Bibio leucopterus (Meigen, 1804)
(White-winged Bibio)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBibio leucopterus (White-winged 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 leucopterus (White-winged Bibio) :
1: Bibio leucopterus (White-winged Bibio)
10 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping
Image 1: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Bibio leucopterus (White-winged Bibio)
4 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, beaten off Oak
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and front tibiae - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Bibio leucopterus (White-winged Bibio) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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