Melanostoma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Syrphinae
Genus: Melanostoma
Species (63): M. abdominale – M. aenoscutum – M. algens – M. alpinum – M. alticola – M. annulipes – M. apicale – M. atrum – M. aurantiaca – M. babyssola – M. bergmani – M. bituberculatum – M. boreomontanum – M. clausseni – M. columbianum – M. cyaneocincta – M. diffusum – M. dubium – M. elongatum – M. eversmanni – M. fasciatum – M. flavipenne – M. flavipleurum – M. floripeta – M. fumivenosum – M. gedehense – M. gymnocera – M. incisum – M. incompletum – M. incurvum – M. infuscatum – M. keiseri – M. limbatum – M. matilei – M. meijerei – M. mellinum – M. motodomariense – M. normale – M. ochraceum – M. octonotatus – M. orientale – M. otaniense – M. pedius – M. perinetense – M. pumicatum – M. pyrophaenoides – M. quadrifasciatum – M. satyriphilum – M. scalare – M. simplex – M. subbituberculatum – M. sulphuripes – M. sylvarum – M. teizonis – M. tenuis – M. tiantaiensis – M. transversum – M. trochanteratum – M. tschernovi – M. tumescens – M. univittatum – M. violaceum – M. wollastoni

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist, plus (2) M. clausseni – M. tschernovi
]

Check: M. babyssa – M. bicruciatum
Name

Melanostoma Schiner, 1860

Type species: Musca mellina Linnaeus, 1758
Fixation: original designation

Synonymy

Plesia

References

Haarto, A.; Ståhls, G. 2014: When mtDNA COI is misleading: congruent signal of ITS2 molecular marker and morphology for North European Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 431: 93–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.431.7207 Reference page.
Schiner, I.R. 1860: Vorläufiger Commentar zum dipterologischen Theile der "Fauna austriaca." II. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 4: 208–216. BHL [first availability, see p. 213]

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]
Species[5]

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

Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565-00821-8. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
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