Melanostoma fasciatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Syrphinae
Genus: Melanostoma
Species: Melanostoma fasciatum
Synonyms (1): M. apertum

Name

• Melanostoma fasciatum (Macquart, 1850)
  • Type locality: 'Nouvelle-Zélande. Akara [=Akaroa?]'

Combinations

• Plesia fasciata: original combination

Primary references

• Macquart, J. 1850. Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4.e supplément. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille 1849: 309–479. BHL [Also reprinted separately with different pagination: 5–161, see Crosskey, 1980: 1066.]Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 461

References

• Hickman, J.M.; Lövei, G.L.; Wratten, S.D. 1995: Pollen feeding by adults of the hoverfly Melanostoma fasciatum (Diptera: Syrphidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 22 (4): 387–392. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1995.9518057
• Holloway, B.A. 1976: Pollen-feeding in hover-flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3(4): 339–350. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1976.9517924 Reference page. 
• Irvin, N.A. et al. 1999: The phenology and pollen feeding of three hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) species in Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 26 (2): 105–115. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9518182
• Lövei, G.L.; Macleod, A.; Hickman, J.M. 1998: Dispersal and effects of barriers on the movement of the New Zealand hover fly Melanostoma fasciatum (Dipt., Syrphidae) on cultivated land. Journal of applied entomology, 122 (1-5): 115–120. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1998.tb01471.x
• Pontin, D.R. et al. 2006: Attractiveness of single and multiple species flower patches to beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Annals of applied biology, 148 (1): 39–47. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00037.x
• Rada, R. et al. 2009: Alternative pollinator taxa are equally efficient but not as effective as the honeybee in a mass flowering crop. Journal of applied ecology, 46 (5): 1080–1087. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01700.x
• Rada, R. et al. 2012: Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator effectiveness: do unmanaged insects provide consistent pollination services to mass flowering crops? Journal of applied ecology, 49 (1): 126–134. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02066.x
• Thompson, F.C. 2008. A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Zootaxa 1716(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1716.1.1 . Abstract & excerpt PDF hdl: 10088/9708 . Reference page. 
• Wratten, S.D. et al. 2003: Field boundaries as barriers to movement of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in cultivated land. Oecologia, 134 (4): 605–611. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1128-9