■ Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico
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Genus Gonia Meigen, 1803

SALMACIA Meigen, 1800: 38. Name suppressed by ICZN, 1963: 339.
GONIA Meigen, 1803: 280. Type species: Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819, by subsequent designation of Sabrosky & Arnaud, 1965: 1075 [Afrotropical].
CYSTOGONIA Townsend, 1915b: 21. Type species: Gonia turgida Coquillett, 1897, by original designation.
KNABIA Townsend, 1915d: 286. Type species: Knabia hirsuta Townsend, 1915 (= Gonia frontosa Say, 1829), by original designation.
CNEPHALOGONIA Townsend, 1916c: 178. Type species: Gonia distincta Smith, 1915, by original designation.
SETIGONIA Brooks, 1944a: 221. Type species: Gonia setigera Tothill, 1924, by original designation.
FUSCIGONIA Brooks, 1944a: 223. Type species: Gonia fuscicollis Tothill, 1924, by original designation.


albagenae Morrison, 1940.– British Columbia to California and Colorado (S&A, 1965), Alberta (CNC).
– Gonia albagenae Morrison, 1940: 349. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Penticton.


aldrichi Tothill, 1924.– British Columbia to New Brunswick, south to Arizona and Virginia (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia aldrichi Tothill, 1924a: 209. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Coaldale.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 265)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Agrotis orthogonia Morrison, Crymodes devastator (Brace), Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 265) for probably aldrichi Tothill*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Euxoa spp. (including E. messoria (Harris) and/or E. ochrogaster (Guenée))
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 265) for sp. near aldrichi Tothill*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Agrotis orthogonia Morrison

atra Cockerell, 1889.– Colorado, unrecognized species (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia frontosa ater Cockerell, 1889a: 3 (junior homonym of Gonia atra Meigen, 1826). Type data: holotype, sex unknown (apparently lost according to Arnaud, 1958: 62). Type locality: USA, Colorado, Custer County, Swift Creek (see Cockerell, 1889b: 106, and Arnaud, 1958: 62). Note: This junior homonym is not renamed because its identity is unknown and its name is not in use for a recognized species.


aturgida Brooks, 1944.– Washington to Saskatchewan, south to California and Arizona (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia aturgida Brooks, 1944a: 233. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Idaho.


breviforceps Tothill, 1924.– British Columbia to Montana, south to California and Arizona, also Michigan (S&A, 1965), Alberta to Québec, also Kansas (CNC).
– Gonia breviforceps Tothill, 1924a: 210. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Lethbridge.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 266)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée)

brevipulvilli Tothill, 1924.– British Columbia to New Brunswick, south to California and Massachusetts, also District of Columbia (S&A, 1965), Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Gonia brevipulvilli Tothill, 1924a: 211. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, New Brunswick, Fredericton.


carinata Tothill, 1924.– California, Wyoming, Utah (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia carinata Tothill, 1924a: 208. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Utah, Salt Lake City.


chilonis Walker, 1849.– British Columbia to Québec, south to California (S&A, 1965, as grandipulvilli Morrison), Utah, Colorado, Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Gonia chilonis Walker, 1849: 799. Type data: holotype male [not female as published] (BMNH). Type locality: unknown.
– Gonia grandipulvilli Morrison, 1940: 345. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Edmonton.


contumax Brooks, 1944.– Washington, California, Utah (S&A, 1965), Colorado, Kansas (CNC).
– Gonia contumax Brooks, 1944a: 233. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Washington, Westport.


crassicornis (Fabricius, 1794).– Southern Florida, West Indies, Neotropical (S&A, 1965), Mexico, Texas, Mississippi (S&A, 1965, as texensis).
– Musca crassicornis Fabricius, 1794: 328. Type data: holotype, sex unknown (ZMUC) (destroyed, only name label remaining according to Zimsen, 1964: 490; originally in ZMUK). Type locality: West Indies.
– Gonia texensis Reinhard, 1924c: 357. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Texas, College Station.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 266)*
Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae
Phyllophaga spp.
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Feltia subterranea (Fabricius), Prodenia sunia (Guenée), Spodoptera eridania (Cramer), Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 269), as Gonia texensis Reinhard*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Mocis spp. (including M. latipes (Guenée) and/or M. repanda (Fabricius)), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)

distincta Smith, 1915.– Alberta to New Brunswick, south to Ohio and Connecticut, also Colorado, North Carolina (S&A, 1965), Wisconsin, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia (CNC), West Virginia (FSCA).
– Gonia distincta Smith, 1915b: 99. Type data: holotype female (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Westport Factory.


frontosa Say, 1829.– Alaska, British Columbia to Québec, south to California and North Carolina (S&A, 1965), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (CNC).
– Gonia frontosa Say, 1829: 175 (also published in LeConte, 1859: 365). Type data: neotype male (CNC), by designation of Tothill, 1924a: 210. Type locality: Canada, Manitoba, Aweme.
– Gonia basalis Harris, 1835: 599. Nomen nudum.
– Gonia tarda Harris, 1835: 599. Nomen nudum.
– Gonia philadelphica Macquart, 1844: 208 (also 1844: 51). Type data: type(s) female (stated to be in the collection of M. Serville, in which the Diptera are believed to be lost). Type locality: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
– Knabia hirsuta Townsend, 1915d: 287. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan, Oxbow.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 267)*
Coleoptera, Meloidae
Tetraonyx quadrimaculata (Fabricius)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Crymodes devastator (Brace)

fuscicollis Tothill, 1924.– Saskatchewan and Manitoba, south to Nebraska and Tennessee, also Maryland (S&A, 1965), Indiana (CNC).
– Gonia fuscicollis Tothill, 1924a: 207. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, Indiana, Lafayette (published as La Fayette).

