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.

Species

 * M. abdominale Shiraki, 1930
 * M. aenoscutum Hull, 1964
 * M. algens Curran, 1931
 * M. alpinum Szilády, 1942
 * M. alticola Speiser, 1910
 * M. annulipes Macquart, 1842
 * M. apicale Bigot, 1884
 * M. atrum Sack, 1932
 * M. aurantiaca Becker, 1921
 * M. babyssa (Walker, 1849)
 * M. babyssola Speiser, 1924
 * M. bergmani Doesburg, 1966
 * M. bicruciatum (Bigot, 1884)
 * M. bituberculatum Loew, 1858
 * M. boreomontanum Mutin, 1986
 * M. diffusum Hull, 1941
 * M. dubium (Zetterstedt, 1838)
 * M. elongatum Matsumura, 1919
 * M. eversmanni Enderlein, 1938
 * M. fasciatum (Macquart, 1850)
 * M. flavipenne Matsumura, 1919
 * M. flavipleurum Hull, 1964
 * M. floripeta Speiser, 1910
 * M. fumivenosum Doesburg, 1966
 * M. gedehense Meijere, 1914
 * M. gymnocera Bigot, 1891
 * M. incisum Matsumura, 1916
 * M. incompletum Becker, 1908 - Canarian endemic species
 * M. incurvum Dirickx, 2001
 * M. infuscatum Becker, 1909
 * 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
 * M. quadrifasciatum Curran, 1928
 * M. satyriphilum Hull, 1941
 * M. scalare (Fabricius, 1794)
 * M. simplex Doesburg, 1955
 * M. subbituberculatum Kassebeer, 2000
 * M. sulphuripes Hull, 1964
 * M. sylvarum Hull, 1941
 * M. teizonis Matsumura, 1919
 * M. tenuis Matsumura, 1919
 * M. tiantaiensis Huo & Zheng, 2003
 * M. transversum Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
 * M. trochanteratum Hull, 1964
 * M. tumescens Szilády, 1940
 * M. univittatum Wiedemann, 1824
 * M. violaceum Hull, 1964
 * M. wollastoni Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit, McCullough & Wyatt, 2004