Biology:Melangyna collatus
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Short description: Species of hoverfly
| Melangyna collatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Melangyna |
| Species: | M. collatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melangyna collatus Walker, 1852
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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
- ↑ "Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) collatus (Walker, 1852)". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9786ce6f-f2bc-4336-adf5-ca86d542734b#overview.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
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