Bibio imitator
| Bibio imitator | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bibionidae |
| Genus: | Bibio |
| Species: | B. imitator |
| Binomial name | |
| Bibio imitator Francis Walker 1835 | |
Bibio imitator, common name garden maggot, is a species of fly from the genus Bibio, first described by Francis Walker in The Entomological Magazine vol 2, 1835. It occurs in Australia and New Zealand.
Description
Grows to length of 6. 5–7. 5 mm, with wings measuring 6.5 mm. Has an all-black coloring, with brown smokey wings. Features a dense yellow pile on the body of the males. A rufous head, thorax, and abdomen. Dark reddish-brown to black legs (excluding the coxae) of the females[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A garden fly maggot. (Bibio imitator, Walker). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales Misc. Pub. 2: 338, 362-363
- ↑ "Bibio imitator Walker, 1835". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ↑ "Characters of some undescribed New Holland Dipteria". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
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