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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Melanostoma Schiner, 1860
is a synonym of Genus Neottiglossa Kirby, 1837
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
412
22844
306890
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
178
15959
203753
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
126
11579
137184
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Aschiza
Becher, 1882
10
1328
25512
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Syrphoidea
Latreille, 1802
4
817
18332
Families
Genera
Species
FamilySyrphidae
Latreille, 1802
Drone flies, Flower flies, Hover flies, Hover Fly
760
15761
Genera
Species
SubfamilySyrphinae
Latreille, 1802
80
4767
Genera
Species
TribeBacchini
Bigot, 1883
14
1235
Genera
Species
GenusMelanostoma
Schiner, 1860
215Species
Subnodes of Melanostoma Schiner, 1860
SpeciesMelanostoma abdominale Shiraki, 1930
SpeciesMelanostoma abruzzense Van Der Goot, 1969
SpeciesMelanostoma abruzzensis Goot, 1969  ⇒ Platycheirus (Pyrophaena) abruzzensis
SpeciesMelanostoma aenoscutum Hull, 1964
SpeciesMelanostoma agens Curran, 1931  ⇒ Platycheirus luteipennis
SpeciesMelanostoma algens Curran, 1931
SpeciesMelanostoma alpinum Szilady, 1942  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) urakawensis
SpeciesMelanostoma alticola Speiser, 1910
SpeciesMelanostoma altissimum Fluke, 1945
SpeciesMelanostoma altissimus Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Argentinomyia altissimus
SpeciesMelanostoma ambigua Fallen, 1817
SpeciesMelanostoma ambiguum Fallen, 1817
SpeciesMelanostoma angustatoides Kanervo, 1934  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma angustatum Williston, 1887  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma annulata Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma annulipes
SpeciesMelanostoma annulifer Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Toxomerus dispar
SpeciesMelanostoma annulifera Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma annulipes Macquart, 1842
SpeciesMelanostoma anthracoides Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Ocyptamus (Ocyptamus) antiphates
SpeciesMelanostoma apertum Hutton, 1901  ⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum
SpeciesMelanostoma apicale Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma apicalis Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma atra Curran, 1925  ⇒ Platycheirus atra
SpeciesMelanostoma atricorne Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma atrum Sack, 1932
SpeciesMelanostoma aurantiaca Becker, 1921
SpeciesMelanostoma aurantiacum Becker, 1921
SpeciesMelanostoma babyssa Walker, 1849
SpeciesMelanostoma babyssola Speiser, 1924
SpeciesMelanostoma barbifrons Verrall, 1871
SpeciesMelanostoma bellum Giglio-Tos, 1892  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma bergmani Doesburg, 1966
SpeciesMelanostoma bertrandi Austen, 1913  ⇒ Platycheirus bertrandi
SpeciesMelanostoma bicinctum Meijere, 1929  ⇒ Xanthandrus bicinctus
SpeciesMelanostoma bicruciata Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma bicruciatum Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma bigoti Goot, 1964  ⇒ Asarkina bigoti
SpeciesMelanostoma bituberculata Adams, 1905  ⇒ Melanostoma bituberculatum
SpeciesMelanostoma bituberculatum Loew, 1858
SpeciesMelanostoma bolivariensis Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Argentinomyia bolivariensis
SpeciesMelanostoma boreomontanum Mutin, 1986
SpeciesMelanostoma browni Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Argentinomyia browni
SpeciesMelanostoma carinata Curran, 1927  ⇒ Platycheirus carinata
SpeciesMelanostoma catabomba Williston, 1891  ⇒ Argentinomyia catabomba
SpeciesMelanostoma catabombum Williston, 1891
SpeciesMelanostoma certum Haarto & Ståhls, 2014
SpeciesMelanostoma ceylonense Meijere, 1911
SpeciesMelanostoma chaetopoda Davidson, 1922  ⇒ Platycheirus hesperius
SpeciesMelanostoma cherokeensis Jones, 1917  ⇒ Melangyna (Melangyna) umbellatarum
SpeciesMelanostoma chilosia Curran, 1922  ⇒ Platycheirus chilosia
SpeciesMelanostoma cingulata Egger, 1860  ⇒ Melangyna (Meligramma) cingulata
SpeciesMelanostoma clausseni Barkalov, 2009
SpeciesMelanostoma coerulescens Williston, 1887  ⇒ Platycheirus coerulescens
SpeciesMelanostoma columbianum Enderlein, 1938
SpeciesMelanostoma columella Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Argentinomyia neotropicus
SpeciesMelanostoma concinnus Snow, 1895  ⇒ Platycheirus concinnus
SpeciesMelanostoma concolor Walker, 1851  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma confusus Curran, 1925
SpeciesMelanostoma crenulatum Williston, 1891
SpeciesMelanostoma crenulatus Williston, 1891  ⇒ Argentinomyia crenulatus
SpeciesMelanostoma cruciata Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma cyaneocincta Bigot, 1885
