Meliscaeva

Meliscaeva
Meliscaeva auricollis female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Syrphinae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Meliscaeva
Frey, 1946

Meliscaeva is a genus of hoverflies.[1]

They have bare eyes, bare metasternum, bare metapisternum, the anterior anepisternum is usually pillose. 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

  • Meliscaeva abdominalis (Sack, 1927)
  • Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen, 1822 )
  • Meliscaeva ceylonica (Keiser, 1958)
  • Meliscaeva cinctella (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  • Meliscaeva cinctelloides Ghorpade, 1994
  • Meliscaeva darjeelingensis Datta & Chakraborti, 1986
  • Meliscaeva deceptor (Curran, 1928)
  • Meliscaeva ichthyops (Meijere, 1914)
  • Meliscaeva kusuma Ghorpade, 1994
  • Meliscaeva latifasciata Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
  • Meliscaeva lefroyi Ghorpade, 1994
  • Meliscaeva magnifica Ghorpade, 1994
  • Meliscaeva malaisei Ghorpade, 1994
  • Meliscaeva malayensis (Curran, 1928)
  • Meliscaeva mathisi Ghorpade, 1994
  • Meliscaeva melanostomoides (Hull, 1941)
  • Meliscaeva monticola (Meijere, 1914)
  • Meliscaeva morna (Curran, 1931)
  • Meliscaeva nigripes (Meijere, 1914)
  • Meliscaeva omogensis (Shiraki & Edashige, 1953)
  • Meliscaeva peteus (Curran, 1931)
  • Meliscaeva sonami (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Meliscaeva splendida Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
  • Meliscaeva strigifrons (Meijere, 1914)
  • Meliscaeva taiwana (Shiraki, 1930)
  • Meliscaeva tenuiformis (Curran, 1928)
  • Meliscaeva tribeni (Nayar, 1968)

References

  1. ↑ 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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