Melangyna collatus

Melangyna collatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Melangyna
Species:
M. collatus
Binomial name
Melangyna collatus
Walker, 1852

Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) collatus is a species of hoverfly found throughout Australia.[1][2]

Description

Head yellow with black hairs and dark red eyes. Dark legs with yellow knees. Four large, triangular spots on the abdomen, and a bicoloured scutellum.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) collatus (Walker, 1852)". bie.ala.org.au.
  2. ^ a b Walker, F. 1852. Diptera. Part III, pp. 157-252, pls. 5-6. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. Van Voorst, London. 474 pp.