SpeciesMelanostoma decessum Hutton, 1901  ⇒ Psilota decessum
SpeciesMelanostoma deficiens Szilady, 1940  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma diffusum Hull, 1941
SpeciesMelanostoma dilatatum Szilady, 1940  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma discrepans Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma discretum Frey, 1946  ⇒ Argentinomyia maculata
SpeciesMelanostoma dubia Zetterstedt, 1838
SpeciesMelanostoma dubium Zetterstedt, 1838  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma ecuadoriensis Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Platycheirus ecuadoriensis
SpeciesMelanostoma edwardsi Shannon & Aubertin, 1933  ⇒ Platycheirus edwardsi
SpeciesMelanostoma elegans Giglio-Tos, 1892  ⇒ Ocyptamus (Orphnabaccha) elegans
SpeciesMelanostoma elongatum Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma eucerata Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma euceratus Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Xanthandrus mellinoides
SpeciesMelanostoma eversmanni Enderlein, 1938
SpeciesMelanostoma eximium Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma facultas Harris, 1780  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma fallax Curran, 1923  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma fasciatum Macquart, 1850
SpeciesMelanostoma fervida Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Talahua fervida
SpeciesMelanostoma flavipenne Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma flavipleurum Hull, 1964
SpeciesMelanostoma floripeta Speiser, 1910
SpeciesMelanostoma fumivenosum Doesburg, 1966
SpeciesMelanostoma gedehense Meijere, 1914
SpeciesMelanostoma glacialis Johnson, 1898  ⇒ Melangyna (Melangyna) arctica
SpeciesMelanostoma gracile
SpeciesMelanostoma gymnocera Bigot, 1891
SpeciesMelanostoma halteratum Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma incisum Matsumura, 1916
SpeciesMelanostoma incompletum Becker, 1908
SpeciesMelanostoma incurvum Dirickx, 2001
SpeciesMelanostoma inflatifrons Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Platycheirus inflatifrons
SpeciesMelanostoma infuscatum Becker, 1909
SpeciesMelanostoma inornatum Matsumura, 1919  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma interruptum Matsumura, 1919  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma janeceki Mengual, 2020
SpeciesMelanostoma japonicum Goot, 1964  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) urakawensis
SpeciesMelanostoma johnsoni Jones, 1917  ⇒ Platycheirus kelloggi
SpeciesMelanostoma keiseri Dirickx, 2001
SpeciesMelanostoma kelloggi Snow, 1895  ⇒ Platycheirus kelloggi
SpeciesMelanostoma laevigatum
SpeciesMelanostoma lanei Fluke, 1936  ⇒ Argentinomyia lanei
SpeciesMelanostoma lata Curran, 1922  ⇒ Platycheirus pictipes
SpeciesMelanostoma limbatum Enderlein, 1938
SpeciesMelanostoma lineata Fluke, 1937
SpeciesMelanostoma lineatus Fluke, 1937  ⇒ Argentinomyia lineatus
SpeciesMelanostoma longicornis Williston, 1888  ⇒ Argentinomyia longicornis
SpeciesMelanostoma longigena Enderlein, 1912
SpeciesMelanostoma luculentum Fluke, 1945
SpeciesMelanostoma luculentus Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Argentinomyia luculentus
SpeciesMelanostoma lundbecki Collin, 1931  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) lundbecki
SpeciesMelanostoma luteipennis Curran, 1925  ⇒ Platycheirus luteipennis
SpeciesMelanostoma maculosum
SpeciesMelanostoma matilei Dirickx, 2001
SpeciesMelanostoma mauritiana Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma annulipes
SpeciesMelanostoma meijerei Goot, 1964
SpeciesMelanostoma melanatum Kanervo, 1934
SpeciesMelanostoma melanatus Kanervo, 1934  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma melanderi Curran, 1930  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma melanocera Williston, 1891  ⇒ Argentinomyia melanocera
SpeciesMelanostoma melanocerum Williston, 1891
SpeciesMelanostoma mellarium Meigen, 1822
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelanostoma mellarius Meigen, 1822
SpeciesMelanostoma mellina Linnaeus, 1758
Hover Fly, Variable Duskyface Fly
SpeciesMelanostoma mellinum Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMelanostoma mellinum-agg
SpeciesMelanostoma melliturgum
SpeciesMelanostoma meyeri Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Platycheirus meyeri
SpeciesMelanostoma minutum
SpeciesMelanostoma monticola Jones, 1917  ⇒ Platycheirus monticola
SpeciesMelanostoma montivagum Johnson, 1916  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma motodomariense Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma neotropicum Curran, 1937
SpeciesMelanostoma neotropicus Curran, 1937  ⇒ Argentinomyia neotropicus
