Melanostoma quadripunctatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

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, [0.2355°N 34.8645°E / 0.2355; 34.8645]

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