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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Bacchini » Melanostoma » Melanostoma mellinum

Species Melanostoma mellinum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Syrphid, possibly Melanostoma ? - Melanostoma mellinum - male Tiny big-eyed Syrphid - Melanostoma mellinum - male Syrphid C - Melanostoma mellinum Unknown flower fly - Melanostoma mellinum - female midge? robberfly? - Melanostoma mellinum 9036084 syrp - Melanostoma mellinum - male Dipteran - Melanostoma mellinum Syrphidae - Syrphid Flies Melanostoma mellinum - Melanostoma mellinum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Syrphinae
Tribe Bacchini
Genus Melanostoma
Species mellinum (Melanostoma mellinum)
Explanation of Names
Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
5-10 mm(1)
Identification
Note abdominal markings on tergites 2-4: quadrate (male), triangular (female) (1).
Range
holarctic; in NA, transcontinental (NB-VA to AK-WA)(2)
Remarks
likely an unresolved species complex
See Also
Platycheirus
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
Jeffrey H. Skevington and Michelle M. Locke, Andrew D. Young, Kevin Moran, William J. Crins and Stephen A. Marshall. 2019. Princeton University Press.
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 9 November, 2005 - 10:42am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2021 - 8:23am

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