Published February 10, 2021
| Version v1
Journal article
Restricted
Penthetria Meigen (Diptera: Bibionidae): Revision of the New World species and world catalog
Creators
Description
Fitzgerald, Scott J. (2021): Penthetria Meigen (Diptera: Bibionidae): Revision of the New World species and world catalog. Zootaxa 4926 (4): 451-500, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.1
Files
Linked records
Additional details
References
- Amorim, D.S. (1993) A phylogenetic analysis of the basal groups of Bibionomorpha, with a critical examination of the wing vein homology. Revisita Brasileira de Biologia, 52 (3), 379-399.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., Samuelson, G.A. & Nishida, G.M. (1993) The Insect and Spider Collections of the World. Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 11. 2nd Edition. Sandhill Crane Press, Inc. Gainesville, Florida, 1310 pp.
- Bellardi, L. (1859) Saggio di ditterologia messicana. Parte Ia. Stamperia Reale, Torino [Turin], 80 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8182
- Bezzi, M. (1911) Biospeologica. XX. Dipteres (premiere serie) suivi d'un appendice sur les dipteres cavernicoles recueillis par le Dr Absolon dans les Balcans. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, Seris 5, 8, 1-87.
- Blaschke-Berthold, U. (1994) Anatomie und Phylogenie der Bibionomorpha (Insecta: Diptera). Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 34, 1-206.
- Brunetti, E. (1911) New Oriental Nematocera. Records of the Indian Museum, 4, 259-316. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.10539
- Brunetti, E. (1912) XXXVI. New Oriental Diptera, I. Records of the Indian Museum, 7, 445-513. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.28244
- Brunetti, E. (1925) Notes on Oriental Bibionidae, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Indian Museum, 27 (6), 443-450.
- Carpenter, F.M. (1992) Vol. 4. Superclass Hexapoda. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part R. Arthropoda 4. Vol. 2. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado and University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. i-ii + 279-655.
- Collomb, F.-M., Nel, A., Fleck, G. & Waller, A. 2008 March flies and European Cenozoic palaeoclimates (Diptera: Bibionidae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 44 (2), 161-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2008.10697553
- Cumming, J.M. & Wood, D.M. (2017) Adult Morphology and Terminology. In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J. (Eds.), Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. Suricata 4. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, pp. 89-133.
- Delfinado, M.D. & Hardy, D.E. (1973) A catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Vol. I. suborder Nematocera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 618 pp.
- Duda, O. (1934) Schwedisch-chinesischen wissenschaftliche Expedition nach des Nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, unter Leitung von Dr. Sven Hedin und Prof. Su ping-chang, X. Diptera. 2. Lonchopteridae, Bibionidae und Muscidae acalyptratae. Arkiv fˆ r zoologi, 26B (1), 1-6.
- Edwards, F.W. (1928a) Some Nematocerous Diptera from Yunnan and Tibet. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 1 (6), 681-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932808672840
- Edwards, F.W. (1928b) Diptera Nematocera from the Federated Malay States Museums. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 14 (1), 1-139.
- Evenhuis, N.L. (1994) Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 600 pp.
- Evenhuis, N.L. (1997) Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum (1758-1930). Vols. I & II. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 871 pp.
- Evenhuis, N.L. (2014) Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Version 2.0. Available from: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/ (accessed 30 March 2020)
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (2017) Battling the un-dead: the status of the Diptera genus-group names originally proposed in Johann Wilhelm Meigen's 1800 pamphlet. Zootaxa, 4275 (1), 1-74. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4275.1.1
- Falaschi, R.L., Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D.S. (2016) Family Bibionidae. Zootaxa, 4122 (1), 20-25. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.5
- Fitzgerald, S.J. (1998) Eighteen new species of Neotropical Plecia (Diptera: Bibionidae) and taxonomic notes on the genus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of America, 124 (2), 133-164.
- Fitzgerald, S.J. (1999) A new species of Plecia from the Green River Formation and new combinations of fossil Bibionidae (Diptera). Great Basin Naturalist, 59 (2), 182-187. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15821
- Fitzgerald, S.J. (2000) Bibionidae. In: Llorente Bousquets, J.E., Gonzalez Soriano, E. & Papavero, N. (Eds.), Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeograpfia de Artropodos de Mexico. Vol. II. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, pp. 627-634.
