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. Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.

Species"Melanostoma". Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/25610/entries/33710029/overview. Accessed on 25 January 2012

*'' M. abdominale'' Shiraki, 1930 *'' M. aenoscutum'' Hull, 1964 *'' M. algens'' Curran, 1931 *'' M. alpinum'' Szilády, 1942 *'' M. alticola''

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, 1910 *'' M. annulipes'' Macquart, 1842 *'' M. apicale''

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, 1884 *'' M. atrum'' Sack, 1932 *'' M. aurantiaca''

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, 1921 *'' M. babyssa'' (

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, 1849) *'' M. babyssola'' Speiser, 1924 *'' M. bergmani'' Doesburg, 1966 *'' M. bicruciatum'' (Bigot, 1884) *'' M. bituberculatum'' Loew, 1858 *'' M. boreomontanum'' Mutin, 1986 *'' M. diffusum'' Hull, 1941 *'' M. dubium'' (

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, 1838) *'' M. elongatum'' Matsumura, 1919 *'' M. eversmanni'' Enderlein, 1938 *'' M. fasciatum'' (Macquart, 1850) *'' M. flavipenne'' Matsumura, 1919 *'' M. flavipleurum'' Hull, 1964 *'' M. floripeta'' Speiser, 1910 *'' M. fumivenosum'' Doesburg, 1966 *'' M. gedehense'' Meijere, 1914 *'' M. gymnocera'' Bigot, 1891 *'' M. incisum'' Matsumura, 1916 *'' M. incompletum'' Becker, 1908 -

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endemic species *'' M. incurvum'' Dirickx, 2001 *'' M. infuscatum'' Becker, 1909 *'' M. keiseri'' Dirickx, 2001 *'' M. matilei'' Dirickx, 2001 *'' M. meijerei'' Goot, 1964 *'' M. mellinum'' (

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) *'' M. motodomariense'' Matsumura, 1919 *'' M. normale'' Curran, 1931 *'' M. ochraceum'' Dirickx, 2001 *'' M. orientale'' Wiedemann, 1824 *'' M. otaniense'' Matsumura, 1919 *'' M. pedius''

, 1852 *'' M. perinetense'' Dirickx, 2001 *'' M. pumicatum'' ( Meigen, 1838) *'' M. pyrophaenoides'' Speiser, 1910 *'' M. quadrifasciatum'' Curran, 1928 *'' M. satyriphilum'' Hull, 1941 *'' M. scalare'' ( Fabricius, 1794) *'' M. simplex'' Doesburg, 1955 *'' M. subbituberculatum'' Kassebeer, 2000 *'' M. sulphuripes'' Hull, 1964 *'' M. sylvarum'' Hull, 1941 *'' M. teizonis'' Matsumura, 1919 *'' M. tenuis'' Matsumura, 1919 *'' M. tiantaiensis'' Huo & Zheng, 2003 *'' M. transversum'' Shiraki & Edashige, 1953 *'' M. trochanteratum'' Hull, 1964 *'' M. tumescens'' Szilády, 1940 *'' M. univittatum'' Wiedemann, 1824 *'' M. violaceum'' Hull, 1964 *'' M. wollastoni'' Wakeham-Dawson,

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