Melangyna viridiceps
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Melangyna viridiceps is an Australian hoverfly, known as the common hover fly.[2]
Description
It is one of the two most common hoverflies in Australia, alongside Simosyrphus grandicornis,[3] with which it has often been confused,[4] but can be distinguished by its all black thorax.[5]
M. viridiceps has a body up to 1 cm in length.[6]
Feeding
The adult flies feed on pollen and nectar which they gather from flowers, while the larvae feed on aphids.[7]
Distribution
It is found widely across Eastern Australia.
Some sources indicate that the species is also present in New Zealand, either on the Kermadec Islands only,[8] or on both the Kermadecs and the mainland.[9] Most recent sources,[10] however, do not record this species as being present outside of Australia. Miller's 1921 mention for the Kermadec was found to be a misidentification for Simosyrphus grandicornis,[4] and Macfarlane et al.[8] failed to cite specimens or published reports for their claim of the species' presence in the Kermadec.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rudolf Meier; et al. (17 May 2005). "Collection inventory of the Diptera collection: Syrphidae". Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Common hover fly Melangyna viridiceps". CSIRO. 18 September 2004.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.E. Soleyman-Nezhadiyan & R. Laughlin (1998). "Voracity of larvae, rate of development in eggs, larvae and pupae, and flight seasons of adults of the hoverflies Melangyna viridiceps Macquart and Symosyrphus grandicornis Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 37 (3): 243–248. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01578.x.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.F.C. Thompson (2008). "A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1716 (1716): 1–20. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1716.1.1. S2CID 86666538.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chew, Peter. "Hover Fly - Family Syrphidae". Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) viridiceps (Macquart, 1847)". bie.ala.org.au.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Common hover fly — Melangyna viridiceps". Brisbane Insects and Spiders Home Page. 22 December 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. (Note that while the text is correct, the photos are misidentified specimens of Simosyrphus)
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.R. P. Macfarlane; I. G. Andrew; B. J. Sinclair; et al. (3 March 2000). "Checklist of New Zealand Diptera". Entomological Society of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.D. Miller (1921). "Material for a monograph on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand. Part II, Family Syrphidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 289–333.
- ^ For example the New Zealand Organisms Registry does not list it for its New Zealand Regin (which includes the Kermadec Islands).
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