Plecia

Plecia
P. ruficollis mating pair on underside
of Setaria megaphylla leaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bibionidae
Genus: Plecia
Wiedemann, 1828
Type species
Hirtea fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1805)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Close-up of head, P. nearctica

Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae) comprising many species, both extant and fossilised.

  1. ^ Hardy, D. Elmo (1950). "Studies in Pacific Bibionidae (Diptera). Part I.". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 14: 75–85.