Melanostoma

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]

Melanostoma
Melanostoma scalare female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Syrphinae
Tribe:
Bacchini
Genus:
Melanostoma

Schiner, 1860
Type species
Musca millina[1]

Species[5]
  • M. abdominale Shiraki, 1930
  • M. aenoscutum Hull, 1964[1]
  • M. algens Curran, 1931
  • M. alpinum Szilády, 1942
  • M. alticola Speiser, 1910[1]
  • M. annulipes Macquart, 1842[1]
  • M. apicale Bigot, 1884
  • M. atrum Sack, 1932
  • M. aurantiaca Becker, 1921
  • M. babyssa (Walker, 1849)
  • M. babyssola Speiser, 1924[1]
  • M. bergmani Doesburg, 1966
  • M. bicruciatum (Bigot, 1884)
  • M. bituberculatum Loew, 1858[1]
  • M. boreomontanum Mutin, 1986
  • M. diffusum Hull, 1941[1]
  • M. dubium (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • M. elongatum Matsumura, 1919
  • M. eversmanni Enderlein, 1938
  • M. fasciatum (Macquart, 1850)
  • M. flavipenne Matsumura, 1919
  • M. flavipleurum Hull, 1964[1]
  • M. floripeta Speiser, 1910[1]
  • M. fumivenosum Doesburg, 1966
  • M. gedehense Meijere, 1914
  • M. gymnocera Bigot, 1891[1]
  • M. incisum Matsumura, 1916
  • M. incompletum Becker, 1908 - Canarian endemic species
  • M. incurvum Dirickx, 2001
  • M. infuscatum Becker, 1909[1]
  • M. keiseri Dirickx, 2001
  • M. matilei Dirickx, 2001
  • M. meijerei Goot, 1964
  • M. mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • M. motodomariense Matsumura, 1919
  • M. normale Curran, 1931
  • M. ochraceum Dirickx, 2001
  • M. orientale Wiedemann, 1824
  • M. otaniense Matsumura, 1919
  • M. pedius Walker, 1852
  • M. perinetense Dirickx, 2001
  • M. pumicatum (Meigen, 1838)
  • M. pyrophaenoides Speiser, 1910[1]
  • M. quadrifasciatum Curran, 1928
  • M. satyriphilum Hull, 1941[1]
  • M. scalare (Fabricius, 1794)[1]
  • M. simplex Doesburg, 1955
  • M. subbituberculatum Kassebeer, 2000
  • M. sulphuripes Hull, 1964[1]
  • M. sylvarum Hull, 1941[1]
  • M. teizonis Matsumura, 1919
  • M. tenuis Matsumura, 1919
  • M. tiantaiensis Huo & Zheng, 2003
  • M. transversum Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
  • M. trochanteratum Hull, 1964[1]
  • M. tumescens Szilády, 1940
  • M. univittatum Wiedemann, 1824
  • M. violaceum Hull, 1964[1]
  • M. wollastoni Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit, McCullough & Wyatt, 2004

References
  1. Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565-00821-8.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Melanostoma". Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/25610/entries/33710029/overview. Accessed on 25 January 2012


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