Meliscaeva

Meliscaeva  is a genus of hoverflies.

They have bare eyes, bare metasternum, bare metapisternum, the anterior anepisternum is usually pilose. 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.

Species

 * M. abdominalis (Sack, 1927)
 * M. auricollis (Meigen, 822 )
 * M. ceylonica (Keiser, 1958)
 * M. cinctella (Zetterstedt, 1843)
 * M. cinctelloides Ghorpade, 1994
 * M. darjeelingensis Datta & Chakraborti, 1986
 * M. deceptor (Curran, 1928)
 * M. ichthyops (Meijere, 1914)
 * M. kusuma Ghorpade, 1994
 * M. latifasciata Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
 * M. lefroyi Ghorpade, 1994
 * M. magnifica Ghorpade, 1994
 * M. malaisei Ghorpade, 1994
 * M. malayensis (Curran, 1928)
 * M. mathisi Ghorpade, 1994
 * M. melanostomoides (Hull, 1941)
 * M. monticola (Meijere, 1914)
 * M. morna (Curran, 1931)
 * M. nigripes (Meijere, 1914)
 * M. omogensis (Shiraki & Edashige, 1953)
 * M. peteus (Curran, 1931)
 * M. sonami (Shiraki, 1930)
 * M. splendida Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
 * M. strigifrons (Meijere, 1914)
 * M. taiwana (Shiraki, 1930)
 * M. tenuiformis (Curran, 1928)
 * M. tribeni (Nayar, 1968)

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