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
Source:
- M. abdominale <small>Shiraki, 1930</small>
- M. aenoscutum <small>Hull, 1964</small>
- M. algens <small>Curran, 1931</small>
- M. alpinum <small>Szilády, 1942</small>
- M. alticola <small>Speiser, 1910</small>
- M. annulipes <small>Macquart, 1842</small>
- M. apicale <small>Bigot, 1884</small>
- M. atrum <small>Sack, 1932</small>
- M. aurantiaca <small>Becker, 1921</small>
- M. babyssa <small>(Walker, 1849)</small>
- M. babyssola <small>Speiser, 1924</small>
- M. bergmani <small>Doesburg, 1966</small>
- M. bicruciatum <small>(Bigot, 1884)</small>
- M. bituberculatum <small>Loew, 1858</small>
- M. boreomontanum <small>Mutin, 1986</small>
- M. diffusum <small>Hull, 1941</small>
- M. dubium <small>(Zetterstedt, 1838)</small>
- M. elongatum <small>Matsumura, 1919</small>
- M. eversmanni <small>Enderlein, 1938</small>
- M. fasciatum <small>(Macquart, 1850)</small>
- M. flavipenne <small>Matsumura, 1919</small>
- M. flavipleurum <small>Hull, 1964</small>
- M. floripeta <small>Speiser, 1910</small>
- M. fumivenosum <small>Doesburg, 1966</small>
- M. gedehense <small>Meijere, 1914</small>
- M. gymnocera <small>Bigot, 1891</small>
- M. incisum <small>Matsumura, 1916</small>
- M. incompletum <small>Becker, 1908</small> - Canarian endemic species
- M. incurvum <small>Dirickx, 2001</small>
- M. infuscatum <small>Becker, 1909</small>
- M. keiseri <small>Dirickx, 2001</small>
- M. matilei <small>Dirickx, 2001</small>
- M. meijerei <small>Goot, 1964</small>
- M. mellinum <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- M. motodomariense <small>Matsumura, 1919</small>
- M. normale <small>Curran, 1931</small>
- M. ochraceum <small>Dirickx, 2001</small>
- M. orientale <small>Wiedemann, 1824</small>
- M. otaniense <small>Matsumura, 1919</small>
- M. pedius <small>Walker, 1852</small>
- M. perinetense <small>Dirickx, 2001</small>
- M. pumicatum <small>(Meigen, 1838)</small>
- M. pyrophaenoides <small>Speiser, 1910</small>
- M. quadrifasciatum <small>Curran, 1928</small>
- M. quadripunctatum <small>(Skevington & Thompson, 2014)</small>
- M. satyriphilum <small>Hull, 1941</small>
- M. scalare <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
- M. simplex <small>Doesburg, 1955</small>
- M. subbituberculatum <small>Kassebeer, 2000</small>
- M. sulphuripes <small>Hull, 1964</small>
- M. sylvarum <small>Hull, 1941</small>
- M. teizonis <small>Matsumura, 1919</small>
- M. tenuis <small>Matsumura, 1919</small>
- M. tiantaiensis <small>Huo & Zheng, 2003</small>
- M. transversum <small>Shiraki & Edashige, 1953</small>
- M. trochanteratum <small>Hull, 1964</small>
- M. tumescens <small>Szilády, 1940</small>
- M. univittatum <small>Wiedemann, 1824</small>
- M. violaceum <small>Hull, 1964</small>
- M. wollastoni <small>Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit, McCullough & Wyatt, 2004</small>
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