Genus Plecia Wiedemann, 1828

Plecia Wiedemann, 1828: 72 . Type species: Hirtea fulvicollis Fabricius, 1805: 53 (des. by Blanchard, 1840: 576).

= Protomyia Heer, 1849: 231 . Type species: Protomyia lygaeoides Heer, 1849: 232 (des. by Carpenter, 1992: 414) Study of the type by Skartveit & Nel, 2017.

= Rhinoplecia Bellardi, 1859: 16 . Type species: Rhinoplecia rostrata Bellardi, 1859: 15 (mon.).

= Penthera Philippi, 1865: 639 . Type species: Penthera nigra Philippi, 1865: 640 (mon.).

= Epiplecia Giard, 1879: 13 . Type species: Protomyia joannis Oustalet, 1870: 143 (mon.).

= Heteroplecia Hardy, 1950: 75 (as subgenus of Plecia Wiedemann). Type species: Plecia visenda Hardy, 1950: 75 (mon.).

= Pleciodes Hardy, 1952: 76 (as subgenus of Plecia Wiedemann). Type species Plecia ephippium Speiser, 1909: 38 (des. by Hardy 1952: 76).

= Lacibibio Hong, in Hong et al. 1980: 47. Type species: Lacibibio fushunensis Hong, in Hong et al. 1980: 47-48 (orig. des.) Syn. by Zhang, 1989: 336.

Refs.: FITZGERALD 2004: 273; FITZGERALD et al. 2020: 50.