SpeciesMelanostoma nigratum Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma nigricorne
SpeciesMelanostoma nigricornis Strobl, 1893  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma nitidiventris Curran, 1931  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus
SpeciesMelanostoma normale Curran, 1931
SpeciesMelanostoma obscuripes Kanervo, 1934  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma ochiaianum Matsumura, 1919  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma ochraceum Dirickx, 2001
SpeciesMelanostoma ochripes Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma octonotata Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma octonotatus Bigot, 1884
SpeciesMelanostoma ogasawarae Matsumura, 1919  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma ontario Davidson, 1922  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus
SpeciesMelanostoma orientale Wiedemann, 1824
SpeciesMelanostoma otaniense Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma pachytarse Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma palliatus Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Xanthandrus palliatus
SpeciesMelanostoma pallitarse Curran, 1926  ⇒ Melanostoma mellinum
SpeciesMelanostoma parhyalinatus Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Xanthandrus babyssa
SpeciesMelanostoma parva Williston, 1882
SpeciesMelanostoma pedium Walker, 1852
SpeciesMelanostoma pedius Walker, 1852
SpeciesMelanostoma perinetense Dirickx, 2001
SpeciesMelanostoma pictipes Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma polynesiotes Mengual & Ramage, 2018
SpeciesMelanostoma pruinosa Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma pseudomaculatum Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma pulchrigaster Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma pumicatum Meigen, 1838
SpeciesMelanostoma punctulata Wulp, 1888  ⇒ Platycheirus punctulata
SpeciesMelanostoma pyrophaenoides Speiser, 1910
SpeciesMelanostoma quadricinctum Abreu, 1924  ⇒ Melanostoma incompletum
SpeciesMelanostoma quadrifasciatum Curran, 1928
SpeciesMelanostoma quadrimaculatum Verrall, 1873  ⇒ Melangyna (Melangyna) quadrimaculata
SpeciesMelanostoma quadrinotatum Meijere, 1914  ⇒ Melanostoma meijerei
SpeciesMelanostoma quadrinotatus Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Xanthandrus quadrinotatus
SpeciesMelanostoma quadripunctatum Skevington & Thompson, 2014
SpeciesMelanostoma rex Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Argentinomyia rex
SpeciesMelanostoma reynoldsi Shannon & Aubertin, 1933  ⇒ Platycheirus reynoldsi
SpeciesMelanostoma rostrata Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus
SpeciesMelanostoma ruficorne Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Xanthandrus agrolas
SpeciesMelanostoma rufipes Bigot, 1884  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) obscurus
SpeciesMelanostoma rugosonasus Williston, 1891  ⇒ Argentinomyia rugosonasus
SpeciesMelanostoma sachalinense Matsumura, 1919  ⇒ Melanostoma mellina
SpeciesMelanostoma satyriphilum Hull, 1941
SpeciesMelanostoma scalar Fabricius, 1794
SpeciesMelanostoma scalare Fabricius, 1794  ⇒ Melanostoma fasciatum
SpeciesMelanostoma scitulum Williston, 1888
SpeciesMelanostoma scitulus Williston, 1888  ⇒ Argentinomyia scitulus
SpeciesMelanostoma scutigera Fluke, 1945  ⇒ Platycheirus scutigera
SpeciesMelanostoma simplex Doesburg, 1955
SpeciesMelanostoma squamulae Curran, 1922  ⇒ Platycheirus squamulae
SpeciesMelanostoma subbituberculatum Kassebeer, 2000
SpeciesMelanostoma sulphuripes Hull, 1964
SpeciesMelanostoma sylvarum Hull, 1941
SpeciesMelanostoma talamaui Meijere, 1924  ⇒ Xanthandrus talamaui
SpeciesMelanostoma teizone Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma teizonis Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma tenue Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma tenuis Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma tiantaiense Huo & Zheng, 2003
SpeciesMelanostoma tiantaiensis Huo & Zheng, 2003
SpeciesMelanostoma tigrina Osten Sacken, 1877  ⇒ Platycheirus (Carposcalis) stegnus
SpeciesMelanostoma transversum Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
SpeciesMelanostoma trochanteratum Hull, 1964
SpeciesMelanostoma tropicum Curran, 1937
SpeciesMelanostoma tropicus Curran, 1937  ⇒ Argentinomyia tropicus
SpeciesMelanostoma tschernovi Barkalov, 2009
SpeciesMelanostoma tumescens Szilady, 1940
SpeciesMelanostoma unicolor
SpeciesMelanostoma univittatum Wiedemann, 1824  ⇒ Melanostoma apicale
1Subspecies
SpeciesMelanostoma urakawense Matsumura, 1919  ⇒ Platycheirus (Platycheirus) urakawensis
SpeciesMelanostoma urakawensis Matsumura, 1919
SpeciesMelanostoma violaceum Hull, 1964
SpeciesMelanostoma willistoni Goot, 1964  ⇒ Platycheirus willistoni
SpeciesMelanostoma wollastoni Wakeham-Dawson & al., 2004

