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Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca

Chapter 3: Fam. BIBIONIDÆ, Haliday.
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A systematic catalogue of dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca, listing families, genera, and species with concise morphological descriptions, measurements, and precise collection localities. Entries note diagnostic characters, colouration, and intraspecific variation, and record altitudinal and geographic occurrences when known. Numerous taxa are described as new, accompanied by comparative remarks and occasional figures or plates to aid identification, while brief comments indicate wider distributional links to specimens from neighboring islands and regions.

Fam. BIBIONIDÆ, Haliday.

Gen. Plecia, Hoffmansegg.

1. Plecia dorsalis, n. s., mas et fœm. Atra, thorace rufo, alis nigricantibus.

Male and female. Deep black. Thorax bright pale red. Wings blackish. Length of the body 2½–3½ lines; of the wings 7–8 lines.

The totally red thorax of this species distinguishes it from P. fulvicollis, Wied., and from P. ignicollis, Walk.

Singapore and Mount Ophir.