Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae) comprising many species, both extant and fossilised.
Plecia | |
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P. ruficollis mating pair on underside of Setaria megaphylla leaf | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bibionidae |
Genus: | Plecia Wiedemann, 1828 |
Type species | |
Hirtea fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1805) | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Many fossil species have been assigned to Plecia with ages dating from the Cretaceous (Campanian) through the early Pleistocene (Gelasian):[6]
Revision of the Bibionidae fossil record from the Oligocene of Germany by Skartveit and Wedmann (2021) included the redescription of a number of Plecia species.[7]