''Melangyna '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
hoverflies
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while ...
.
Species
Subgenus: ''Melangyna''
*''
Melangyna abietis ''
(Matsumura, 1918)
*''
Melangyna arctica''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1838)
*''
Melangyna arsenjevi ''
(Mutin, 1986)
*''
Melangyna barbifrons''
( Fallén, 1817)
*''
Melangyna basarukini''
(Mutin, 1998)
*''
Melangyna coei''
Nielsen, 1971
*''
Melangyna compositarum''
( Verrall, 1873)
*''
Melangyna ericarum''
( Collin, 1946)
*''
Melangyna evittata''
(Huo & Ren, 2007)
*''
Melangyna fisherii''
(Walton, 1911)
*''
Melangyna grandimaculata ''
(Huo & Ren, 2007)[
*'' Melangyna heilongjiangensis'' (Huo, 2006)
*'' Melangyna hwangi '' (He & Li, 1992)
*'' Melangyna labiatarum'' ( Verrall, 1901)
*'' Melangyna lasiophthalma'' (]Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Sweden, Swedish Naturalism (philosophy) , naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1843) [
*'' Melangyna qinlingensis'' (Huo & Ren, 2007) ][
*'' Melangyna quadrimaculata'' Verrall, 1873 ]Melangyna subfasciata
''Melangyna '' is a genus of hoverfly, hoverflies.
Species
Subgenus: ''Melangyna''
*''Melangyna abietis '' (Matsumura, 1918)
*''Melangyna arctica'' (Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Zetterstedt, 1838)
*''Melangyna arsenjevi '' (Mutin, 1986)
*''Melang ...
'' (Curran, 1925)
*'' Melangyna tsherepanovi'' (Violovitsh, 1965)
*'' Melangyna umbellatarum'' ( Fabricius, 1794) [
Subgenus: ''Austrosyrphus''][Mengual, X., Ståhls, G. and Rojo, S. (2008), First phylogeny of predatory flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae) using mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA genes: conflict and congruence with the current tribal classification. Cladistics, 24: 543–562. ]
*'' Melangyna ambustus'' Walker, 1852
*'' Melangyna collatus'' Walker, 1852
*'' Melangyna damastor'' Walker, 1849
*'' Melangyna jacksoni'' Bigot, 1884
*'' Melangyna novaezealandiae'' (Macquart, 1855)
*'' Melangyna sellenyi'' Schiner, 1868
*'' Melangyna viridiceps'' (Macquart, 1847)
Subgenus: ''Melanosyrphus''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1938364
Hoverfly genera
Taxa named by George Henry Verrall
Syrphinae
Syrphini