Species
Melanostoma mellinum (Variable duskyface fly)
Melanostoma mellinum. Photo: (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Melanostoma mellinum, is a very common species of hoverfly found in many parts of Britain, Europe including the Mediterranean basin and North Africa, the East Palearctic and North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Diptera (Flies)
- Suborder: Brachycera (Brachyceran flies)
- Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha (Cyclorrhaphan flies)
- Zoosection: Aschiza (Aschizan flies)
- Family: Syrphidae (Hover flies)
- Subfamily: Syrphinae (Typical hover flies)
- Tribe: Melanostomini
- Genus: Melanostoma
- Species: Melanostoma mellinum (Variable duskyface fly)
- Genus: Melanostoma
- Tribe: Melanostomini
- Subfamily: Syrphinae (Typical hover flies)
- Family: Syrphidae (Hover flies)
- Zoosection: Aschiza (Aschizan flies)
- Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha (Cyclorrhaphan flies)
- Suborder: Brachycera (Brachyceran flies)
- Order: Diptera (Flies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
