Taxonomic study of Gonia Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae) from China Author Hou, Peng Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China & Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China Corresponding authors, E-mails: dyangcau @ 126. com; 13478194638 @ 163. com Author Li, Xin Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China Corresponding authors, E-mails: dyangcau @ 126. com; 13478194638 @ 163. com Author Yang, Ding Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Author Zhang, Chuntian Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China Corresponding authors, E-mails: dyangcau @ 126. com; 13478194638 @ 163. com text Zoological Systematics 2018 43 3 294 308 journal article 10.11865/zs.201823 2095-6827 5366575 7BA0E2F2-6E87-457C-BEBE-21758FF7EEF1 3.1.3 Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819 ( Figs 9–16 ) Gonia bimaculata Wiedemann, 1819: 25 ; Herting & Dely-Draskovits, 1993: 258; Chao et al. , 1998: 1944 ; O’Hara et al ., 2009: 109; Zhang et al ., 2016: 408 . Type locality: South Africa , Cape Province . Material examined. China : Liaoning . 1♀ , Benxi , Xinling , 4.V.1964 , W.Q. Xue. Xinjiang . 3♂ 3♀ , Shihezi , 24–28.V.1979 , H.Y. Wang ( SYNU ). Spain : 1♂ , 2 km NE Los Christianos , Tenerife , 27.IV.1996 , leg. Tschorsnig. 1♀ , Prov Salamanca Villar de Ciervo , 2.VII.1990 , leg. Tschorsnig ( SMNS ) . Distribution. China ( Liaoning , Inner Mongolia , Beijing , Hebei , Shanxi , Shandong , Henan , Ningxia , Gansu , Qinghai , Xinjiang , Shanghai , Jiangsu , Zhejiang , Fujian , Guangxi ), Europe, C. Asia, M. East, Transcaucasia, Yemen , N. Africa, Afrotropical widespread (except western Africa).