Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae

Alternative combinations: Plecia lugens, Protomyia lugens

Belongs to Penthetria according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxa: Penthetria abacula, Penthetria alderensis, Penthetria beskonakensis, Penthetria bohemica, Penthetria brevipennis, Penthetria bucklandi, Penthetria creedensis, Penthetria elegans, Penthetria fryi, Penthetria gracilis, Penthetria inflata, Penthetria intermedia, Penthetria lapidaria, Penthetria livida, Penthetria longa, Penthetria longifurca, Penthetria lygaeoides, Penthetria marinosi, Penthetria rubiensis, Penthetria whipsawensis