Family Syrphidae | Order Diptera Genus Melanostoma Rank Species | |
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Similar Melanostoma, Melanostoma mellinum, Platycheirus, Platycheirus albimanus, Xylota segnis | ||
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare, is a very common species of hoverfly. It is found in most of the Palearctic and in eastern parts of the Afrotropical realm south to Zimbabwe and throughout the Indomalayan realm to New Guinea. Little is known of its biology, However it is suspected to be general predator of small insects in leaf litter.
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Melanostoma scalare
Taxonomy
The European Melanostoma species are not well understood at present.Van der Goot is the most certain identification work. The male genitalia of Melanostoma scalare are figured by Dusek and Laska (1967). Other, more accessible, works are listed below.
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