Talk:Melangyna viridiceps

Distribution

• Australia

Notes

• Thompson, F.C. (2008: 13) notes that Melangyna viridiceps has often been confused with Simosyrphus grandicornis, and specifically that Melangyna viridiceps sensu Miller (1921: 307, pl. 48, fig. 4) is a misidentification of S. grandicornis
• Miller (1921: 307) reported Melangyna viridiceps from New Zealand, both from the mainland and 'it is also common on the Kermadec Islands'
• Macfarlane et al. (2000) claimed that Melangyna viridiceps is present on the Kermadecs, but not in mainland N.Z.
• no other recent sources record Melangyna viridiceps from New Zealand (mainland or Kermadecs)
• it is therefore likely that all New Zealand (mainland or Kermadecs) records are based on misidentifications of Simosyrphus grandicornis

References

• Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2000: Checklist of New Zealand Diptera. New Zealand Entomological Society. Archived from the original [now dead] on 27 May 2010. [web publication only]
• Miller, D. 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, plates XLVII-LII. full text and pdf
• Thompson, F.C. 2008: A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Zootaxa 1716(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1716.1.1 . hdl: 10088/9708 . Reference page.