Synonyms
Anocheila (Hellen, 1949)
Plesia (Macquart, 1850)
Psylogaster (Lioy, 1864)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Melanostoma
SwedishGräsblomflugor
FinnishMaakirvarit


Distribution of Melanostoma Schiner, 1860
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Afghanistan


Albania


Algeria


Andorra


Angola


Argentina


Armenia


Australia


Austria


Azerbaijan


Bahrain


Bangladesh


Belarus


Belgium


Benin


Bhutan


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Botswana


Brazil


Brunei


Bulgaria


Burkina Faso


Burundi


Cambodia


Cameroon


Canada


Cape Verde


Central African Republic


Chad


China


Colombia


Comoros


Croatia


Cyprus


Czech Republic


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Denmark


Djibouti


East Timor


Egypt


Equatorial Guinea


Eritrea


Estonia


Ethiopia


Fiji


Finland


France


Gabon


Gambia


Georgia


Georgia (country)


Germany


Ghana


Greece


Guinea


Guinea-Bissau


Hungary


Iceland


India


Indonesia


Iran


Iraq


Ireland


Israel


Italy


Ivory Coast


Japan


Jordan


Kazakhstan


Kenya


Kosovo


Kuwait


Kyrgyzstan


Laos


Latvia


Lebanon


Lesotho


Liberia


Libya


Liechtenstein


Lithuania


Luxembourg


Madagascar


Malawi


Malaysia


Maldives


Mali


Malta


Mauritania


Mauritius


Mexico


Moldova


Monaco


Mongolia


Montenegro


Morocco


Mozambique


Myanmar


Namibia


Nepal


Netherlands


New Zealand


Niger


Nigeria


North Korea


Norway


Oman


Pakistan


Palestine


Papua New Guinea


Philippines


Poland


Portugal


Qatar


Republic of the Congo


Republic South Africa


Romania


Russia
11 Species
Rwanda


Saint Lucia


Samoa


San Marino


São Tomé and Príncipe


Saudi Arabia


Senegal


Serbia


Seychelles


Sierra Leone


Singapore


Slovakia


Slovenia


Solomon Islands


Somalia


Somaliland


South Korea


South Sudan


Spain


Sri Lanka


Sudan


Sweden


Switzerland


Syria


Taiwan


Tajikistan


Tanzania


Thailand


Togo


Tonga


Transnistria


Tunisia


Turkey


Turkmenistan


Uganda


Ukraine


United Arab Emirates


United Kingdom


USA
16 Species
Uzbekistan


Vatican City


Vietnam


Yemen


Zambia


Zimbabwe




Distribution on islands
Azores, Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Uist


Found in fossile formations
Much Wenlock Limestone Formation


Links, sources and further information
Melanostoma at artfakta.se
Melanostoma at gbif.org
Melanostoma at gbif.org
Melanostoma at irmng.org
Melanostoma at irmng.org
Melanostoma at itis.gov