Melangyna cincta
| Melangyna cincta | |
|---|---|
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| Melangyna cincta (male) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Melangyna |
| Species: | M. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Melangyna cincta (Fallén), 1817 | |
Melangyna cincta is a European species of hoverfly. This species has a somewhat muddled taxonomic history. Stubbs & Falk treat it as a member of the genus Melangyna. Other sources place it in Meligramma (as either a separate genus or a subgenus of Melangyna) or Fagisyrphus.[1]
References
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society.
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