Melanogaster aerosa

Species of fly

Melanogaster aerosa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Syrphidae
Genus:  | Melanogaster
Species:  |

M. aerosa

Binomial name
Melanogaster aerosa

(Loew, 1843)

Synonyms

Melanogaster macquarti Loew, 1843

Melanogaster aerosa is a Palearctic hoverfly.

## Taxonomy

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This species appears in recent literature as well as older literature under the name Chrysogaster macquarti.

## Description

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External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Males: The margin of mouth and apex of the median tubercle of face almost in the same vertical plane. Females: mesonotum with short but dense hairs; abdomen on upper side in middle part matt black. Body length 6.0 to 7.0.mm.[1][2][3][4][5]

## Habitat

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Wetlands including flushes, pools and small streams in moorland.

## Biology

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Flies among waterside vegetation from May to September,. Flowers visited include Cirsium, Hieracium, Leontodon.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.
2. ^ Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd (revised) ed.). British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 271, xvpp. ISBN 0-9502891-3-2.
3. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988a) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6.
4. ^ Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendum Archived 2017-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

Taxon identifiers

Melanogaster aerosa|

* Wikidata: Q14427294
* BioLib: 123743
* EUNIS: 75740
* Fauna Europaea: 65647
* Fauna Europaea (new): b89d963a-8408-436e-b85a-e044e356c4de
* GBIF: 6098390
* iNaturalist: 486790
* Insecta.pro: 986558
* NBN: NBNSYS0100003968
* NCBI: 2882317

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