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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, 1860Melanostoma 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]
Species
- Melanostoma bicruciatum (Bigot, 1884)
- Melanostoma babyssa (Walker, 1849)
- Melanostoma dubium (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Melanostoma incompletum Becker, 1908
- Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melanostoma pumicatum (Meigen, 1838)
- Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)
- Melanostoma orientale (Wiedemann, 1824)
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References
- ^ 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 1899935037.
- ^ 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.
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