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Bibionidae (march fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Bibionidae Fleming p. 55
1849Bibio elongatus Heer p. 214 figs. Pl 16, fig 2
1849Bibio linearis Heer p. 214 figs. Pl 16, fig 3
1849Bibio incrassatus Heer p. 221 figs. Pl 16, fig 12
1864Bibio 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
1941Bibionidae Zeuner
1953Bibionidae Bode
1968Dilophus magnus Dürrenfeldt p. 50 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1984Bibionidae 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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
familyBibionidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Bibionidae Fleming 1821 [march fly]
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Subfm. Bibioninae Fleming 1821
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Tr. Bibionini Fleming 1821
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Subtr. Bibiodina Frey 1927
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G. Bibiodes Coquillett 1904
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Bibiodes balticus Skartveit 2009
Bibiodes confluens Cockerell 1915
Bibiodes intermedia James 1937
Bibiodes kishenehnensis Fitzgerald 2019
Bibiodes nanus Skartveit 2009
Bibiodes provincialis Skartveit and Nel 2017
Invalid names: Bibiodites Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
Subtr. Bibionina Fleming 1821
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G. Bibio Geoffroy 1762
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Bibio acaptus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio aerosus Statz 1943
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Invalid names: Bibio spadicea Statz 1943 [synonym]
Bibio albangulus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio anasiformis Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio anatolicus Skartveit and Nel 2012
Bibio angustatus Heer 1849
Bibio antiquus von Heyden 1856
Bibio aquaesextiae Skartveit and Nel 2017
Bibio atavus Cockerell 1909
Bibio auripes Statz 1943
Bibio aymardi Maneval 1936
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Invalid names: Dichaneurum infossum Aymard 1856 [replaced], Dichaneurum primaevum Aymard 1856 [replaced]
Bibio baumbergeri Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Bibio parenti Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Bibio boulayi Riou 1999
Bibio brachypodus Zhang 1989
Bibio brevis Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Bibio oblongus Heer 1849 [synonym]
Bibio brunettii Hardy 1973
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Invalid names: Bibio abdominalis Brunetti 1912 [replaced]
Bibio brunneifemus Zhang 1989
Bibio brunneus Zhang 1989
Bibio bullatus Hong 1985
Bibio capnodes Melander 1949
Bibio carnificus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio castaneipennis Skartveit and Wedmann 2021
Bibio celasensis Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Bibio conformans Theobald 1937 [synonym], Bibio obtusa Theobald 1937 [synonym], Bibio tenuiapicalis Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Bibio cockerelli James 1937
Bibio colossoceps Zhang 1989
Bibio compta Statz 1943
Bibio constringtus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio contererus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio crassinervis Skartveit and Pika 2014
Bibio cratopodus Zhang 1989
Bibio cruciformis Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio curtisi Heer 1856
Bibio curtisii Heer 1856
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Invalid names: Bibio romani Theobald 1937 [synonym], Bibio serresi Theobald 1937 [synonym], Curtisimyia eximia Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
Bibio deflectus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio deformatus Zhang 1989
Bibio discerptus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio dislocatus Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Bibio consolida Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia macroventris Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Bibio dormitus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio edda Skartveit et al. 2017
Bibio elegantulus Novák 1878
Bibio enormus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio enterodelus Unger 1841
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Invalid names: Bibio lividus Heer 1849 [synonym]
Bibio excurvatus Melander 1949
Bibio eximius Zhang et al. 1994
Bibio expansus Zhang 1989
Bibio explanatus Melander 1949
Bibio extremus Cockerell 1921
Bibio firmus Heer 1849
Bibio flavissimus Brunetti 1925
Bibio formosus Novák 1878
Bibio fusiformis Heer 1849
Bibio germari Meunier 1920
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Invalid names: Bibio comosella Statz 1943 [synonym], Bibio heydeni Meunier 1920 [synonym]
Bibio giganteus Unger 1841
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Invalid names: Bibio maculatus Heer 1849 [synonym], Bibio partschii Heer 1849 [synonym], Plecia heroica von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Bibio gurnetensis Cockerell 1917
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Invalid names: Bibio oblitus Cockerell 1921 [synonym]
Bibio jamesi Melander 1949
Bibio janus von Heyden 1870
Bibio joursacensis Théobald 1935
Bibio kochii Staub 1883
Bibio latahensis Lewis 1969
Bibio latiantennatus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio lignarius Germar 1837
