Bibio lanigerus Meigen, 1818
(Shaggy St Mark’s Fly, Lesser Variable Bibio)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBibio lanigerus (Shaggy St Mark’s Fly, Lesser Variable Bibio)
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 lanigerus (Shaggy St Mark’s Fly, Lesser Variable Bibio) :
1: Bibio lanigerus (Shaggy St Mark’s Fly, Lesser Variable Bibio)
19 Apr 2018 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, alighted on Gorse
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wing - magnified - white background

Bibio lanigerus (Shaggy St Mark’s Fly, Lesser Variable Bibio) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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