Genus Plecia Wiedemann, 1828
Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement
- Malloch, J.R. 1928. Notes on Australian Diptera. No. XVII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 598-617 [14 December] [602]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Daly Basin (DAB), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP) ; NT, Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Vanuatu
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
- Philippines
Diagnosis
Differentiated from other bibionids by having the legs simple and the radial sector forked, with vein R2+3 short and extending obliquely to costa. Male genitalia complexly developed, providing excellent characters for differentiating species and for grouping into species-groups and complexes. Females with only 1 segment in cercus; the terminalia differing from those of Bibio and Dilophus by having the 8th sternum divided into 2 plates by a narrow cleft down midline.
ID Keys
Hardy (1982) provides a key to Plecia species and illustrations.
Diagnosis References
Hardy, D.E. 1982. The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 805-855
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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30-Aug-2010 | 30-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |