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Species Stonemyia tranquilla

Representative Images

Tabanid - Stonemyia tranquilla - female Tranquil Horse fly - Stonemyia tranquilla - female Tabanid - Stonemyia tranquilla - female Tabanid - Stonemyia tranquilla Is this golden furred horse fly Stonemyia tranquilla? - Stonemyia tranquilla - female Is this Stonemyia tranquilla? - Stonemyia tranquilla - male Horse fly - Stonemyia tranquilla - female fly - Stonemyia tranquilla - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)
Subfamily Pangoniinae
Tribe Pangoniini
Genus Stonemyia
Species tranquilla (Stonemyia tranquilla)

Explanation of Names

Stonemyia tranquilla (Osten Sacken 1875)

Range

Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Georgia (1)

Works Cited

1.Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) of North America north of Mexico
Burger J.F. 1995. International Contributions on Entomology 1(1): 100pp.
Contributed by Tony on 26 June, 2005 - 5:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 August, 2025 - 2:33pm

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