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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
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^ "Melanostoma". Encyclopedia of Life, available from
http://eol.org/pages/25610/entries/33710029/overview . Accessed on 25 January 2012