Summary description from Wikipedia:

Plecia nearctica in languages:

English

Common Lovebug

English

Double-headed Bug

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Parent Taxon

• Plecia

Sibling Taxa

• Plecia amagua
• Plecia americana
• Plecia amplipennis
• Plecia angularis
• Plecia bicolor
• Plecia clina
• Plecia curvistylata
• Plecia digitiformis
• Plecia dimidiata
• Plecia forcipiformis
• Plecia impensa
• Plecia imperialis
• Plecia impostor
• Plecia lateralis
• Plecia longiforceps
• Plecia mallochi
• Plecia nearctica
• Plecia ornaticornis
• Plecia pertinens
• Plecia plagiata
• Plecia quadrivittata
• Plecia rostellata
• Plecia ruficollis
• Plecia rufithorax
• Plecia rufovittata
• Plecia sinensis
• Plecia stysa
• Plecia thulinigra
• Plecia uberta

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