
Poole, Karen E.
Melanostoma
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Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySyrphidae
Melanostoma sp., oviposición Melanostoma es un género numeroso de sírfidos.[2] Se sabe poco de su biología pero se cree que son predadores generalistas de insectos pequeños en la hojarasca.[3][4] Especies[5] Melanostoma abdominale Shiraki, 1930 Melanostoma aenoscutum Hull, 1964[1] Melanostoma algens Curran, 1931 Melanostoma alpinum Szilády, 1942 Melanostoma alticola Speiser, 1910[1] Melanostoma annulipes Macquart, 1842[1] Melanostoma apicale Bigot, 1884 Melanostoma atrum Sack, 1932 Melanostoma aurantiaca Becker, 1921 Melanostoma babyssa (Walker, 1849) Melanostoma babyssola Speiser, 1924[1] Melanostoma bergmani Doesburg, 1966 Melanostoma bicruciatum (Bigot, 1884) Melanostoma bituberculatum Loew, 1858[1] Melanostoma boreomontanum Mutin, 1986 Melanostoma diffusum Hull, 1941[1] Melanostoma dubium (Zetterstedt, 1838) Melanostoma elongatum Matsumura, 1919 Melanostoma eversmanni Enderlein, 1938 Melanostoma fasciatum (Macquart, 1850) Melanostoma flavipenne Matsumura, 1919 Melanostoma flavipleurum Hull, 1964[1] Melanostoma floripeta Speiser, 1910[1] Melanostoma fumivenosum Doesburg, 1966 Melanostoma gedehense Meijere, 1914 Melanostoma gymnocera Bigot, 1891[1] Melanostoma incisu
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,065
- With media
- 3,356
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- UAM, UMNH, PSUC
- Recorded in
- United States
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thumb|thumbtime=1:40|Melanostoma sp., oviposition
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies. Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melanostoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.