Biology:Meliscaeva

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Short description: Genus of flies

Meliscaeva
Hoverfly January 2008-5.jpg
Meliscaeva auricollis female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Syrphinae
Genus: Meliscaeva
Frey, 1946

Meliscaeva is a genus of hoverflies.[1]

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

References

  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. 

Links

Encyclopedia of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q726970 entry