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Melangyna cincta
Sign in to saveFagisyrphus cinctus is a European species of hoverfly. This species has a muddled taxonomic history. Older authors treated it as a member of the genus Melangyna, and later sources in Meligramma (as either a separate genus or a subgenus of Melangyna), but the most recent sources recognize it as the sole species in its own monotypic genus, Fagisyrphus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- UAM, MSU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Melangyna cincta
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- taxon common name
- Spits elfje
- Commons category
- Melangyna cincta
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- M. cincta
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Fagisyrphus cinctus is a European species of hoverfly. This species has a muddled taxonomic history. Older authors treated it as a member of the genus Melangyna, and later sources in Meligramma (as either a separate genus or a subgenus of Melangyna), but the most recent sources recognize it as the sole species in its own monotypic genus, Fagisyrphus.
==Description== External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 6 ·25–8·75 mm. Tergites 3 and 4 with yellow to orange bands. Tergite 2 with two yellow, triangular marks. Elongate abdomen. See references for determination.
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