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 267)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée), Feltia ducens Walker

longiforceps Tothill, 1924.– British Columbia to Ontario, south to California and Oklahoma (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia longiforceps Tothill, 1924a: 208. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Lethbridge.
– Gonia discalis Morrison, 1940: 347. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Nicola.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 268)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Agrotis orthogonia Morrison, Euxoa tristicula (Morrison)

longipulvilli Tothill, 1924.– British Columbia to North Dakota, south to California, Mexico, and Texas, also Hawai'i (immigrant) (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia longipulvilli Tothill, 1924a: 211. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Royal Oak.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 268)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel), Agrotis malefida Guenée, Agrotis orthogonia Morrison, Feltia subterranea (Fabricius), Peridroma saucia (Hübner)

nigra (Brooks, 1944).– British Columbia, Saskatchewan (S&A, 1965), Oregon, Idaho, Montana (CNC).
– Rhedia nigra Brooks, 1944a: 225. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan, Swift Current.


occidentalis Brooks, 1944.– British Columbia to Montana, south to California and Arizona (S&A, 1965), Colorado (CNC).
– Gonia occidentalis Brooks, 1944a: 234. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Hedley.


pilosa Brooks, 1944.– Washington to Manitoba, south to California and Utah (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia pilosa Brooks, 1944a: 231. Type data: holotype female (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Manitoba, Treesbank.


porca Williston, 1887.– British Columbia to Manitoba, south to California and Arizona (S&A, 1965), Colorado (CNC).
– Gonia porca Williston, 1887: 10. Type data: syntypes, 2 males (SEMK) (mention by Tothill, 1924a: 207, of "holotype and allotype" is not regarded as a lectotype fixation because Tothill's "holotype" cannot be distinguished from among the 2 males in the type series). Type locality: USA, Oregon, Mt. Hood.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 268)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Peridroma saucia (Hübner), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth)

reinhardi Brooks, 1944.– Washington to Wyoming, south to California, Arizona and Colorado (S&A, 1965), Kansas (CNC).
– Gonia reinhardi Brooks, 1944a: 232. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: USA, Colorado, Pingree Park.


robusta Brooks, 1944.– California, Alberta (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia robusta Brooks, 1944a: 234. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Alberta, Wabamum.


sagax Townsend, 1892.– Colorado and Oklahoma to Wisconsin and Connecticut (S&A, 1965), Michigan, New York, New Jersey (CNC).
– Gonia sagax Townsend, 1892d: 65. Type data: holotype male (SEMK) (Tothill, 1924a: 200, was unaware of the location of the holotype when he designated a neotype). Type locality: USA, Iowa, Ames.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 269)*
Lepidoptera, Geometridae
Alsophila pometaria (Harris)
Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 269) for probably sagax Townsend, as "Gonia sagax Williston"*
Lepidoptera, Arctiidae
Unidentified Arctiidae

senilis Williston, 1887.– Colorado and Arizona to Florida, also Michigan, New York (S&A, 1965), Manitoba, Iowa, Illinois, New Jersey to Georgia (CNC), West Virginia, Virginia (WVU).
– Gonia senilis Williston, 1887: 10. Type data: holotype male (SEMK). Type locality: USA, western Kansas.


sequax Williston, 1887.– British Columbia to Massachusetts, south to California, Mexico, Michigan, and Connecticut (S&A, 1965), New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Ontario, Québec (CNC).
– Gonia vertebrata Harris, 1835: 599. Nomen nudum.
– Gonia exul Williston, 1887: 11. Type data: syntypes, 10 females (5 female syntypes in SEMK). Type localities: USA, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.
– Gonia sequax Williston, 1887: 12. Type data: syntypes, 3 males (SEMK). Type locality: USA, California.

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 269)*
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel), Peridroma saucia (Hübner), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)

setifacies (Brooks, 1944).– Idaho, Saskatchewan, Manitoba (S&A, 1965).
– Rhedia setifacies Brooks, 1944a: 225. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan, Pike Lake.


setigera Tothill, 1924.– British Columbia to Ontario and Massachusetts, south to California, Arizona, and New Jersey (S&A, 1965).
– Gonia setigera Tothill, 1924a: 199. Type data: holotype male (MCZ). Type locality: USA, Massachusetts, Essex.


smithi Brooks, 1944.– Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island (S&A, 1965), Saskatchewan, New York (CNC).
– Gonia smithi Brooks, 1944a: 235. Type data: holotype male (CNC). Type locality: Canada, Ontario, Toronto.


turgida Coquillett, 1897.– British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California (S&A, 1965), Nevada (CNC).
– Gonia turgida Coquillett, 1897: 134. Type data: holotype male (USNM). Type locality: USA, California, Los Angeles County.


Gonia species

Hosts from Arnaud (1978: 270) for Gonia spp.*
Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae
Nygmia phaeorrhoea (Donovan)
Lepidoptera, Noctuidae
Agrotis sp., Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, Heliothis zea (Boddie), Lithophane antennata (Walker), Scotogramma trifolii (Rottenburg) probably

Reference:


Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1978. A host-parasite catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). United States Department of Agriculture. Miscellaneous Publication 1319: 1–860.


*Host names (family and species) have not been changed from those given in Arnaud (1978). Each host is listed under the appropriate current tachinid name, with the tachinid name used in Arnaud (1978) cited if different from the current one. For more information about Arnaud (1978), and to see a complete list of tachinid names used in that work and their modern equivalents, click here.

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