Bibio, March flies or St. Mark's flies, is a genus of flies (Diptera).
Biology
Bibio larvae live in grassy areas and are herbivores and scavengers feeding on dead vegetation or living plant roots. Some species are found in compost.
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) and mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella).
Bibio flies also show strong sexual dichotomy, with males and females having significant differences in body morphology.
Species
- B. abbreviatus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. acaptus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. acerbus <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. acutifidis <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. albagulus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. albipennis <small>Say, 1823</small>
- B. alexanderi <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. alienus <small>McAtee, 1923</small>
- B. anasiformis <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. anglicus <small>Verrall, 1869</small>
- B. anposis <small>Hardy, 1968</small>
- B. articulatus <small>Say, 1823</small>
- B. atrigigas <small>Fitzgerald, 1997</small>
- B. atripilosa <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. baltimoricus <small>Macquart, 1855</small>
- B. basalis <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. biconcavus <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. borisi <small>Fitzgerald, 1997</small>
- B. brunnipes <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
- B. bryanti <small>Johnson, 1929</small>
- B. carnificus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. carolinus <small>Hardy, 1945</small>
- B. carri <small>Curran, 1927</small>
- B. castanipes <small>Jaennicke, 1867</small>
- B. chelostylus <small>Fitzgerald, 1997</small>
- B. chiapensis <small>Fitzgerald, 1997</small>
- B. claviantenna <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. clavipes <small>Meigen, 1818</small>
- B. cognatus <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. columbiaensis <small>Hardy, 1938</small>
- B. constringutus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. contererus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. crassinodus <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. cruciformis <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. cuneatus <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. curtipes <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. deflectus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. dipetalus <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. discerptus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. dolichotarsus <small>Yang, 1997</small>
- B. dormitus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. echinulatus <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. elmoi <small>Papp, 1982</small>
- B. emphysetarsus <small>Yang, 1997</small>
- B. enormus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. femoralis <small>Meigen, 1838</small>
- B. femoraspinatus <small>Yang, 1997</small>
- B. femoratus <small>Wiedemann, 1820</small>
- B. ferruginatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- B. flavissimus <small>Brunetti, 1925</small>
- B. fluginata <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. flukei <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. fraternus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. fulvicollis <small>Gimmerthal, 1842</small>
- B. fumipennis <small>Walker, 1848</small>
- B. gineri <small>Gil Collado, 1932</small>
- B. graecus <small>Duda, 1930</small>
- B. handlirschi <small>Duda, 1930</small>
- B. hirtus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. holtii <small>McAtee, 1922</small>
- B. hortulanus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- B. illaudatus <small>Hardy, 1961</small>
- B. imitator <small>Walker, 1835</small>
- B. imparilis <small>Hardy, 1959</small>
- B. inacqualis <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. johannis <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- B. kansensis <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. knowltoni <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. labradorensis <small>Johnson, 1929</small>
- B. lanigerus <small>Meigen, 1818</small>
- B. latiantennatus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. laufferi <small>Strobl, 1906</small>
- B. lautaretensis <small>Villeneuve, 1925</small>
- B. lepidus <small>Loew, 1871</small>
- B. leucopterus <small>(Meigen, 1804)</small>
- B. lobata <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. longipes <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. lugens <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. macer <small>Loew, 1871</small>
- B. marci <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- B. medioalbus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. melanopilosus <small>Hardy, 1936</small>
- B. mickeli <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. monstri <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. nebulosus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. necotus <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. nervosus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. nigrifemoratus <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. nigripilus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. nigripilus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. nigriventris <small>Haliday, 1833</small>
- B. obediens <small>Osten Sacken, 1881</small>
- B. obscurus <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. painteri <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. pallipes <small>Say, 1823</small>
- B. picinitarsis <small>Brulle, 1832</small>
- B. pingreensis <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. plecioides <small>Osten Sacken, 1881</small>
- B. pomonae <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- B. praecidus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. reticulatus <small>Loew, 1846</small>
- B. rufalipes <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. rufipes <small>(Zetterstedt, 1838)</small>
- B. rufithorax <small>Wiedemann, 1828</small>
- B. rufitibialis <small>Hardy, 1938</small>
- B. sericata <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. shaanxiensis <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. siculus <small>Loew, 1846</small>
- B. siebkei <small>Mik, 1887</small>
- B. sierrae <small>Hardy, 1960</small>
- B. similis <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. similis <small>James, 1936</small>
- B. slossonae <small>Cockerell, 1909</small>
- B. soldatus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. striatipes <small>Walker, 1848</small>
- B. tenebrosus <small>Coquillett, 1898</small>
- B. tenella <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. tenuis <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. thoracicus <small>Say, 1824</small>
- B. townesi <small>Hardy, 1945</small>
- B. tripus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. tristis <small>Williston, 1893</small>
- B. utahensis <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. variabilis <small>Loew, 1864</small>
- B. variicolor <small>Yang & Luo, 1989</small>
- B. varipes <small>Meigen, 1830</small>
- B. velcida <small>Hardy, 1937</small>
- B. velorum <small>McAtee, 1923</small>
- B. venosus <small>(Meigen, 1804)</small>
- B. vestitus <small>Walker, 1848</small>
- B. villosus <small>Meigen, 1818</small>
- B. vixdus <small>Durrenfeldt, 1968</small>
- B. xanthopus <small>Wiedemann, 1828</small>
- B. xuthopteron <small>Hardy, 1968</small>
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