Bibio clavipes Meigen, 1818
(a St Mark’s fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBibio clavipes (a St Mark’s fly)
GenusBibio (St Mark’s flies)
FamilyBIBIONIDAE (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuperfamilyBIBIONOIDEA (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Bibio clavipes (a St Mark’s fly) :
1: Bibio clavipes (a St Mark’s fly)
7 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO49 52° 30’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
in acid grassland
Image 1: Male - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-legs - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - wing - magnified - white background

Bibio clavipes (a St Mark’s fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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