Stonemyia tranquilla, the peaceful stonian horsefly, is a species of fly in the family Tabanidae.[2][3] The fly is about 1.5cm long and, unlike most other tabanid flies, does not need to suck blood to reproduce, hence the scientific name which translates to "tranquil".[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Pangoniinae |
| Tribe: | Pangoniini |
| Genus: | Stonemyia |
| Species: | S. tranquilla
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| Stonemyia tranquilla (Osten Sacken, 1875)[1]
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Distribution
editThis fly inhabits the United States and Canada, being most common in New England, New York, the St. Lawrence River Valley, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but is occasionally seen in the Midwest and the Appalachian Mountains southwards to North Carolina.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.
- ^ "Horse Fly - Stonemyia". North American Insects & Spiders. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Stonemyia tranquilla". iNaturalist. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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