Extant species •
P. acutirostris •
P. adiastola •
P. affinidecora •
P. americana •
P. amplipennis •
P. aruensis •
P. angularis •
P. avicephaliforma Cretaceous • †
P. myersi (Campanian,
Canadian Amber, MB) ====
Paleocene ==== • †
P. undans (
Thanetian,
ArdTun head, UK) ====
Eocene ==== ;Ypresian,
Allenby Formation, Canada • †
P. angustipennis • †
P. canadensis • †
P. elatior • †
P. minutula (Allenby Formation) • †
P. nana (Allenby Formation) • †
P. pictipennis (Allenby Formation) • †
P. pulchra (Allenby Formation) • †
P. pulla (Allenby Formation) • †
P. similkameena (Allenby Formation) • †
P. transitoria (Allenby Formation) • †
P. tulameenensis (Allenby Formation) ;Ypresian,
Driftwood shales, Canada • †
P. cairnesi ;Ypresian,
Horsefly Shales, Canada • †
P. avus • †
P. curtula • †
P. dilatata • †
P. platyptera (Horsefly Shales) • †
P. reducta (Horsefly Shales) ;Ypresian,
"Mission Creek site", Canada • †
P. kelownaensis ;Ypresian,
Oise amber, France • †
P. parisiensis ;Ypresian,
Green River Formation, USA • †
P. akerionana • †
P. dejecta • †
P. pealei • †
P. rhodopterina • †
P. winchesteri • †
P. woodruffi ;Priabonian,
Baltic Amber • †
P. borussica • †
P. brunniptera • †
P. clavifemur • †
P. hoffeinsorum • †
P. prisca • †
P. tenuicornis ;Priabonian, France • †
P. angustiventris ( Célas site, France) • †
P. chapuisii • †
P. dumasi • †
P. foersteri ;Pribonian, United Kingdom • †
P. acourti (
Bembridge Marls, UK) ;Priabonian,
Florissant Formation, USA • †
P. axeliana • †
P. decapitata • †
P. explanata • †
P. gradata • †
P. melanderi • †
P. orycta • †
P. tessella ====
Oligocene ==== ;
Rupelian,
Brunstatt, France • †
P. gracillima ;Rupelian,
Corent, France • †
P. joannis • †
P. larteti • †
P. longipennis • †
P. pallida • †
P. rubescens • †
P. sauvagei ;Rupelian,
Calcaires de Vacheres Formation, France • †
P. assonensis • †
P. larguensis • †
P. maimensis ;Rupelian,
Chadrat, France • †
P. oustaleti ;
Chattian,
Niveau du gypse d'Aix, France • †
P. livida • †
P. painvini • †
P. retracta • †
P. rhenana ;
Chattian,
Camoins-les-Bains, France • †
P. theobaldi ;
Chattian,
Rott Formation, Germany • †
P. collossea • †
P. conica • †
P. dubia • †
P. exigua • †
P. gracilenta • †
P. grossa • †
P. hypogaea • †
P. inflata • †
P. luctuosa • †
P. luteola • †
P. lygaeoides • †
P. macrocephala • †
P. morio • †
P. pennata • †
P. pinguis • †
P. proserpina • †
P. rhenana • †
P. sturmi • †
P. stygia • †
P. winnertzi ====
Miocene ==== ;
Aquitanian,
Mexican amber, Mexico • †
P. pristina ;
Burdigalian,
Shanwang Formation. China • †
P. aculeolata • †
P. bivalvula • †
P. capitata • †
P. diatoma • †
P. fumosa • †
P. gracilentula • †
P. ludongensis • †
P. platoptera • †
P. rectivenia • †
P. solaris • †
P. spinula • †
P. villosa • †
P. vulcania ;Burdigalian,
Kudia River site, Russia • †
P. amagua • †
P. obsitula • †
P. kuznetzovi • †
P. kudiella • †
P. redempta • †
P. refracta ;Burdigalian -
Langhian,
Cypris Formation, Czech Republic • †
P. quaesita ;Langhian,
Chojabaru Formation, Japan • †
P. kanetakii ;
Serravallian,
Radoboj Formation, Croatia • †
P. bucklandi ;
Serravallian,
Oehningen beds Member (
Upper Freshwater-Molasse), Germany • †
P. hilaris • †
P. jucunda • †
P. macilenta ;
Messinian,
Monte Castellaro, Italy • †
P. baglii • †
P. castellaroi • †
P. pisaurensis ====
Pliocene ==== ;
Piacenzian,
Togo Formation, Japan • †
P. intima Pleistocene ;Gelasian, Lac Chambon, France • †
P. brunneipennis • †
P. vergnei Revision of the Bibionidae fossil record from the Oligocene of Germany by Skartveit and Wedmann (2021) included the redescription of a number of
Plecia species. •
Hesperinus heeri (formerly
Plecia heeri and syn
P. elegantula ) == References ==