- Fitzgerald, S.J. (2004) Evolution and classification of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha). Ph.D. thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 385 pp.
- Fitzgerald, S.J. (2009) Bibionidae. In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. & Zumbado, M.A. (Eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera: Vol. 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, 714 pp.
- Fitzgerald, S.J. & Werner, D. (2004) A key to the Penthetria Meigen (Diptera, Bibionidae) of Europe and the first record of Penthetria heteroptera (Say) from the Palaearctic region. Studia dipterologica, 11 (1), 207-210.
- Sustr, V. & Frouz, J. (2002) Activity of carbohydrases in the gut of Bibionidae (Diptera) larvae. European Journal of Soil Biology, 38 (2002), 75-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1164-5563(01)01130-X
- Frouz, J., Elhottova, D., Sustr, V., Kristufek, V., Hubert, J. (2002) Preliminary data about compartmentalization of the gut of the saprophagous dipteran larvae Penthetria holosericea (Bibionidae). European Journal of Soil Biology, 38 (2002), 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1164-5563(01)01123-2
- Frouz, J., Jedlicka, P., Simackova, H., Lhotakova, Z. (2015) The life cycle, population dynamics, and contribution to litter decomposition of Penthetria holosericea (Diptera: Bibionidae) in an alder forest. European Journal of Soil Biology, 71, 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.10.002
- Geinitz, F.E. (1884) Uber die Fauna des Dobbertiner Lias. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 36, 566-583.
- Gemesi, O. & Disney, R.H.L. (1991) A further case of parasitisation of larval Bibionidae by a scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomologist's Gazette, 42, 67-69.
- Gentilini, G. (1991) Occurrence of the genus Penthetria Meigen, 1803 from the lower Messinian of central Italy. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 123 (1), 62-66.
- Gimmerthal, B.A. (1845) Erster Beitrag zu einer Kunftig zu bearbeitenden Dipterologie Russlands. Familie der Tipularien. Bulletin de la Societe Imperial des Naturalistes, Moscou, 18 (4), 287-331. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.66007
- Handlirsch, A. (1907) Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen. Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 801-960. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5636
- Hardy, D.E. (1937) New Bibionidae (Diptera) from Nearctic America. Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 14, 199-213.
- Hardy, D.E. (1945) Revision of Nearctic Bibionidae, including Neotropical Plecia and Penthetria (Diptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin, 30, 367-547.
- Hardy, D.E. (1948) Homonymy notes in the Bibionidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 21 (1), 36.
- Hardy, D.E. (1953) Studies on Oriental Bibionidae: New species of Plecia and Penthetria and a revision of the Plecia imposter complex (Bibionidae: Diptera). Records of the Indian Museum, 50 (1), 89-104.
- Hardy, D.E. (1959) Catalogue of the Neotropical Bibionidae. Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 17, 437-476.
- Hardy, D.E. (1965) Diptera from Nepal (Bibionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 16 (1), 3-23. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.21861
- Hardy, D.E. (1965b) Family Bibionidae. In: Stone, A., Sabrosky, C.W., Wirth, W.W., Foote, R.H. & Coulson, J.R. (Eds.), A catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., pp. 191-196.
- Hardy, D.E. (1966) Family Bibionidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia da Secretaria da Agricultura do Estado de S"o Paulo, S"o Paulo, pp. 1-20.
- Hardy, D.E. (1967) The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Nepal, results of the Austrian and the B.P. Bishop Museum expeditions, 1961 and 1965. Pacific Insects, 9 (3), 519-536.
- Hardy, D.E. (1981) Bibionidae. In: McAlpine, J.F., Peterson, B.V., Shewell, G.E., Teskey, H.J., Vockeroth, J.R. & Wood, D.M. (Eds.), Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 1. Canada Department of Agriculture Research Branch Monograph 27. Biosystematics Research Institute Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 217-222.
