Melanostoma
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies. Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.
Species
Source:- M. abdominale Shiraki, 1930
- M. aenoscutum Hull, 1964
- M. algens Curran, 1931
- M. alpinum Szilády, 1942
- M. alticola Speiser, 1910
- M. annulipes Macquart, 1842
- M. apicale Bigot, 1884
- M. atrum Sack, 1932
- M. aurantiaca Becker, 1921
- M. babyssa
- M. babyssola Speiser, 1924
- M. bergmani Doesburg, 1966
- M. bicruciatum
- M. bituberculatum Loew, 1858
- M. boreomontanum Mutin, 1986
- M. diffusum Hull, 1941
- M. dubium
- M. elongatum Matsumura, 1919
- M. eversmanni Enderlein, 1938
- M. fasciatum
- M. flavipenne Matsumura, 1919
- M. flavipleurum Hull, 1964
- M. floripeta Speiser, 1910
- M. fumivenosum Doesburg, 1966
- M. gedehense Meijere, 1914
- M. gymnocera Bigot, 1891
- M. incisum Matsumura, 1916
- M. incompletum Becker, 1908 - Canarian endemic species
- M. incurvum Dirickx, 2001
- M. infuscatum Becker, 1909
- M. keiseri Dirickx, 2001
- M. matilei Dirickx, 2001
- M. meijerei Goot, 1964
- M. mellinum
- M. motodomariense Matsumura, 1919
- M. normale Curran, 1931
- M. ochraceum Dirickx, 2001
- M. orientale Wiedemann, 1824
- M. otaniense Matsumura, 1919
- M. pedius Walker, 1852
- M. perinetense Dirickx, 2001
- M. pumicatum
- M. pyrophaenoides Speiser, 1910
- M. quadrifasciatum Curran, 1928
- M. quadripunctatum
- M. satyriphilum Hull, 1941
- M. scalare
- M. simplex Doesburg, 1955
- M. subbituberculatum Kassebeer, 2000
- M. sulphuripes Hull, 1964
- M. sylvarum Hull, 1941
- M. teizonis Matsumura, 1919
- M. tenuis Matsumura, 1919
- M. tiantaiensis Huo & Zheng, 2003
- M. transversum Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
- M. trochanteratum Hull, 1964
- M. tumescens Szilády, 1940
- M. univittatum Wiedemann, 1824
- M. violaceum Hull, 1964
- M. wollastoni Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit, McCullough & Wyatt, 2004