Bibio longineurus Zhang 1989
Bibio major Oustalet 1870
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Invalid names: Bibio inflexus Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Bibio mancus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio marginatus Oustalet 1870
Bibio medioalbus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio mimas von Heyden 1870
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Invalid names: Bibio infumatus Meunier 1915 [synonym]
Bibio miocenicus Hong and Wang 1985
Bibio moestus Heer 1849
Bibio nebulosus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio nigricosta Skartveit and Nel 2012
Bibio obliteratus Cockerell 1915
Bibio oligocenus Cockerell 1917
Bibio pannosus von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Bibio penisularis Zhang 1993
Bibio peraffinis Zhang 1989
Bibio podager Melander 1949
Bibio praecidus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio pulchellus Heer 1849
Bibio roehli Statz 1943
Bibio rottensis Statz 1943
Bibio ruptineurus Zhang 1989
Bibio sadoensis Fujiyama 1985
Bibio sereri Massalongo 1856
Bibio shanwangensis Hong 1984
Bibio similis Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio soldatus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio spectabilis Theobald 1937
Bibio sticheli Handlirsch 1908
Bibio styriacus Beier 1952
Bibio succineus Skartveit 2021
Bibio tenebrosus Coquillett 1898
Bibio tenuis Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio testeus Lewis 1969
Bibio tranopterus Zhang 1989
Bibio tripus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio udus Zhang et al. 1994
Bibio varineurus Zhang 1989
Bibio ventricosus Zhang 1989
Bibio vetus James 1937
Bibio vixdus Dürrenfeldt 1968
Bibio vulcanius Melander 1949
Bibio vulpinus Statz 1943
Bibio wickhami Cockerell 1915
Bibio xylophilus Germar 1837
Invalid names: Bibio disjectus Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Bibio martinsi Heer 1861 [nomen nudum], Bibio obsoletus Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Bibio tertiarius von Heyden 1862 [nomen dubium], Curtisimyia Giebel 1856 [synonym], Lithobibio Beier 1952 [synonym], Lithosomyia Carpenter 1986 [synonym], Mesomyia Pongrácz 1928 [synonym], Protoberis Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
Tr. Dilophini Pinto and Amorim 2000
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G. Dilophus Meigen 1803
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Dilophus andrewrossi Nel et al. 2019
Dilophus campbelli Harris 1983
Dilophus cerestensis Nel et al. 2022
Dilophus crassicornis Skartveit 2009
Dilophus idanos Fitzgerald and Greenwalt 2022
Dilophus krantzii von Heyden 1870
Dilophus luteipennis Theobald 1937
Dilophus matilei Waller et al. 2000
Dilophus palaeofebrilis Skartveit 2009
Dilophus pinguis Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Bibio pinguis radobojanus Heer 1849 [objective synonym]
Dilophus priscus Loew 1850
Dilophus pumilio Skartveit and Pika 2014
Dilophus succineus Skartveit 2009
Invalid names: Bibio pinguis oeningensis Heer 1849 [synonym]
G. †Protodilophus Skartveit 2023
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Protodilophus semispinosus Skartveit 2023
Invalid names: Dilophus deletus Von Heyden 1859 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. †Burmahesperininae Ševčík et al. 2021
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G. †Burmahesperinus Ševčík et al. 2021
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Burmahesperinus antennatus Ševčík et al. 2021
Burmahesperinus conicus Ševčík et al. 2021
Burmahesperinus pedicellatus Ševčík et al. 2021
Subfm. †Cretobibioninae Skartveit and Ansorge 2020
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G. †Cretobibio Skartveit and Ansorge 2020
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Cretobibio burmiticus Skartveit 2023
Cretobibio montsecensis Skartveit and Ansorge 2020
Cretobibio rasnitsyni Lukashevich et al. 2021
Subfm. Hesperininae Walker 1848
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G. Hesperinus Walker 1848
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Hesperinus electrus Skartveit 2009
Hesperinus heeri von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Penthetria rottensis Statz 1943 [synonym], Penthetria scita Statz 1943 [synonym], Plecia elegantula Meunier 1915 [synonym]
Hesperinus hyalopterus Skartveit 2009
Hesperinus macroculatus Skartveit 2009
G. Penthetria Meigen 1803
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Penthetria abacula Lewis 1971
Penthetria aestimata Statz 1943
Penthetria alderensis Lewis 1971
Penthetria amoena Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Protomyia speciosa Heer 1864 [synonym]
Penthetria anthracina Heer 1849
Penthetria beskonakensis Skartveit and Nel 2012
Penthetria blanchardi Oustalet 1870
Penthetria bohemica Novák 1878
Penthetria carbonum von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Penthetria cimicoides Heer 1849
Penthetria claripennis Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia difficilis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia graciosa Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia varia Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia variegata Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Penthetria creedensis James 1938
Penthetria egerana Novák 1878
