Plecia
Plecia is a genus of March flies comprising many species, both extant and fossilised. Several species of this genus are commonly known as "lovebugs" due to their behavior of flying around coupled together while mating.
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 through the early Pleistocene :Cretaceous
- †''P. myersi''
[Paleocene]
- †''P. undans''
[Eocene]
;Ypresian, Allenby Formation, Canada- †P. angustipennis
- †P. canadensis
- †P. elatior
- †P. minutula
- †P. nana
- †P. pictipennis
- †P. pulchra
- †P. pulla
- †P. similkameena
- †P. transitoria
- †P. tulameenensis
- †P. cairnesi
- †P. avus
- †P. curtula
- †P. dilatata
- †P. platyptera
- †P. reducta
- †P. kelownaensis
- †P. parisiensis
- †P. akerionana
- †P. dejecta
- †P. pealei
- †P. rhodopterina
- †P. winchesteri
- †P. woodruffi
- †P. borussica
- †P. brunniptera
- †P. clavifemur
- †P. hoffeinsorum
- †P. prisca
- †P. tenuicornis
- †P. angustiventris
- †P. chapuisii
- †P. dumasi
- †P. foersteri
- †P. acourti
- †P. axeliana
- †P. decapitata
- †P. explanata
- †P. gradata
- †P. melanderi
- †P. orycta
- †''P. tessella''
[Oligocene]
;Rupelian, Brunstatt, France- †P. gracillima
- †P. joannis
- †P. larteti
- †P. longipennis
- †P. pallida
- †P. rubescens
- †P. sauvagei
- †P. assonensis
- †P. larguensis
- †P. maimensis
- †P. oustaleti
- †P. livida
- †P. painvini
- †P. retracta
- †P. rhenana
- †P. theobaldi
- †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
- †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
- †P. amagua
- †P. obsitula
- †P. kuznetzovi
- †P. kudiella
- †P. redempta
- †P. refracta
- †P. quaesita
- †P. kanetakii
- †P. bucklandi
- †P. hilaris
- †P. jucunda
- †P. macilenta
- †P. baglii
- †P. castellaroi
- †''P. pisaurensis''
[Pliocene]
;Piacenzian, Togo Formation, Japan- †''P. intima''
Pleistocene
;Gelasian, Lac Chambon, France- †P. brunneipennis
- †P. vergnei
- ''Hesperinus heeri''