Meliscaeva is a genus of hoverflies.[1]
| Meliscaeva | |
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| Meliscaeva auricollis female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Genus: | Meliscaeva Frey, 1946 |
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
edit- 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
edit- ^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
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