Melanostoma

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Melanostoma
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, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.[2][3]

Species[4]

  • Melanostoma abdominale Shiraki, 1930
  • Melanostoma aenoscutum Hull, 1964
  • Melanostoma algens Curran, 1931
  • Melanostoma alpinum Szilády, 1942
  • Melanostoma alticola Speiser, 1910
  • Melanostoma annulipes Macquart, 1842
  • Melanostoma apicale Bigot, 1884
  • Melanostoma atrum Sack, 1932
  • Melanostoma aurantiaca Becker, 1921
  • Melanostoma babyssa (Walker, 1849)
  • Melanostoma babyssola Speiser, 1924
  • Melanostoma bergmani Doesburg, 1966
  • Melanostoma bicruciatum (Bigot, 1884)
  • Melanostoma bituberculatum Loew, 1858
  • Melanostoma boreomontanum Mutin, 1986
  • Melanostoma diffusum Hull, 1941
  • Melanostoma dubium (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • Melanostoma elongatum Matsumura, 1919
  • Melanostoma eversmanni Enderlein, 1938
  • Melanostoma fasciatum (Macquart, 1850)
  • Melanostoma flavipenne Matsumura, 1919
  • Melanostoma flavipleurum Hull, 1964
  • Melanostoma floripeta Speiser, 1910
  • Melanostoma fumivenosum Doesburg, 1966
  • Melanostoma gedehense Meijere, 1914
  • Melanostoma gymnocera Bigot, 1891
  • Melanostoma incisum Matsumura, 1916
  • Melanostoma incompletum Becker, 1908 - Canarian endemic species
  • Melanostoma incurvum Dirickx, 2001
  • Melanostoma infuscatum Becker, 1909
  • Melanostoma keiseri Dirickx, 2001
  • Melanostoma matilei Dirickx, 2001
  • Melanostoma meijerei Goot, 1964
  • Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Melanostoma motodomariense Matsumura, 1919
  • Melanostoma normale Curran, 1931
  • Melanostoma ochraceum Dirickx, 2001
  • Melanostoma orientale Wiedemann, 1824
  • Melanostoma otaniense Matsumura, 1919
  • Melanostoma pedius Walker, 1852
  • Melanostoma perinetense Dirickx, 2001
  • Melanostoma pumicatum (Meigen, 1838)
  • Melanostoma pyrophaenoides Speiser, 1910
  • Melanostoma quadrifasciatum Curran, 1928
  • Melanostoma satyriphilum Hull, 1941
  • Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Melanostoma simplex Doesburg, 1955
  • Melanostoma subbituberculatum Kassebeer, 2000
  • Melanostoma sulphuripes Hull, 1964
  • Melanostoma sylvarum Hull, 1941
  • Melanostoma teizonis Matsumura, 1919
  • Melanostoma tenuis Matsumura, 1919
  • Melanostoma tiantaiensis Huo & Zheng, 2003
  • Melanostoma transversum Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
  • Melanostoma trochanteratum Hull, 1964
  • Melanostoma tumescens Szilády, 1940
  • Melanostoma univittatum Wiedemann, 1824
  • Melanostoma violaceum Hull, 1964
  • Melanostoma wollastoni Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit, McCullough & Wyatt, 2004 - Madeiran endemic species
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References

  1. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7. 
  2. ↑ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6. 
  3. ↑ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8. 
  4. ↑ "Melanostoma". Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/25610/entries/33710029/overview. Accessed on 25 January, 2012
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