Melangyna viridiceps
Hover fly at Acton, ACT
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| Melangyna viridiceps | jgl | 23 Apr 2019 | |
| Melangyna sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 22 Apr 2019 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 22 Apr 2019 |
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24 Apr 2019
A colleague in Canada has informed me that most of the Melangyna (Austrosyphus) spp. (at least all the ones around Canberra), have been determined to all be the one species, of which M. (A.) viridiceps (Macquart, 1847) has priority. Not sure when this will be published, but we can probably assume that we don't need to worry about differentiating M. (A.) collatus and M. (A.) damastor.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107963-35.276365
- Altitude 618.8m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Apr 2019 12:23 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Paper daisy Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melangyna viridiceps Hover flies (Syrphidae) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Melangyna viridiceps Scientific name
- Hover fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2011.7m Recorded at altitude
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