Summary description from Wikipedia:

Melanostoma mellinum in languages:

Bokmål

kort gressblomsterflue

Chinese

方斑墨蚜蠅

Danish

Almindelig græssvirreflue

Dutch

Gewone Driehoekzweefvlieg

Dutch

Gewone driehoekszweefvlieg

English

Variable Duskyface Fly

German

Glänzende Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege

Hungarian

gyakori fűzengőlégy

Japanese

ホソツヤヒラタアブ

Korean

광붙이꽃등에

Polish

Czernich ugorowy

Swedish

kort gräsblomfluga

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Parent Taxon

• Melanostoma

Sibling Taxa

• Melanostoma abdominale
• Melanostoma aenoscutum
• Melanostoma annulipes
• Melanostoma apicale
• Melanostoma atrum
• Melanostoma bituberculatum
• Melanostoma certum
• Melanostoma dubium
• Melanostoma fasciatum
• Melanostoma flavipleurum
• Melanostoma floripeta
• Melanostoma fumivenosum
• Melanostoma gymnocera
• Melanostoma incompletum
• Melanostoma infuscatum
• Melanostoma mellinum
• Melanostoma orientale
• Melanostoma polynesiotes
• Melanostoma pumicatum
• Melanostoma satyriphilum
• Melanostoma scalare
• Melanostoma sulphuripes
• Melanostoma sylvarum
• Melanostoma tiantaiensis
• Melanostoma trochanteratum
• Melanostoma univittatum
• Melanostoma violaceum
• Melanostoma wollastoni

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