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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Bibio

Genus Bibio

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
March Fly - Bibio articulatus March Flies Mating - Bibio articulatus - male - female Insect - Bibio longipes - male - female Bibio - Bibio articulatus - male Bibio vestitus perhaps ? - Bibio - female Unknown fly in Alabama - Bibio femoratus - male BIbio - Bibio albipennis - female bibionid from side of house - Bibio albipennis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Bibionidae (March Flies)
Genus Bibio
Explanation of Names
Bibio Geoffroy 1762
Numbers
32 spp. in our area, ~200 total(1)
Identification
Long, thick spurs on adult protibiae distinctive. Larvae have two openings in the posterior spiracle, compared to one in Penthetria and three in Dilophus. Wing venation has Rs (or R5) unforked, shared with Dilophus and distinct from the other genera in the family.
Wing venation (note that R-M is shorter in the illustration than is typical of the genus):

Posterior spiracle:

see (2)
Range
Worldwide, but mostly holarctic (about half of the spp. are Palaearctic), poorly represented in warmer climes(1)
Print References
(3)(4)
Works Cited
1.Evolution and classification of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha)
Fitzgerald S.J. 2005. Ph.D. Thesis, Oregon State U. 385 pp.
2.Revision of Nearctic Bibionidae including Neotropical Plecia and Penthetria (Diptera)
Hardy D.E. 1945. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30(15): 367-555.
3.Notes on Nearctic Bibio (Diptera: Bibionidae)
Fitzgerald S.J. 1996. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 98: 50-54.
4.Additional Notes on Nearctic Bibio Geoffroy (Diptera: Bibionidae)
Fitzgerald S.J. 1997. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 99: 294-304.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 11 March, 2005 - 9:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2024 - 7:57pm

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