Melanostomini
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| Melanostomini | |
|---|---|
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| Melanostoma scalare, female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Syrphoidea |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Melanostomini Williston, 1885[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 | |
| Genera[2] | |
The Melanostomini are a tribe of hoverflies. The tribe was first described as the subfamily Melanostominae by Williston in 1885.[1][2][3] The tribe has at times been considered to be synonymous with Bacchini.[2]
