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Melangyna cincta

Synonyms: Fagisyrphus cinctus (homotypic); Meligramma cincta (homotypic); Scaeva cincta (homotypic); Syrphus cinctus; Syrphus placidus

Wikipedia Abstract

Melangyna cincta is a European species of hoverfly. This species has a somewhat muddled taxonomic history. Stubbs & Falk treat it as a member of the genus Melangyna. Other sources place it in Meligramma (as either a separate genus or a subgenus of Melangyna) or Fagisyrphus.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)[1]
Taraxacum campylodes (Dandelion)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Consumers

Pollinator of 
Taraxacum campylodes (Dandelion)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
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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