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Melanostoma
Genus of flies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies.[2] Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.[3][4]
Quick Facts Melanostoma, Scientific classification ...
Melanostoma | |
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Melanostoma scalare female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
Tribe: | Bacchini |
Genus: | Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 |
Type species | |
Musca millina[1] |
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