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Bibio imitator

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Bibio imitator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bibionidae
Genus: Bibio
Species:
B. imitator
Binomial name
Bibio imitator

Bibio imitator, common name garden maggot,[1] is a species of fly from the genus Bibio,[2] first described by Francis Walker in The Entomological Magazine vol 2, 1835.[3] It occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Description

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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

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  1. ^ Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A garden fly maggot. (Bibio imitator, Walker). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales Misc. Pub. 2: 338, 362-363
  2. ^ "Bibio imitator Walker, 1835". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. ^ "Characters of some undescribed New Holland Dipteria". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2023-12-22.