Melanostoma | |
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Melanostoma scalare female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
Tribe: | Bacchini |
Genus: | Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 |
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies.[1] Little is known of their biology, However they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.[2]