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.
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]