Bibio imitator
| Bibio imitator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bibionidae |
| Genus: | Bibio |
| Species: | B. imitator
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| Binomial name | |
| Bibio imitator Francis Walker 1835
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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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