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Issue: Vol. 5604 No. 2: 13 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5604.2.4
Page range: 145-155
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Bibio lanigerus Meigen (Diptera: Bibionidae) in the Nearctic region and some notes on other Nearctic species of Bibio Geoffroy

Pacific Northwest Diptera Research Lab; 1460 SW Allen St.; Corvallis; OR; 97333 USA.
Museum of Comparative Zoology; Harvard University; Cambridge; MA; USA
Diptera taxonomy systematics

Abstract

Taxonomic notes on several species of Nearctic Bibio Geoffroy are given. The Palearctic species, Bibio lanigerus Meigen, is reported from the northeastern Nearctic region and compared to congeners. Bibio canadensis Macquart is considered to be a syn. nov. of B. brunnipes (Fabricius). Bibio velcidus Hardy has not been recorded in the literature since its original description; type material is studied and the status of this species discussed. Problems with the identification of members of the fall-flying species group (Bibio autumnalis Fitzgerald, Bibio longipes Loew, Bibio slossonae Cockerell, and B. flukei Hardy) are also briefly discussed.

 

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