Scionini

Flower-feeding March fly Scaptia auriflua, copyright dhobern.

Belongs within: Tabanidae.

The Pangoniini are a group of horse flies characterised by the presence of apical spurs on the hind tibia, an undivided tergite 9, and male terminalia with a simple gonostylus (Pechuman & Teskey 1981).

<==Scionini PT81
    |--Goniops chrysocoma PT81
    |--Mycteromyia M54
    |--Melpia M54
    |--Pityocera festae M54, B09
    |--Listriosca M54
    |--Parosca M54
    |--Listrapha M54
    |--Osca M54
    |--Palimmecomyia M54
    |--Pseudoscione M54
    |--Scione B09
    |    |--S. costaricana B09
    |    `--S. maculipennis M54
    |--Fidena M54
    |    |--F. flavipennis B09
    |    |--F. nigrovitta B09
    |    `--F. sorbens M54
    `--Scaptia M54
         |--S. adrel M54
         |--S. aurata M54
         |--S. auriflua ZS10
         |--S. barbata M54
         |--S. maculiventris M54
         |--S. patula M54
         `--S. viridiventris M54

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B09] Burger, J. F. 2009. Tabanidae (horse flies, deer flies, tabanos). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 495–507. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[M54] Mackerras, I. M. 1954. The classification and distribution of Tabanidae (Diptera). I. General review. Australian Journal of Zoology 2 (3): 431–454.

[PT81] Pechuman, L. L., & H. J. Teskey. 1981. Tabanidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 463–478. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3^rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.