Melanostoma scalare

Melanostoma scalare
	male
	female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Melanostoma
Species:	M. scalare
Binomial name
	Melanostoma scalare; (Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
	Syrphus scalare Fabricius, 1794; Melanostoma ceylonense Meijere, 1911; Syrphus maculosus Meigen, 1822; Syrphus gracilis Meigen, 1822;

Melanostoma scalare, the chequered hoverfly, is a very common species of hoverfly.

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