Melanostoma
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| Melanostoma scalare female | |
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| Genus: | Melanostoma Schiner, 1860
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| Musca millina[1] | |
Melanostoma sp., oviposition
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies.[2] Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.[3][4]
Species[5][]
- Shiraki, 1930
- Hull, 1964[1]
- Curran, 1931
- Szilády, 1942
- Speiser, 1910[1]
- Macquart, 1842[1]
- Bigot, 1884
- Sack, 1932
- Becker, 1921
- (Walker, 1849)
- Speiser, 1924[1]
- Doesburg, 1966
- (Bigot, 1884)
- Loew, 1858[1]
- Mutin, 1986
- Hull, 1941[1]
- M. dubium (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Matsumura, 1919
- Enderlein, 1938
- M. fasciatum (Macquart, 1850)
- Matsumura, 1919
- Hull, 1964[1]
- Speiser, 1910[1]
- Doesburg, 1966
- Meijere, 1914
- Bigot, 1891[1]
- Matsumura, 1916
- Becker, 1908 - Canarian endemic species
- Dirickx, 2001
- Becker, 1909[1]
- Dirickx, 2001
- Dirickx, 2001
- Goot, 1964
- M. mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Matsumura, 1919
- Curran, 1931
- Dirickx, 2001
- Wiedemann, 1824
- Matsumura, 1919
- Walker, 1852
- Dirickx, 2001
- (Meigen, 1838)
- Speiser, 1910[1]
- Curran, 1928
- Hull, 1941[1]
- M. scalare (Fabricius, 1794)[1]
- Doesburg, 1955
- Kassebeer, 2000
- Hull, 1964[1]
- Hull, 1941[1]
- Matsumura, 1919
- Matsumura, 1919
- Huo & Zheng, 2003
- Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
- Hull, 1964[1]
- Szilády, 1940
- Wiedemann, 1824
- Hull, 1964[1]
- , , Smit, & , 2004
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References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565-00821-8.
{{cite book}}:|format=requires|url=(help) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Melanostoma". Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/25610/entries/33710029/overview. Accessed on 25 January 2012
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