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Goniops

Goniops chrysocoma is a species of fly found in North America. It is the only species in the genus Goniops, which is in the horse and deer flies family Tabanidae.

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Goniops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Tribe: Goniopsini
Genus: Goniops
Aldrich, 18922
Species:
G. chrysocoma
Binomial name
Goniops chrysocoma

Goniops chrysocoma is a species of fly found in North America. It is the only species in the genus Goniops, which is in the horse and deer flies family Tabanidae.345

Distribution

Goniops chrysocoma is found in Canada and the United States.

References

References

  1. Osten Sacken, C.R. (1875). "Prodrome of a monograph of the Tabanidae of the United States. Part I. The genera Pangonia, Chrysops, Silvivus, Haematopota, Diabasis". Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 365–397. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. Aldrich, J.M. (1892). "A new genus and species of Tabanidae". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 6 (191): 236–237. doi:10.1155/1892/24341. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.
  5. Lessard, B.D. (2014). "Revision of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Austral Entomology. 53 (2): 203–239. doi:10.1111/aen.12076.