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Plecia (love bug)

Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Species
Bibio cylindratus, Clothonopsis, Clothonopsis miocenica, P. acourti, P. aculeolata, P. akerionana, P. amagua, P. angustipennis, P. angustiventris, P. assonensis, P. avus, P. axeliana, P. baglii, P. bivalvula, P. borussica, P. brunneipennis, P. brunniptera, P. bucklandi (syn. P. dilatativentris, Protomyia elegans, Penthetria edwardsi, Protomyia gracilis), P. cairnesi, P. canadensis, P. capitata, P. castellaroi, P. chapuisii, P. clavifemur, P. collossea (syn. P. imperialis, P. superba, P. philippi), P. conica (syn. P. haennii), P. curtula (syn. Penthetria avunculus), P. decapitata, P. dejecta, P. diatoma, P. dilatata, P. dubia (syn. P. satyrus, Protomyia abava, Helophilus primarius), P. dumasi, P. elatior, P. exigua, P. explanata, P. exposititia, P. foersteri (syn. P. oviformis, P. splendida), P. fumosa, P. gracilenta, P. gracilentula (syn. P. gracilenta), P. gracillima, P. gradata, P. grossa, P. hilaris, P. hoffeinsorum (syn. P. tenuicornis), P. hypogaea (syn. Protomyia antenata, P. pulchella, Protomyia grandaeva, Protomyia elongata, Protomyia expositia), P. inflata, P. inflata, P. intima, P. joannis, P. jucunda (syn. Protomyia affinis), P. kanetakii, P. kelownaensis, P. kudiella, P. kuznetzovi, P. larguensis, P. larteti, P. livida (syn. P. goreti, P. flichei, P. maculiventris, P. fusciventris, P. cerestensis, Protomyia brevipennis, P. brevithoracis, P. maculitarsis, P. constricta), P. longipennis, P. luctuosa, P. ludongensis, P. lugubris, P. luteola, P. lygaeoides (syn. Protomyia latipennis, Bibio detractus, P. acutiventris, P. guinieri), P. macilenta, P. macrocephala (syn. Protomyia schineri), P. maimensis, P. melanderi, P. minutula, P. morio, P. myersi, P. nana, P. obsitula, P. orycta, P. oustaleti, P. painvini, P. pallida, P. parisiensis, P. pealei, P. pennata, P. pictipennis (syn. Penthetria lambei, Penthetria ovalis, Penthetria separanda), P. pinguis (syn. Protomyia lapidaria, P. vulpina, Bibio brachypteroides), P. pisaurensis, P. platoptera, P. platyptera, P. prisca, P. pristina, P. proserpina, P. pulchra, P. pulla (syn. Penthetria brevipes), P. quaesita, P. rectivenia, P. redempta, P. reducta, P. refracta, P. retracta, P. rhenana, P. rhodopterina, P. rubescens, P. sauvagei, P. similkameena, P. sluiteri, P. solaris, P. spinula, P. sturmi, P. stygia (syn. Protomyia veterana), P. tessella, P. theobaldi (syn. Bibio nigripennis), P. transitoria (syn. Penthetria fragmentum, Penthetria falcatula), P. tulameenensis, P. undans, P. vergnei, P. villosa, P. volgeri, P. vulcania, P. winchesteri, P. winnertzi, P. woodruffi
Sister genera
Clothonopsis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Plecia Wiedemann p. 72
1870Plecia pallida Oustalet p. 118 figs. Pl 3, figs 11-13
1870Bibio cylindratus Oustalet p. 133 figs. Pl 4, fig 12
1870Bibio lartetii Oustalet p. 137 figs. Pl 4, figs 10,14
1870Protomyia longipennis Oustalet p. 141 figs. Pl 6, fig 1
1870Protomyia joannis Oustalet p. 143 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,14
1870Protomyia sauvagei Oustalet p. 146 figs. Pl 6, fig 6
1878Plecia joannis Brongniart p. 48
1878Plecia lartetii Brongniart p. 48
1878Plecia sauvagei Brongniart p. 48
1879Epiplecia Giard
1891Plecia pallida Förster p. 474 figs. Pl 14, fig 16
1905Plecia Aldrich p. 164
1915Bibio painvini Meunier p. 16 fig. 18
1921Plecia Cockerell
1923Plecia Meunier p. 86
1925Plecia Cockerell p. 12
1931Plecia Pongrácz p. 118
1937Plecia James p. 241
1937Plecia Theobald p. 133
1937Bibio painvini Theobald p. 332
1937Plecia retracta Theobald p. 341 figs. Pl XXII fig 4
1938Plecia James p. 114
1941Plecia Zeuner
1943Plecia Statz
1959Plecia Rice p. 8
1985Plecia Hong and Wang p. 18
1987Clothonopsis Hong and Wang p. 258
1987Clothonopsis miocenica Hong and Wang p. 258 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1
1989Plecia Zhang p. 328
1992Plecia Carpenter
1994Penthetria joannis Evenhuis
1994Penthetria longipennis Evenhuis
1994Penthetria pallida Evenhuis
1994Penthetria sauvagei Evenhuis
1994Bibio larteti Evenhuis p. 124
2003Plecia Wappler p. 154
2004Plecia joannis Fitzgerald p. 273
2009Plecia Skartveit p. 14
2019Plecia Nel et al. p. 534
2020Plecia Skartveit and Ansorge p. 169
2021Plecia Skartveit and Wedmann p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
infraorderBibionomorpha
superfamilyBibionoidea
familyBibionidae
subfamilyPleciinaeDuda 1930
genusPleciaWiedemann 1823

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.

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 Oustalet 1870
Plecia inflata Hull 1960
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available