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