- Hardy, D.E. & Takahashi, M. (1960) Revision of the Japanese Bibionidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Pacific Insects, 2 (4), 383- 449.
- Harris, T.W. (1835) VIII. Insects. In: Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, minerology, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. Ed. 2. Amherst, Massachusetts, pp. 553-602.
- Hendel, F. (1908) Nouvelle classification des mouches a deux ailes (Diptera L.). D'apres un plan tout nouveau par J.G. Meigen, Paris, an VIII (1800 v.s.). Mit Kommentar herausgegeben von Friedrich Hendel. Verhandlungen der K.-k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 58, 43-69.
- Heer, O. (1849) Die Insektenfauna der Tertiargebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweite Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflugler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. W. Engelmann, Leipzig, iv + 264 pp.
- Hennig, W. (1948) Die Larvenformen der Dipteren. 1. Teil. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 184 pp.
- International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (1963) Opinion 678. The suppression under the plenary powers of the pamphlet published by Meigen, 1800. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 20, 339-342.
- Krivosheina, N.P. (1962) European larvae of Bibionidae (Diptera: Nematocera), with identification keys for some species. Pedobiologia, 1, 210-227. [in Russian]
- Krivosheina, N.P. (1969) Ontogeny and evolution of Diptera. Nauka, Moscow, 290 pp. [in Russian]
- Krivosheina, N.P. (1986) Family Pleciidae and Family Bibionidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L., Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 4. Sciaridae-Anisopodidae. Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., New York, New York, pp. 313-316 + 319-330.
- Krivosheina, N.P. (1999) Pleciidae. In: Ler, P.A. (Ed.), Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. VI. Diptera and Siphonaptera. Pt. 1. Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 1-665. [in Russian]
- Krivosheina, N.P. & Krivosheina, M.G (1998) The flies of the family Pleciidae (Diptera) new to the fauna of Russia. International Journal of Dipterological Research, 9, 105-108.
- Krivosheina, N.P. & Mamaev, B.M. (1967) Key to the larvae of wood inhabiting dipteran insects. Nauka, Moscow, 367 pp. [in Russian]
- Leppla, N.C., Carlysle, T.C. & Guy, R.H. (1975) Reproductive systems and the mechanics of copulation in Plecia nearctica Hardy (Diptera: Bibionidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology, 4 (4), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7322(75)90018-5
- Lewis, S.E. (1971) Three new species of fossil Diptera (Bibionidae) from the Ruby River Basin (Oligocene) of southwestern Montana. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 64 (6), 1464-1466. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/64.6.1464a
- Li, Z. & Yang, C.K. (2005) Diptera: Bibionidae. In: Yang, X.K. (Ed.), Insect Fauna of Middle-West Qinling Range and South Mountains of Gansu Province. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 719-723.
- Li, Z. & Yang, D. (2010) Two New Species of the genus Penthetria Meigen from Yunnan, China (Diptera: Bibionidae). Entomological News, 121 (2), 165-171. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.121.0208
- Loew, H. (1858a) Ueber einige neue Fliegengattungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2, 101-122. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.47918580203
- Loew, H. (1858b) Beschreibung einiger japanischen Diptern. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift Wien, 2, 100-112.
- Loew, H. (1868) Berichtigung der generischen Bestimmung einiger fossile Dipteren. Taf. V. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 230, 180-191.
- Luo, K. &Yang, C.K. (1988) Notes on new species of March-Flies from Yunnan. Zoological Research, 9 (4), 409-418.
- Macquart, J. (1834) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Ouvrage accompagne de planches. Tome Premier. N.E. Roret, Paris, 578 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14274
- Macquart, J. (1838) Dipteres exotiques nouveux ou peu connus. Societe (Royale) des sciences de l'agriculture et des arts a Lille, Memoires, 1838 (2), 9-225, 25 pls. [also published separately as his "Dipteres exotiques nouveux ou peu connus," Vol. 1. Pt. 1. pp. 5-221, 25 pls. (Paris 1838)] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51482
- McAtee, W.L. (1921) Notes on Nearctic bibionid flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 60 (11), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2406
- Meigen, J.W. (1800) Nouvelle classification des mouches a deux ailes (Diptera L.) d'apres un plan tout nouveau. Perronneau, Paris, 40 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119764
- Meigen, J.W. (1803) Versuch einer neuen GattungsEintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Magazin fur Insecktenkunde, 2, 259-281.
