Meliscaeva
| Meliscaeva | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Meliscaeva auricollis female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Meliscaeva Frey, 1946 |
Meliscaeva is a genus of hoverflies.[1]
They have bar eyes, bare metasternum, bare metapisternum, the anterior anepisternum is usually pillose. 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
- Meliscaeva abdominalis (Sack, 1927)
- Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822 )
- Meliscaeva ceylonica (Keiser, 1958)
- Meliscaeva cinctella (Zetterstedt, 1843)
- Meliscaeva cinctelloides Ghorpade, 1994
- Meliscaeva darjeelingensis Datta & Chakraborti, 1986
- Meliscaeva deceptor (Curran, 1928)
- Meliscaeva ichthyops (Meijere, 1914)
- Meliscaeva kusuma Ghorpade, 1994
- Meliscaeva latifasciata Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
- Meliscaeva lefroyi Ghorpade, 1994
- Meliscaeva magnifica Ghorpade, 1994
- Meliscaeva malaisei Ghorpade, 1994
- Meliscaeva malayensis (Curran, 1928)
- Meliscaeva mathisi Ghorpade, 1994
- Meliscaeva melanostomoides (Hull, 1941)
- Meliscaeva monticola (Meijere, 1914)
- Meliscaeva morna (Curran, 1931)
- Meliscaeva nigripes (Meijere, 1914)
- Meliscaeva omogensis (Shiraki & Edashige, 1953)
- Meliscaeva peteus (Curran, 1931)
- Meliscaeva sonami (Shiraki, 1930)
- Meliscaeva splendida Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
- Meliscaeva strigifrons (Meijere, 1914)
- Meliscaeva taiwana (Shiraki, 1930)
- Meliscaeva tenuiformis (Curran, 1928)
- Meliscaeva tribeni (Nayar, 1968)
References
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
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