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Summary

Plecia is a genus of March flies (Bibionidae) comprising many species, both extant and fossilised. Several species of this genus are commonly known as "lovebugs" due to their behavior of flying around coupled together while mating.

Species

P. acutirostris Luo & Yang, 1988 P. adiastola Hardy & Takahashi, 1960 P. affinidecora Hardy, 1968 P. americana Hardy, 1940 P. amplipennis Skuse, 1888 P. aruensis Edwards, 1925 P. angularis Luo & Yang, 1988 P. avicephaliforma Hardy, 1940 P. bicuspidata Luo & Yang, 1988 P. bifida Hardy, 1968 P. bifoliolata Luo & Yang, 1988 P. bisulca Hardy, 1968 P. boliviana Fitzgerald, 1998 P. chinensis Hardy, 1949 P. crenula Hardy, 1968 P. curtispina Hardy, 1968 P. cuspidata Hardy, 1968 P. digitiformis Luo & Yang, 1988 P. dileracabilis Yang & Luo, 1989 P. dimidiata Macquart, 1846 P. duplicis Hardy, 1968 P. edwardsi Hardy, 1940 P. emeiensis Yang & Luo, 1989 P. erebea Skuse, 1889 P. erebeoidea Hardy, 1982 P. forcipiformis Yang & Luo, 1989 P. fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1805) P. hadrosoma Hardy & Takahashi, 1960 P. hamata Hardy, 1968 P. impilosa Hardy, 1940 P. intricata Hardy, 1968 P. javensis Edwards, 1925 P. lateralis Hardy, 1940 P. lieftincki Hardy, 1968 P. longifolia Yang & Luo, 1989 P. longiforceps Duda, 1933 P. lopesi Hardy, 1940 P. mandibuliformis Yang & Luo P. membranifera Hardy & Takahashi, 1960 P. multilobata Hardy, 1968 P. nagatomii Hardy & Takahashi, 1960 P. nearctica Hardy, 1940 – Lovebug P. obtusicornis Hardy, 1968 P. obtusilobata Hardy, 1968 P. oculastra Hardy, 1968 P. okadai Hardy & Takahashi, 1960 P. ornaticornis Skuse, 1889 P. patula Hardy, 1968 P. pellucida Fitzgerald, 1998 P. persimilis Hardy, 1940 P. plagiata Wiedemann, 1824 P. propeforcipata Hardy, 1968 P. propria Hardy, 1968 P. protea Fitzgerald, 1998 P. pruinosa Hardy, 1940 P. pudica Hardy, 1968 P. punctulata Hardy, 1940 P. ramosa Fitzgerald, 1998 P. rhinigera Hardy, 1968 P. rostellata Loew, 1858 P. rufangularis Luo &...