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

flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

(Diptera).

Biology

''Bibio'' larvae live in grassy areas and are

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and scavengers feeding on dead vegetation or living plant roots. Some species are found in

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. 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 ''Heracleum sphondylium'', commonly known as hogweed, common hogweed or cow parsnip, is a herbaceous perennial or biennial plant, in the umbelliferous family Apiaceae that includes fennel, cow parsley, ground elder and giant hogweed. It is nat ...

'') and mouse-ear hawkweed (''

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

Species

*'' B. abbreviatus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. acaptus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. acerbus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. acutifidis'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. albagulus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. albipennis''

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, 1823 *'' B. alexanderi'' James, 1936 *'' B. alienus'' McAtee, 1923 *'' B. anasiformis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. anglicus'' Verrall, 1869 *'' B. anposis'' Hardy, 1968 *'' B. articulatus''

, 1823 *'' B. atrigigas'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. atripilosa'' James, 1936 *'' B. baltimoricus'' Macquart, 1855 *'' B. basalis'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. biconcavus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. borisi'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. brunnipes'' ( Fabricius, 1794) *'' B. bryanti'' Johnson, 1929 *'' B. carnificus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. carolinus'' Hardy, 1945 *'' B. carri'' Curran, 1927 *'' B. castanipes'' Jaennicke, 1867 *'' B. chelostylus'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. chiapensis'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. claviantenna'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. clavipes'' Meigen, 1818 *'' B. cognatus'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. columbiaensis'' Hardy, 1938 *'' B. constringutus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. contererus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. crassinodus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. cruciformis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. cuneatus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. curtipes'' James, 1936 *'' B. deflectus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. dipetalus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. discerptus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. dolichotarsus'' Yang, 1997 *'' B. dormitus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. echinulatus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. elmoi'' Papp, 1982 *'' B. emphysetarsus'' Yang, 1997 *'' B. enormus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. femoralis'' Meigen, 1838 *'' B. femoraspinatus'' Yang, 1997 *'' B. femoratus'' Wiedemann, 1820 *'' B. ferruginatus'' (

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, 1767) *'' B. flavissimus'' Brunetti, 1925 *'' B. fluginata'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. flukei'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. fraternus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. fulvicollis'' Gimmerthal, 1842 *'' B. fumipennis''

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, 1848 *'' B. gineri'' Gil Collado, 1932 *'' B. graecus''

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, 1930 *'' B. handlirschi''

, 1930 *'' B. hirtus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. holtii'' McAtee, 1922 *'' B. hortulanus'' (

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) *'' B. illaudatus'' Hardy, 1961 *'' B. imitator''

, 1835 *'' B. imparilis'' Hardy, 1959 *'' B. inacqualis'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. johannis'' (

, 1767) *'' B. kansensis'' James, 1936 *'' B. knowltoni'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. labradorensis'' Johnson, 1929 *'' B. lanigerus'' Meigen, 1818 *'' B. latiantennatus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. laufferi''

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, 1906 *'' B. lautaretensis'' Villeneuve, 1925 *'' B. lepidus'' Loew, 1871 *'' B. leucopterus'' ( Meigen, 1804) *'' B. lobata'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. longipes'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. lugens'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. macer'' Loew, 1871 *'' B. marci'' (

) *'' B. medioalbus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. melanopilosus'' Hardy, 1936 *'' B. mickeli'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. monstri'' James, 1936 *'' B. nebulosus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. necotus'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. nervosus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. nigrifemoratus'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. nigripilus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. nigripilus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. nigriventris'' Haliday, 1833 *'' B. obediens'' Osten Sacken, 1881 *'' B. obscurus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. painteri'' James, 1936 *'' B. pallipes''

, 1823 *'' B. picinitarsis'' Brulle, 1832 *'' B. pingreensis'' James, 1936 *'' B. plecioides'' Osten Sacken, 1881 *'' B. pomonae'' ( Fabricius, 1775) *'' B. praecidus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. reticulatus'' Loew, 1846 *'' B. rufalipes'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. rufipes'' (

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, 1838) *'' B. rufithorax'' Wiedemann, 1828 *'' B. rufitibialis'' Hardy, 1938 *'' B. sericata'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. shaanxiensis'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. siculus'' Loew, 1846 *'' B. siebkei'' Mik, 1887 *'' B. sierrae'' Hardy, 1960 *'' B. similis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. similis'' James, 1936 *'' B. slossonae'' Cockerell, 1909 *'' B. soldatus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. striatipes''

, 1848 *'' B. tenella'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. tenuis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. thoracicus''

, 1824 *'' B. townesi'' Hardy, 1945 *'' B. tripus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. tristis'' Williston, 1893 *'' B. utahensis'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. variabilis'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. variicolor'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. varipes'' Meigen, 1830 *'' B. velcida'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. velorum'' McAtee, 1923 *'' B. venosus'' ( Meigen, 1804) *'' B. vestitus''

, 1848 *'' B. villosus'' Meigen, 1818 *'' B. vixdus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. xanthopus'' Wiedemann, 1828 *'' B. xuthopteron'' Hardy, 1968

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2029468 Bibionidae Nematocera genera Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy