Plecia

Plecia
P. ruficollis mating pair on underside
of Setaria megaphylla leaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bibionidae
Genus: Plecia
Wiedemann, 1828
Type species
Hirtea fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1805)
Species
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Synonyms
Close-up of head, P. nearctica

Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae) comprising many species, both extant and fossilised.

Species

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Extant species

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Fossil species

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

Cretaceous

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Ypresian, Allenby Formation, Canada
Ypresian, Driftwood shales, Canada
Ypresian, Horsefly Shales, Canada
Ypresian, "Mission Creek site", Canada
Ypresian, Oise amber, France
Ypresian, Green River Formation, USA
Priabonian, Baltic Amber
Priabonian, France
Pribonian, United Kingdom
Priabonian, Florissant Formation, USA
Rupelian, Brunstatt, France
Rupelian, Corent, France
Rupelian, Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, France
Rupelian, Chadrat, France
Chattian, Niveau du gypse d'Aix, France
Chattian, Camoins-les-Bains, France
Chattian, Rott Formation, Germany
Aquitanian, Mexican amber, Mexico
Burdigalian, Shanwang Formation. China
Burdigalian, Kudia River site, Russia
Burdigalian - Langhian, Cypris Formation, Czech Republic
Langhian, Chojabaru Formation, Japan
Serravallian, Radoboj Formation, Croatia
Serravallian, Oehningen beds Member (Upper Freshwater-Molasse), Germany
Messinian, Monte Castellaro, Italy
Piacenzian, Togo Formation, Japan

Pleistocene

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Gelasian, Lac Chambon, France

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

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  1. ^ Hardy, D. Elmo (1950). "Studies in Pacific Bibionidae (Diptera). Part I.". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 14: 75–85.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Hardy, D. Elmo (1968). "Bibionidae (Diptera) of New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 10 (3–4). Honolulu, Hawaii, U. S. A.: The Bishop Museum: 443–513. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hardy, D. Elmo (1940). "Studies in New World Plecia (Bibionidae: Diptera)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 13 (1). Kansas: Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society: 15–27. JSTOR 25081585.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Edwards, F. W. (1925). "Diptera Nematocera from the Dutch East Indies. [II.]". Treubia. 6: 154–172.
  6. ^ Fossilworks Plecia 12 July 2021
  7. ^ 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. PMID 33756592.