Penthetria elongatipennis Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Bibio maceratus Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Penthetria fryi Rice 1959
Penthetria fuchsi Handlirsch 1907
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Invalid names: Penthetria marinosi Bachmayer et al. 1971 [objective synonym]
Penthetria gigantea Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia crassiventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia luteipennis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia miegi Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Penthetria globularis Oustalet 1870
Penthetria gracilis Unger 1841
Penthetria graciliventris Theobald 1937
Penthetria immutabilis Melander 1949
Penthetria imperialis Novák 1878
Penthetria incerta Oustalet 1870
Penthetria integroneura Skartveit 2009
Penthetria intermedia Scudder 1892
Penthetria longa Heer 1849
Penthetria longifurca Melander 1949
Penthetria longiventris Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia superba Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Penthetria luberonica Skartveit and Nel 2017
Penthetria lugens Oustalet 1870
Penthetria montanaregis Skartveit 2009
Penthetria murchisonii Unger 1841
Penthetria nervisinuata Theobald 1937
Penthetria nigra Statz 1943
Penthetria rubescens Oustalet 1870
Penthetria rubiensis Lewis 1971
Penthetria subterranea Theobald 1937
Penthetria togoensis Fujiyama and Iwao 1974
Penthetria tropica Statz 1943
Invalid names: Bibio alacris Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibio gigas Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibio macer Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibio minor Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Bibiopsis Heer 1849 [synonym], Mycetophaetus Scudder 1892 [synonym], Protomyia Heer 1849 [synonym]
Invalid names: Longicornia Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Penthetriinae Rohdendorf 1946 [synonym]
Subfm. Pleciinae Duda 1930
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G. †Cretpenthetria Li et al. 2021
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Cretpenthetria burmensis Li et al. 2021
G. †Lichnoplecia Ren 1995
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G. Plecia Wiedemann 1823 [love bug]
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Plecia acourti Cockerell 1921
Plecia aculeolata Zhang 1989
Plecia akerionana Fitzgerald 1999
Plecia amagua Cockerell 1925
Plecia angustipennis Handlirsch 1910
Plecia angustiventris Theobald 1937
Plecia assonensis Gentilini 1993
Plecia avus Handlirsch 1910
Plecia axeliana Cockerell 1915
Plecia baglii Gentilini 1991
Plecia bivalvula Zhang 1993
Plecia borussica Meunier 1904
Plecia brunneipennis Piton 1939
Plecia brunniptera Skartveit 2009
Plecia bucklandi Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Penthetria edwardsi Oustalet 1870 [synonym], Plecia dilatativentris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Protomyia elegans Heer 1856 [synonym], Protomyia gracilis Heer 1856 [synonym]
Plecia cairnesi Rice 1959
Plecia canadensis Handlirsch 1910
Plecia capitata Zhang et al. 1994
Plecia castellaroi Gentilini 1991
Plecia chapuisii Oustalet 1872
Plecia clavifemur Skartveit 2009
Plecia collossea von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Plecia imperialis Statz 1943 [synonym], Plecia philippi Statz 1943 [synonym], Plecia superba Meunier 1914 [synonym]
Plecia conica Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia haennii Gentilini 1993 [synonym]
Plecia curtula Handlirsch 1910
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Invalid names: Penthetria avunculus Handlirsch 1910 [synonym]
Plecia decapitata Cockerell 1917
Plecia dejecta Scudder 1890
Plecia diatoma Zhang 1989
Plecia dilatata Handlirsch 1910
Plecia dubia Germar 1837
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Invalid names: Helophilus primarius Germar 1837 [synonym], Plecia satyrus Statz 1943 [synonym], Protomyia abava von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Plecia dumasi Theobald 1937
Plecia elatior Handlirsch 1910
Plecia exigua Statz 1943
Plecia explanata Cockerell 1917
Plecia exposititia von Heyden 1865
Plecia foersteri Theobald 1937
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Invalid names: Plecia oviformis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia splendida Theobald 1937 [synonym]
Plecia fumosa Zhang et al. 1994
Plecia gracilenta von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia gracilentula Evenhuis 1994
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Invalid names: Plecia gracilenta Zhang 1993 [replaced]
Plecia gracillima Förster 1891
Plecia gradata Melander 1949
Plecia grossa von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia hilaris Heer 1849
Plecia hoffeinsorum Skartveit 2009
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Invalid names: Plecia tenuicornis Skartveit 2009 [synonym]
Plecia hypogaea von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Plecia pulchella Meunier 1915 [synonym], Protomyia antenata von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym], Protomyia elongata von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym], Protomyia expositia von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym], Protomyia grandaeva von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Plecia inflata Hull 1960
Plecia inflata Oustalet 1870
Plecia intima Fujiyama and Iwao 1974
Plecia jucunda Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Protomyia affinis Heer 1849 [synonym]