- Meigen, J.W. (1804) Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.). Erster Band. Abt. I & II. Reichard, Braunschweig [Brunswick], xxvii + vi + 314 pp. [pp. i-xxvii + 1-152 pp. & pp. i-vi + 153-314]
- Meigen, J.W. (1818) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Erster Theil. F.W. Forstmann, Aachen, 332 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13731
- Nartshuk, E.P. (1990) Pleciidae and Bibionidae (Diptera) from the Mongolian People's Republic, with a review of Pleciidae of the USSR fauna. Insects of Mongolia, 11, 353-370. [in Russian]
- Okada, I. (1938) Die Bibioniden Japans. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan, 42 (2), 189-218.
- Ovtshinnikova, O.G. (1994) Pleciidae as a separate family on the basis of the musculature of the male genitalia (Diptera). Zoosystematica Rossica, 3 (1), 149-152.
- Papavero, N. (1973) Essays on the History of Neotropical Dipterology, Volume II. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de S"o Paulo, S"o Paulo, 446 pp.
- Papavero, N. & Ibanez-Bernal, S. (2001) Contributions to a History of Mexican Dipterology. Part I. Entomologists and their Works before the Biologia Centrali-Americana. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, New Series, 84, 65-173. [2001]
- Paramonov, N.M. (2005) First record of the family Hesperinidae (Diptera) from Sakhalin. Zoosystematica Rossica, 13 (2), 232. [2004]
- Pecina, P. (1965) Bohemian March-flies (Diptera, Bibionidae) in The National Museum, Prague. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 11 (108), 285-298.
- Pinto, L.G. & Amorim, D.S. (1996) Description of immature stages of two Neotropical species of Plecia, with a discussion about the evolution of immature characters in Bibionidae (Insecta, Diptera, Bibionidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, 72 (2), 311-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19960720215
- Pinto, L.G. & Amorim, D.S. (2000) Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha). Morfologia e analise filogenetica. Holos, Ribeir"o Preto, 98 pp. [in Portuguese]
- Reiss, F. & Schacht, W. (1983) Die Typen der von J. B. v. Spix und C. F. Ph. v. Martius gesammelten und von M. Perty beschriebenen Dipterenarten (Insecta) in der Zoologischen Staatssammlung Munchen. Spixiana Supplement, 9, 307-312.
- Ren, D. (1995) Insecta. In: Ren, D., Lu, L.W., Guo, Z.G. & Ji, S.A. (Eds.), Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas. Seismic Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 47-121.
- Rice, H.M.A. (1959) Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from British Columbia. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada, 55, 1-37, 4 pls. https://doi.org/10.4095/100564
- Sasakawa, M. (1967) A new species of Penthetria from Japan (Diptera: Bibionidae). Kontyu, 35 (4), 361-363.
- Say, T. (1823) Descriptions of Dipterous Insects of the United States. Journal Philadelphia Academia of Science, 3, 9-54, 73-104.
- Say, T. (1829) Descriptions of North American dipterous insects. Journal Philadelphia Academia of Science, 6, 149-178.
- Scudder, S.H. (1891) Index to the known fossil insects of the world, including myriapods and arachnids. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 71, 1-744. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.34455
- Scudder, S.H. (1892) Some insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the tertiaries of Colorado and Utah. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 93, 11-25.
- Sevcik, J., Kasprak, D., Mantic, M., Fitzgerald, S., Sevcikova, T., Tothova,A. & Jaschhof, M. (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the megadiverse insect infraorder Bibionomorpha sensu lato (Diptera). PeerJ, 4 (e2563), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2563
- Skartveit, J. (1997) [Chapter] 2.5. Family Bibionidae. In: Papp, L. & Darvas, B. (Eds.), Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance). Vol. 2. Nematocera and Lower Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest, pp. 41-50.
