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Melanostoma scalare

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Wikipedia Abstract

Melanostoma scalare, is a very common species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe. Little is known of its biology, However it is suspected to be general predator of small insects in leaf litter.
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Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Cardamine pratensis atlantica (Cuckoo Flower)[1]
Galium aparine (stickywilly)[1]
Molinia arundinacea (purple moorgrass)[1]
Stellaria graminea (little starwort)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Dioctria rufipes[2]
Eutolmus rufibarbis (Golden-tabbed Robber Fly)[2]
Machimus atricapillus[2]

Consumers

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 3Kato, M., T. Makutani, T. Inoue, and T. Itino. 1990. Insect-flower relationship in the primary beech forest of Ashu, Kyoto: an overview of the flowering phenology and seasonal pattern of insect visits. Contr. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ. 27:309-375.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0