''Bibio'', March flies or St. Mark's flies, is a genus of

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(Diptera).

Biology

''Bibio'' larvae live in grassy areas and are

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and scavengers feeding on dead vegetation or living plant roots. Some species are found in

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. In some areas, ''Bibio'' flies are regular flower visitors and they are suggested to be pollinators of several plant species, such as hogweed (''

Heracleum sphondylium ''Heracleum sphondylium'', commonly known as hogweed, common hogweed or cow parsnip, is a herbaceous perennial or biennial plant, in the umbelliferous family Apiaceae that includes fennel, cow parsley, ground elder and giant hogweed. It is nati ...

'') and mouse-ear hawkweed (''

Hieracium pilosella ''Hieracium'' (), known by the common name hawkweed and classically as (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, 'hawk'), is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion ('' Taraxacum''), chicory (''Cichori ...

''). ''Bibio'' flies also show strong sexual dichotomy, with males and females having significant differences in body morphology.

Species

*'' B. abbreviatus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. acaptus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. acerbus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. acutifidis'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. albagulus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. albipennis'' Say, 1823 *'' B. alexanderi'' James, 1936 *'' B. alienus'' McAtee, 1923 *'' B. anasiformis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. anglicus'' Verrall, 1869 *'' B. anposis'' Hardy, 1968 *'' B. articulatus'' Say, 1823 *'' B. atrigigas'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. atripilosa'' James, 1936 *'' B. baltimoricus'' Macquart, 1855 *'' B. basalis'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. biconcavus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. borisi'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. brunnipes'' (

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, 1794) *'' B. bryanti'' Johnson, 1929 *'' B. carnificus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. carolinus'' Hardy, 1945 *'' B. carri''

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, 1927 *'' B. castanipes'' Jaennicke, 1867 *'' B. chelostylus'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. chiapensis'' Fitzgerald, 1997 *'' B. claviantenna'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. clavipes'' Meigen, 1818 *'' B. cognatus'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. columbiaensis'' Hardy, 1938 *'' B. constringutus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. contererus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. crassinodus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. cruciformis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. cuneatus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. curtipes'' James, 1936 *'' B. deflectus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. dipetalus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. discerptus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. dolichotarsus'' Yang, 1997 *'' B. dormitus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. echinulatus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. elmoi'' Papp, 1982 *'' B. emphysetarsus'' Yang, 1997 *'' B. enormus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. femoralis'' Meigen, 1838 *'' B. femoraspinatus'' Yang, 1997 *'' B. femoratus''

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, 1820 *'' B. ferruginatus'' (

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, 1767) *'' B. flavissimus'' Brunetti, 1925 *'' B. fluginata'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. flukei'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. fraternus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. fulvicollis'' Gimmerthal, 1842 *'' B. fumipennis''

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, 1848 *'' B. gineri'' Gil Collado, 1932 *'' B. graecus''

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, 1930 *'' B. handlirschi''

, 1930 *'' B. hirtus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. holtii'' McAtee, 1922 *'' B. hortulanus'' (

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) *'' B. illaudatus'' Hardy, 1961 *'' B. imitator''

, 1835 *'' B. imparilis'' Hardy, 1959 *'' B. inacqualis'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. johannis'' (

, 1767) *'' B. kansensis'' James, 1936 *'' B. knowltoni'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. labradorensis'' Johnson, 1929 *'' B. lanigerus'' Meigen, 1818 *'' B. latiantennatus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. laufferi'' Strobl, 1906 *'' B. lautaretensis'' Villeneuve, 1925 *'' B. lepidus'' Loew, 1871 *'' B. leucopterus'' ( Meigen, 1804) *'' B. lobata'' Hardy, 1937 *''

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'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. lugens'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. macer'' Loew, 1871 *'' B. marci'' (

) *'' B. medioalbus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. melanopilosus'' Hardy, 1936 *'' B. mickeli'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. monstri'' James, 1936 *'' B. nebulosus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. necotus'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. nervosus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. nigrifemoratus'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. nigripilus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. nigripilus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. nigriventris'' Haliday, 1833 *'' B. obediens''

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, 1881 *'' B. obscurus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. painteri'' James, 1936 *'' B. pallipes'' Say, 1823 *'' B. picinitarsis'' Brulle, 1832 *'' B. pingreensis'' James, 1936 *'' B. plecioides''

, 1881 *'' B. pomonae'' (

, 1775) *'' B. praecidus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. reticulatus'' Loew, 1846 *'' B. rufalipes'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. rufipes'' ( Zetterstedt, 1838) *'' B. rufithorax''

, 1828 *'' B. rufitibialis'' Hardy, 1938 *'' B. sericata'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. shaanxiensis'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. siculus'' Loew, 1846 *'' B. siebkei'' Mik, 1887 *'' B. sierrae'' Hardy, 1960 *'' B. similis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. similis'' James, 1936 *'' B. slossonae'' Cockerell, 1909 *'' B. soldatus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. striatipes''

, 1848 *'' B. tenella'' Hardy, 1937 *''

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'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. thoracicus'' Say, 1824 *'' B. townesi'' Hardy, 1945 *'' B. tripus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. tristis'' Williston, 1893 *'' B. utahensis'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. variabilis'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. variicolor'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. varipes'' Meigen, 1830 *'' B. velcida'' Hardy, 1937 *'' B. velorum'' McAtee, 1923 *'' B. venosus'' ( Meigen, 1804) *'' B. vestitus''

, 1848 *'' B. villosus'' Meigen, 1818 *'' B. vixdus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. xanthopus''

, 1828 *'' B. xuthopteron'' Hardy, 1968

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2029468 Bibionidae Nematocera genera Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy