Melanostoma scalare

Melanostoma scalare
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Melanostoma
Species:
M. scalare
Binomial name
Melanostoma scalare
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms[1]
  • Syrphus scalare Fabricius, 1794
  • Melanostoma ceylonense Meijere, 1911
  • Syrphus maculosus Meigen, 1822
  • Syrphus gracilis Meigen, 1822

Melanostoma scalare, the chequered hoverfly,[2] is a very common species of hoverfly.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  2. ^ "Chequered Hoverfly | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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  4. ^ Ball, S.G.; Morris, R.K.A. (2000). Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Monks Wood, UK: Biological Record Centre. pp. 167 pages. ISBN 1-870393-54-6.
  5. ^ Morris, Roger K. A. (1999). Hoverflies of Surrey. Surrey Wildlife Trust. p. 244. ISBN 0-9526065-3-4.
  6. ^ Speight, M.C.D. (2011). "Species accounts of European Syrphidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae. 65: 285pp.
  7. ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
  8. ^ Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.