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Insecta
Melanostoma
Nomenclature
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Order: Diptera (True Flies)Family: Syrphidae (Hoverflies)
Genus:
Melanostoma
SUMMARY
Small black and yellow hoverflies with a black face and scutellum usually found visiting the flowers of grasses and sedges. They resemble the Platycheirus species but the males do not have the specialised hairs on the front legs and the front tarusus is flat rather than cylindrical in females.