Plecia kanetakii Fujiyama 1970
Plecia kelownaensis Rice 1959
Plecia kudiella Cockerell 1925
Plecia kuznetzovi Cockerell 1925
Plecia larguensis Gentilini 1993
Plecia livida Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Plecia brevithoracis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia cerestensis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia constricta Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia flichei Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia fusciventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia goreti Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia maculitarsis Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia maculiventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Protomyia brevipennis Heer 1856 [synonym]
Plecia luctuosa von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia ludongensis Hong and Wang 1985
Plecia lugubris Heer 1849
Plecia luteola von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia lygaeoides Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Bibio detractus Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia acutiventris Theobald 1937 [synonym], Plecia guinieri Theobald 1937 [synonym], Protomyia latipennis Heer 1849 [synonym]
Plecia macilenta Skartveit and Pika 2014
Plecia macrocephala von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Protomyia schineri von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Plecia maimensis Gentilini 1993
Plecia melanderi Cockerell 1911
Plecia minutula Rice 1959
Plecia morio Heer 1849
Plecia myersi Peterson 1975
Plecia nana Handlirsch 1910
Plecia obsitula Cockerell 1925
Plecia orycta Melander 1949
Plecia oustaleti Brongniart 1876
Plecia parisiensis Gee et al. 2001
Plecia pealei Scudder 1890
Plecia pennata Statz 1943
Plecia pictipennis Handlirsch 1910
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Invalid names: Penthetria lambei Handlirsch 1910 [synonym], Penthetria ovalis Handlirsch 1910 [synonym], Penthetria separanda Handlirsch 1910 [synonym]
Plecia pinguis von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Bibio brachypteroides Meunier 1915 [synonym], Plecia vulpina Statz 1943 [synonym], Protomyia lapidaria von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Plecia pisaurensis Gentilini 1991
Plecia platoptera Zhang 1993
Plecia platyptera Handlirsch 1910
Plecia prisca Meunier 1899
Plecia pristina Hardy 1971
Plecia proserpina von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia pulchra Handlirsch 1910
Plecia pulla Handlirsch 1910
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Invalid names: Penthetria brevipes Handlirsch 1910 [synonym]
Plecia quaesita Novák 1878
Plecia rectivenia Zhang 1989
Plecia redempta Cockerell 1925
Plecia reducta Handlirsch 1910
Plecia refracta Cockerell 1925
Plecia rhenana von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia rhodopterina Cockerell 1925
Plecia similkameena Scudder 1879
Plecia sluiteri Meunier 1917
Plecia solaris Zhang 1989
Plecia spinula Zhang 1989
Plecia sturmi Statz 1943
Plecia stygia von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
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Invalid names: Protomyia veterana von Heyden and von Heyden 1865 [synonym]
Plecia tessella Melander 1949
Plecia theobaldi Skartveit and Nel 2017
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Invalid names: Bibio nigripennis Theobald 1937 [replaced]
Plecia transitoria Handlirsch 1910
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Invalid names: Penthetria falcatula Handlirsch 1910 [synonym], Penthetria fragmentum Handlirsch 1910 [synonym]
Plecia tulameenensis Rice 1959
Plecia undans Zeuner 1941
Plecia vergnei Piton 1935
Plecia villosa Zhang 1989
Plecia volgeri Von Heyden 1859
Plecia vulcania Zhang 1989
Plecia winchesteri Cockerell 1917
Plecia winnertzi von Heyden and von Heyden 1865
Plecia woodruffi Cockerell 1916
Invalid names: Bibio cylindratus Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Clothonopsis Hong and Wang 1987 [nomen dubium], Clothonopsis miocenica Hong and Wang 1987 [nomen dubium], Epiplecia Giard 1879 [synonym], Plecia joannis Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Plecia larteti Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Plecia longipennis Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Plecia painvini Meunier 1915 [nomen dubium], Plecia pallida Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Plecia retracta Theobald 1937 [nomen dubium], Plecia rubescens Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Plecia sauvagei Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium]
G. †Protopenthetria Li et al. 2021
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Protopenthetria skartveiti Li et al. 2021
Invalid names: Cascopleciinae Poinar 2010 [synonym], Fushunoplecia Hong 2002 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Bibio elongatus Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Bibio incrassatus Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Bibio linearis Heer 1849 [nomen dubium], Bibio robustus Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Dilophus magnus Dürrenfeldt 1968 [nomen dubium], Protomyia adusta Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Protomyia formicoides Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium], Protomyia fusca Oustalet 1870 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available