Bibio pomonae (Fabricius, 1775)
(Heather Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBibio pomonae (Heather 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 pomonae (Heather Fly) :
1: Bibio pomonae (Heather Fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
28 Aug 2007 OSGR: SD86 54° 10’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Male. settled on car
Image 1: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 2: Male - rear three-quarter view - close-upImage 3: Male - antennae - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Male - anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Male - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 9: Male - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Male - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 11: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 12: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 13: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 14: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 15: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 16: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 17: Male - head - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Male - head - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 19: Male - head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 20: Male - lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 21: Male - lateral view - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 22: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 23: Male - thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 24: Male - thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 25: On back - ventro-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 26: On back - ventro-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Bibio pomonae (Heather Fly)
22 Aug 1978 OSGR: NO17 56° 50’ N, 3° 30’ W Scotland
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male -laterodorsal view - enlarged

Bibio pomonae (Heather Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bibio pomonae (Heather Fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bibio pomonae (Heather Fly)
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