Plecia Edwardsi

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

Species

Extant species

*'' P. acutirostris''
*'' P. adiastola''
*'' P. affinidecora''
*'' P. americana''
*'' P. amplipennis''
*'' P. aruensis''
*'' P. angularis''
*'' P. avicephaliforma''
*'' P. bicuspidata''
*'' P. bifida''
*'' P. bifoliolata''
*'' P. bisulca''
*'' P. boliviana''
*'' P. chinensis''
*'' P. crenula''
*'' P. curtispina''
*'' P. cuspidata''
*'' P. digitiformis''
*'' P. dileracabilis''
*'' P. dimidiata''
*'' P. duplicis''
*'' P. edwardsi''
*'' P. emeiensis''
*'' P. erebea''
*'' P. erebeoidea''
*'' P. forcipiformis''
*'' P. fulvicollis''
*'' P. hadrosoma''
*'' P. hamata''
*'' P. impilosa''
*'' P. intricata''
*'' P. javensis''
*'' P. lateralis''
*'' P. lieftincki''
*'' P. longifolia''
*'' P. longiforceps''
*'' P. lopesi''
*'' P. mandibuliformis''
*'' P. membranifera''
*'' P. multilobata''
*'' P. nagatomii''
*'' P. nearctica'' – Lovebug
*'' P. obtusicornis''
*'' P. obtusilobata''
*'' P. oculastra''
*'' P. okadai''
*'' P. ornaticornis''
*'' P. patula''
*'' P. pellucida''
*'' P. persimilis''
*'' P. plagiata''
*'' P. propeforcipata''
*'' P. propria''
*'' P. protea''
*'' P. pruinosa''
*'' P. pudica''
*'' P. punctulata''
*'' P. ramosa''
*'' P. rhinigera''
*'' P. rostellata''
*'' P. rufangularis''
*'' P. ruficollis'' – Harlequin fly
*'' P. rufimarginata''
*'' P. rufiscutella''
*'' P. rugosa''
*'' P. serrifera''
*'' P. spilota''
*'' P. stricta''
*'' P. tephra''
*'' P. tetrascolata''
*'' P. thulinigra''
*'' P. trifida''
*'' P. triquetra''
*'' P. trunca''
*'' P. xyele''

Fossil species

Many fossil species have been assigned to ''Plecia'' with ages dating from the Cretaceous (Campanian) through the early Pleistocene (Gelasian):Fossilworks ''Plecia'' 12 July 2021
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Cretaceous

*†'' P. myersi'' (Campanian, Canadian Amber, MB)

Paleocene

*†'' P. undans'' (Thanetian, ArdTun head, UK)

Eocene

;Ypresian, Allenby Formation, Canada

*†'' P. angustipennis''
*†'' P. canadensis''
*†'' P. elatior''
*†'' P. minutula'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. nana'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. pictipennis'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. pulchra'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. pulla'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. similkameena'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. transitoria'' (Allenby Formation)
*†'' P. tulameenensis'' (Allenby Formation)

;Ypresian, Driftwood shales, Canada

*†'' P. cairnesi''

;Ypresian, Horsefly Shales, Canada

*†'' P. avus''
*†'' P. curtula''
*†'' P. dilatata''
*†'' P. platyptera'' (Horsefly Shales)
*†'' P. reducta'' (Horsefly Shales)

;Ypresian, "Mission Creek site", Canada

*†'' P. kelownaensis''

;Ypresian, Oise amber, France

*†'' P. parisiensis''

;Ypresian, Green River Formation, USA

*†'' P. akerionana''
*†'' P. dejecta''
*†'' P. pealei''
*†'' P. rhodopterina''
*†'' P. winchesteri''
*†'' P. woodruffi''

;Priabonian, Baltic Amber

*†'' P. borussica''
*†'' P. brunniptera''
*†'' P. clavifemur''
*†'' P. hoffeinsorum''
*†'' P. prisca''
*†'' P. tenuicornis''

;Priabonian, France

*†'' P. angustiventris'' ( Célas site, France)
*†'' P. chapuisii''
*†'' P. dumasi''
*†'' P. foersteri''

;Pribonian, United Kingdom

*†'' P. acourti'' ( Bembridge Marls, UK)

;Priabonian, Florissant Formation, USA

*†'' P. axeliana''
*†'' P. decapitata''
*†'' P. explanata''
*†'' P. gradata''
*†'' P. melanderi''
*†'' P. orycta''
*†'' P. tessella''

Oligocene

;Rupelian, Brunstatt, France

*†'' P. gracillima''

;Rupelian, Corent, France

*†'' P. joannis''
*†'' P. larteti''
*†'' P. longipennis''
*†'' P. pallida''
*†'' P. rubescens''
*†'' P. sauvagei''

;Rupelian, Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, France

*†'' P. assonensis''
*†'' P. larguensis''
*†'' P. maimensis''

;Rupelian, Chadrat, France

*†'' P. oustaleti''

; Chattian, Niveau du gypse d'Aix, France

*†'' P. livida''
*†'' P. painvini''
*†'' P. retracta''
*†'' P. rhenana''

; Chattian, Camoins-les-Bains, France

*†'' P. theobaldi''

; Chattian, Rott Formation, Germany

*†'' P. collossea''
*†'' P. conica''
*†'' P. dubia''
*†'' P. exigua''
*†'' P. gracilenta''
*†'' P. grossa''
*†'' P. hypogaea''
*†'' P. inflata''
*†'' P. luctuosa''
*†'' P. luteola''
*†'' P. lygaeoides''
*†'' P. macrocephala''
*†'' P. morio''
*†'' P. pennata''
*†'' P. pinguis''
*†'' P. proserpina''
*†'' P. rhenana''
*†'' P. sturmi''
*†'' P. stygia''
*†'' P. winnertzi''

Miocene

; Aquitanian, Mexican amber, Mexico

*†'' P. pristina''

;Burdigalian, Shanwang Formation. China

*†'' P. aculeolata''
*†'' P. bivalvula''
*†'' P. capitata''
*†'' P. diatoma''
*†'' P. fumosa''
*†'' P. gracilentula''
*†'' P. ludongensis''
*†'' P. platoptera''
*†'' P. rectivenia''
*†'' P. solaris''
*†'' P. spinula''
*†'' P. villosa''
*†'' P. vulcania''

;Burdigalian, Kudia River site, Russia

*†'' P. amagua''
*†'' P. obsitula''
*†'' P. kuznetzovi''
*†'' P. kudiella''
*†'' P. redempta''
*†'' P. refracta''

;Burdigalian - Langhian, Cypris Formation, Czech Republic

*†'' P. quaesita''

;Langhian, Chojabaru Formation, Japan

*†'' P. kanetakii''

;Serravallian, Radoboj Formation, Croatia

*†'' P. bucklandi''

;Serravallian, Oehningen beds Member ( Upper Freshwater-Molasse), Germany

*†'' P. hilaris''
*†'' P. jucunda''
*†'' P. macilenta''

;Messinian, Monte Castellaro, Italy

*†'' P. baglii''
*†'' P. castellaroi''
*†'' P. pisaurensis''

Pliocene, Togo Formation, Japan

*†'' P. intima''

Pleistocene

;Gelasian, Lac Chambon, France

*†'' P. brunneipennis''
*†'' P. vergnei''

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.
*'' Hesperinus heeri'' (formerly ''Plecia heeri'' and syn ''P. elegantula'' )

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q11995850

Bibionidae
Nematocera genera
Taxa named by Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann