Bibio varipes Meigen, 1830
(a St Mark’s fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBibio varipes (a St Mark’s 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 varipes (a St Mark’s fly) :
1: Bibio varipes (a St Mark’s fly)
15 Apr 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off oak that was just coming into leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - pale-haired form - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - pale-haired form - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - pale-haired form - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Bibio varipes (a St Mark’s fly)
5 Apr 2018 OSGR: SU21 50° 60’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Males, basking on fallen wood
Image 1: Male - anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - wing - magnified - white background
3: Bibio varipes (a St Mark’s fly)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white background
4: Bibio varipes (a St Mark’s fly)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - white background

Bibio varipes (a St Mark’s fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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