsischen Oberen Lias, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 103, 1-375
Hong Y., Wang W. (1985) Miocene Diptera and Hymenoptera (Insecta) of Shanwang, Shandong Province, China, Memoirs of the Beijing Natural History Museum 31, 1-22
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Evenhuis N. L. (1994) , Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera), 1-600
Nel A. (1994) Revision of the Miocene genus Lithobibio (Diptera: Bibionidae), European Journal of Entomology 91, 451-454
Yeates D. K., Wiegmann B. M., et al (2007) Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: two decades of progress and prospects, Zootaxa 1668, 565-590
Skartveit J. (2009) Fossil Hesperinidae and Bibionidae from Baltic amber (Diptera: Bibionoidea), Studia Dipterologica 15, 3-42
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Shewell, G. E.,Hardy, D. E.,Vockeroth, J. R.,Peterson, B. V.,Wood, D. M.,Teskey, H. J.,McAlpine, J. F. (1981) Chapter 13. Bibionidae - via The Diptera Site
Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)
Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 70: 338pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 441 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the names for five genera in the order Diptera (class Insecta) published in 1762 by Geoffroy (E.l.) in the work entitled Histoire Abregee des Insectes Qui Se Trouvent Aux Environs de Paris (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 228).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15(6), 83-120 (1957) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
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