Melanostoma
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| Melanostoma | |
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| Melanostoma scalare female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Melanostomini |
| Genus: | Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Musca millina[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies.[4] Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.[5][6]
