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Taxon profile

family

march flies
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Diptera - true flies, mosquitoes and gnats »  superfamily Bibionoidea

Scientific synonyms

Amasiidae Rohdendorf, 1951
Cascopleciidae Poinar, 2010
Hirteidea Bellardi, 1859
Hirteides Zetterstedt, 1837
Penthetriidae Rohdendorf, 1938
Pleciidae McAtee, 1921

Temporal range:Cretaceous > Lower Cretaceous – recent
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Functions restricted to taxon Bibionidae

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subfamily Bibioninae Fleming, 1821
Tertiary: Oligocene – recent
subfamily Mycetophaetinae Scudder, 1892
Cretaceous: Lower Cretaceous – recent

Fossil taxa

genus Cascoplecia Poinar, 2010
Cretaceous: Lower Cretaceous
species Bibio elongatus Heer, 1849 inc.sed.

Links and literature

Poinar Jr., George (2010): Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. - Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 71–76. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.007 [as Cascopleciidae]
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [122112]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Cascopleciidae Poinar, 2010]
Data retrieved on: 29 November 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon

inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon