Melanostoma Schiner, 1860

Thompson, F. Christian & Skevington, Jeffrey 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), pp. 97-114 : 105

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
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scientific name	Melanostoma Schiner
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Genus Melanostoma Schiner View in CoL

Plesia Macquart, 1850: 460 View in CoL . Type, fasciata Macquart by original designation. Preoccuppied by Jurine (1807: 150) and Klug (1833: 185).

Melanostoma Schiner, 1860: 213 View in CoL . Type, Musca mellina Linnaeus by original designation.

Psilogaster Lioy, 1864: 753 View in CoL . Type, Musca mellina Linnaeus by subsequent designation of Goffe (1946: 30).

Psylogaster Lioy, 1864: 753 . Incorrect orginal spelling of Psilogaster Lioy View in CoL by the revision of Verrall (1901: 56).

Ptylogaster Bigot, 1883: 225. Misspelling of Psilogaster Lioy. View in CoL

Psilogaster Bezzi & Stein, 1907: 57 View in CoL . Misspelling of Psylogaster Lioy.

Atrichostich a Enderlein, 1938: 234. Type, Spathiogaster aurantiaca Becker by original designation.

Anocheila Hellen, 1950: 90 . Type, Chilosia freyi Hellen by monotypy = dubium Zetterstedt. View in CoL

All regions except Neotropics (57 species: Nearctic (1 species); Palaearctic (20 species); Afrotropical (23 species); Oriental (10 species) and Australasian (4 species)).