Melanostoma
Genus of flies
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]
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
^ 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 . London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565-00821-8 .
^ 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