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Genus Melangyna

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Genus Melangyna includes 10 species and larvae of several species of Melangyna are aphidophagous (Vockeroth 1992).

Identification

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Slender dark colour flies with 6 mm to 12 mm body size, with paired yellow to submetalic spots and edges of abdominal tergites rolled (Vockeroth 1992).

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Neoptera Order Diptera Suborder Brachycera Infraorder Muscomorpha Family Syrphidae Subfamily Syrphinae Tribe Syrphini Genus Melangyna Direct Children: Melangyna arctica (Zetterstedt, 1838) Melangyna coei Nielsen, 1971 Melangyna fisherii (Walton, 1911) Melangyna guttata (Fallen, 1817) Melangyna lasiophthalma (Zetterstedt, 1843) Melangyna sexguttata Meigen Melangyna subfasciata (Curran, 1925) Melangyna triangulifera (Zetterstedt, 1843) Melangyna umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1794) Melangyna vespertina Vockeroth, 1980

Synonym(s)

Fagisyrphus Dusek & Láska, 1967
Stenosyrphus Matsumura & Adachi, 1917