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