Melanostoma quadripunctatum
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Syrphinae
Tribus: Melanostomini
Genus: Melanostoma
Species: M. quadripunctatum
Name
Melanostoma quadripunctatum (Skevington & Thompson, 2014)
Holotype: ♂. USNM, 8–9 November 1983 (8–9.xi.[19]83), A. Freidberg, USNMENT00036402 (see on GBIF)
Type locality: Kenya: Western Province: Kakamega Forest, [0°14′08″N 34°51′52″E / 0.2355°N 34.8645°E]
Synonymy
- Afrostoma quadripunctatum Skevington & Thompson, 2014: 107 (protonym)
References
Primary references
- Thompson, F.C. & Skevington, J.H. 2014. Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847(1): 97–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
Reference page.
Additional references
- Mengual, X. 2020. Phylogenetic relationships of the bacchine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular characters, with a description of a new species of Melanostoma (Schiner, 1860). Contributions to Zoology 89(2): 210–244. DOI: 10.1163/18759866-20191410 Reference page.
Links
- Orrell, T., Informatics and Data Science Center - Digital Stewardship 2025. NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US). Version 1.92. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-10. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3357311367