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Bibio (fly)

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Genus of flies

Bibio
Bibio johannis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bibionidae
Genus: Bibio
Geoffroy, 1762
Type species
Tipula hortulanus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Bibionus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Bibiophus Bollow, 1954
  • Dichaneurum Aymard, 1856
  • Hirtea Fabricius, 1798
  • Lithobibio Beier, 1952
  • Pullata Harris, 1776
Bibio femoratus - March Fly
Bibio femoratus - March Fly

Bibio, March flies or St. Mark's flies, is a genus of flies (Diptera).

Biology

Bibio larvae live in grassy areas and are herbivores and scavengers feeding on dead vegetation or living plant roots. Some species are found in compost.

In some areas, Bibio flies are regular flower visitors and they are suggested to be pollinators of several plant species, such as hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella).

Bibio flies also show strong sexual dichotomy, with males and females having significant differences in body morphology.

Species

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

References

  1. Freeman, Paul; Lane, Richard P. (1985). Bibionid and Scatopsid flies, Diptera: Bibionidae & Scatopsidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 9. p. 74.
  2. Peter Goldblatt; John C. Manning & Peter Bernhardt (July 2005). "The Floral Biology of Melasphaerula (Iridaceae: Crocoideae): Is This Monotypic Genus Pollinated by March Flies (Diptera: Bibionidae)?". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 92 (2): 268–274. JSTOR 3298518. INIST 16975891.
  3. Flies and flowers II: Floral attractants and rewards Woodcock et al. (2014) Journal of Pollination Ecology 12:63-94
  4. Van Der Kooi, C. J.; Pen, I.; Staal, M.; Stavenga, D. G.; Elzenga, J. T. M. (2015). "Competition for pollinators and intra-communal spectral dissimilarity of flowers". Plant Biology. 18 (1): 56–62. doi:10.1111/plb.12328. PMID 25754608.
  5. ^ Loew, Hermann (1864). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria quinta". Berl. Entomol. Z. 8 (1–2): 49–104. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18640080105. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ Durrenfeldt, A. (1968). "Dipteren aus dem Oberpliozan von Willershausen". Beih. Ber. Naturhist. Ges. Hannover. 6: 43–81.
  7. ^ Yang, C.-k.; Luo, K. (1989). "New species and new records of March flies from Shaanxi, China (Diptera: Bibionidae)". Entomotaxonomia. 11: 141–156.
  8. ^ McAtee, W. L. (1923). "Descriptions of Bibio (Diptera) from the Carolinas". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 25: 62–64. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  9. ^ Hardy, D. E. (1968). "Bibionidae (Diptera) of New Guinea" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 10 (3–4): 443–513. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  10. ^ Fitzgerald, Scott J. (1997). "A revision of Bibio (Diptera: Bibionidae) of Mexico and Central America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 123 (4): 225–287.
  11. ^ Yang, C.-k. (1997). Diptera: Bibionidae. Pp. 1441-1447. In Yang, X. (ed.), Insects of the Three Gorge Reservoir area of Yangtze River. Part 2. Chongqing: Chongqing Publ. House. pp. +x+975–1847+.
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