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Melanostoma
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.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Variable Duskyface Fly
speciesMelanostoma mellinum
Ladder-backed Hover Fly
speciesMelanostoma scalare
Small Hover Fly
speciesMelanostoma fasciatum
Melanostoma apicale
speciesMelanostoma apicale
Melanostoma incompletum
speciesMelanostoma incompletum
Melanostoma univittatum
speciesMelanostoma univittatum
Melanostoma orientale
speciesMelanostoma orientale
Melanostoma wollastoni
speciesMelanostoma wollastoni
Melanostoma bituberculatum
speciesMelanostoma bituberculatum
Melanostoma annulipes
speciesMelanostoma annulipes
Melanostoma polynesiotes
speciesMelanostoma polynesiotes
Melanostoma mellarium
speciesMelanostoma mellarium
Melanostoma fumivenosum
speciesMelanostoma fumivenosum
Melanostoma aenoscutum
speciesMelanostoma aenoscutum
Melanostoma flavipleurum
speciesMelanostoma flavipleurum
Melanostoma floripeta
speciesMelanostoma floripeta
Melanostoma gymnocera
speciesMelanostoma gymnocera
Melanostoma infuscatum
speciesMelanostoma infuscatum
Melanostoma sulphuripes
speciesMelanostoma sulphuripes
Melanostoma trochanteratum
speciesMelanostoma trochanteratum
Melanostoma violaceum
speciesMelanostoma violaceum
Melanostoma abdominale
speciesMelanostoma abdominale
Melanostoma tiantaiensis
speciesMelanostoma tiantaiensis
Melanostoma sylvarum
speciesMelanostoma sylvarum
Melanostoma pumicatum
speciesMelanostoma pumicatum
Melanostoma satyriphilum
speciesMelanostoma satyriphilum
Melanostoma atrum
speciesMelanostoma atrum
Melanostoma certum
speciesMelanostoma certum
Melanostoma dubium
speciesMelanostoma dubium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 70406.