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Species Goniops chrysocoma

Fly that appears to have recently emerged from pupa - Goniops chrysocoma - female

Pennsylvania Fly for ID - Goniops chrysocoma - 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 Goniopsini

Genus Goniops

Species chrysocoma (Goniops chrysocoma)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synonym: Goniops hippoboscoides

Range

Stone et al. (1965)(1) gave the range as "Ontario to Arkansas and South Carolina."

Burger 1995 "Ontario to Vermont and Connecticut, south to Arkansas and Georgia" (2)

Internet References

American Insects: Goniops Chrysocoma

Connecticut DEP: Species of special concern

Works Cited

1.	A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.

2.	Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) of North America north of Mexico Burger J.F. 1995. International Contributions on Entomology 1(1): 100pp.

Contributed by Chen Young on 4 November, 2005 - 8:57am
Additional contributions by Stephen_WV, Tony-2
Last updated 18 August, 2025 - 2:40pm

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