Melangyna
Encyclopedia
Melangyna is a genus
of hoverflies
.
Subgenus: Austrosyrphus
Subgenus: Melanosyrphus
Subgenus (or genus): Meligramma
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of hoverflies
Hoverfly
Hoverflies, sometimes 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 the larvae eat a wide range of foods...
.
Species
Subgenus: Melangyna- Melangyna arctica (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Melangyna barbifrons (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1817) - Melangyna coei Nielsen, 1971
- Melangyna compositarum (VerrallGeorge Henry VerrallGeorge Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...
, 1873) - Melangyna ericarum (CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1946) - Melangyna fisherii (Walton, 1911)
- Melangyna labiatarumMelangyna labiatarumMelangyna labiatarum is a European species of hoverfly....
(VerrallGeorge Henry VerrallGeorge Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...
, 1901) - Melangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalma is a European species of hoverfly....
(ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - Melangyna lucifera Nielsen, 1980
- Melangyna quadrimaculata VerrallGeorge Henry VerrallGeorge Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...
, 1873 - Melangyna sexguttata MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1838 - Melangyna subfasciata (Curran, 1925)
- Melangyna umbellatarum (FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1794) - Melangyna vespertina Vockeroth, 1980
- Melangyna viridicepsMelangyna viridicepsMelangyna viridiceps is an Australasian hoverfly, known in Australia as the common hover fly. It is found across Eastern Australia, as well as on the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand, and is one of the two most common hoverflies in Australia, alongside Simosyrphus grandicornis, but can be...
(Macquart, 1847)
Subgenus: Austrosyrphus
- Melangyna novaezealandiae (Macquart, 1855)
Subgenus: Melanosyrphus
- Melangyna dichoptica Vockeroth, 1969
Subgenus (or genus): Meligramma
Meligramma
Meligramma is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Syrphinae.-Species:*M. cincta *M. cingulata *M. euchromum *M. guttata *M. triangulifera...
- Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta is a European species of hoverfly. This species has a somewhat muddled taxonomic history. Stubbs & Falk treat it as a member of the genus Melangyna. Other sources place it in Meligramma or Fagisyrphus....
(FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1817) - Melangyna cingulata Egger, 1860
- Melangyna guttata (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1817) - Melangyna triangulifera (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843)