Meliscaeva

Meliscaeva is a genus of hoverflies.

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• Meliscaeva auricollis hoverfly feeding on pollen
• Stibium wild meliscaeva auricollis
• Species
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They have bar eyes, bare metasternum, bare metapisternum, the anterior anepisternum is usually pillose. Wing margin with a series of minute closely spaced black maculae on posterior margin.

Mostly Oriental, however, Meliscaeva cinctella is widely distributed in North America and Europe.