- Skartveit, J. (2009) Fossil Hesperinidae and Bibionidae from Baltic amber (Diptera: Bibionidae). Studia dipterologica, 15 (2008), 3-42.
- Skartveit, J. (2017) Bibionidae. In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J. (Eds.), Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 2. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, pp. 497-504.
- Skartveit, J. & Ansorge, J. (2020) A new genus and subfamily of fossil Bibionidae (Diptera) from the Lower Cretaceous, with new classification of the Bibionidae. Palaeoentomology, 3 (2), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.5
- Skartveit, J. & Krizmanic, K. (2020) Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Miocene of Radoboj, Croatia. Zootaxa, 4759 (3), 351-378. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4759.3.3
- Skartveit, J. & Nel, A. (2012) Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) from the late Oligocene of Bes-Konak, Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa, 3329 (1), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3329.1.5
- Skartveit, J. & Nel, A. (2017) Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits. Zootaxa, 4225 (1), 1-83. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4225.1.1
- Skartveit, J. & Pika, M. (2014) Revision of Bibionidae (Diptera) named by Oswald Heer from the Miocene of Ohningen, Southern Germany. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 87, 103-134.
- Skartveit, J. & Willassen, E. (1996) Phylogenetic relationships in Bibioninae (Diptera, Bibionidae). In: Skartveit, J., Studies on the systematics and life histories of Bibioninae (Diptera, Bibionidae). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Bergen, Bergen, pp. 1-316.
- Sustr, V., Stingl, U. & Brune, A. (2014) Microprofiles of oxygen, redox potential, and pH, and microbial fermentation products in the highly alkaline gut of the saprophagous larva of Penthetria holosericea (Diptera: Bibionidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 67, 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.06.007
- Thompson, F.C. (1999) Data dictionary and standards. Myia, 9, 49-63.
- Thompson, F.C. (2009) Nearctic Diptera: twenty years later. In: Pape, T., Bickel, D. & Meier, R. (Eds.), Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools. Brill, Leiden, pp. 3-46.
- Walker, F. (1848) List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. British Museum, London, 229 pp.
- Werner, D. (1999) The Types of Bibionidae and Pleciidae (Diptera) in the Collection of the Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin, with Lectotype Designations. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin/Zoologische Reihe, 1, 51-61.
- Wiedemann, C.R.W. (1828) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes. Erster Theil. Schulz, Hamm, xxxii + 608 pp.
- Wiedemann, C.R.W. (1830) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm, xii + 684 pp.
- Yang, C.K. (1997) Diptera: Bibionidae. In: Yang, X.K. (Ed.), Insects of the Three Gorge Reservoir area of Yangtze River. Part 2. Chongqing Publishing House, Chongqing, pp. 1441-1447.
- Yang, C.K. & Chen, J. (1995) Diptera: Bibionidae. In: Wu, H. (Ed.), Insects of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, China, 475-481.
- Yang, C.K. & Li, Z. (2004) Diptera: Bibionidae. In: Yang, X.K. (Ed.), Insects of the Great Yarlung Zangbo Canyon of Xizang. Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China, 83-87.
- Yang, C.K. & Luo, K. (1988) Notes on six new species of March Flies from Beijing (Diptera: Bibionidae). Acta Agriculture Universitatis Pekinensis, 14 (1), 41-47.
- Yang, C.K. & Luo, K. (1989a) New species and new records of March Flies from Shaanxi, China (Diptera: Bibionidae). Entomotaxonomia, 11 (1-2), 141-156.
- Yang, C.K. & Luo, K. (1989b) Notes on nine new species of Bibionidae (Diptera: Nematocera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 14 (1), 55-65.
- Yuan, R., Li, S., Du, Q., Lei, C. & Zhu, F. (2015) Immature stages description of March Fly, Penthetria japonica Wiedemann (Diptera: Bibionidae), from Hubei, China. Entomological News, 124 (5), 320-324. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.124.0503
- Zhang, J.F. (2007) New Mesozoic Protopleciidae (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera) from China. Cretaceous Research, 2007, 289-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.009