Bibio imitator, common name garden maggot,
[Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A garden fly maggot. (Bibio imitator, Walker). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales Misc. Pub. 2: 338, 362-363] is a species of fly from the genus
Bibio,
first described by
Francis Walker in The
Entomological Magazine
The ''Entomological Magazine'' is a publication devoted to entomology.
The ''Entomological Magazine'' was published between September 1832 and October 1838 by the Society of Entomologists of London. The editor was Edward Newman aided by Franc ...
vol 2, 1835.
It occurs in Australia and New Zealand.
Description
Grows to length of 6. 5–7. 5 mm, with wings measuring 6.5 mm. Has an all-black coloring, with brown smokey wings. Features a dense yellow pile on the body of the males. A rufous head, thorax, and abdomen. Dark reddish-brown to black legs (excluding the coxae) of the females
References
Bibionidae
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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