Melanostoma
| Melanostoma | |
|---|---|
| Melanostoma scalare female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Melanostomini |
| Genus: | Melanostoma Schiner, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Musca millina | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Afrostoma Skevington, Thompson & Vockeroth, 2014 | |
Melanostoma is a large genus of hoverflies. Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.