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Plecia is a
genus of
March flies (Bibionidae)
comprising many species, both
extant and fossilised. P.
acutirostris Luo & Yang, 1988 P.
adiastola Hardy...
- The
lovebug (
Plecia nearctica) is a
species of
march fly
found in
parts of
Central America and the
southeastern United States,
especially along the Gulf...
- the
genera Plecia and
Bibio are
abundant among Tertiary fossils.
Fossils from
Europe include many
specimens of the
mainly tropical genus Plecia which is...
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Plecia americana is a
species of
March flies,
insects in the
family Bibionidae. "
Plecia americana Report".
Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
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Plecia avus is an
extinct species of
Plecia in the
March fly
family Bibionidae and is
solely known from
Early Eocene sediments exposed in
central southern...
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Plecia canadensis is an
extinct species of
Plecia in the fly
family Bibionidae. The
species is
solely known from
Early Eocene sediments exposed in central...
- 2022. Denmark, Harold; Mead, Frank; Fasulo,
Thomas (April 2010). "Lovebug,
Plecia nearctica Hardy".
Featured Creatures.
University of Florida/IFAS. Retrieved...
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range has
often shifted since the Eocene. For
instance the
bibionid genus Plecia is
common in
fossil faunas from
presently temperate areas, but only lives...
- via Newspapers.com. Hetrick, L. A. (1970). "Biology of the "Love-Bug",
Plecia Nearctica (Diptera: Bibionidae)". The
Florida Entomologist. 53 (1): 23–26...
- the
genera Penthetria and
Plecia described. The
modern diversity of the
family is
greatest in
lower latitudes, and
Plecia only
reaches northward to the...
