1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: fasciatum (Macquart, 1880) (Diptera: Syrphidae: : )

Common Name Hover Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140641

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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Hover Fly(Melanostoma fasciatum)Updated on 4/14/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140641

2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Pineapple Groups: Status: NZ - Endemic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: Australasia Host Family: 0 Unknown

2.4. Other Names Flower Fly Melanostoma apertum Hutton, 1901 Melanostoma fasiatum (Macquart, 1880) Syrphid Fly

2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult**

Face and scutellum entirely black. Abdomen with bright yellow markings. Metasternum greatly reduced, with deep posterior incision on each side so that medial portion is narrowly joined to lateral arms. Face not produced, straight with small tubercle. Postpronotum bare; head posteriorly strongly concave and closely appressed to thorax so that postpronotum is partly or entirely hidden.

**Male**

Abdomen with tergum 5 visible dorsally.

**References**

- Miller, D. (1921). Material for a monograph on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand: Part. II, Family Syrphidae. _Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand_, 53: 289-333.

- Thompson, F.C. (2008). A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. _Zootaxa_, 1716: 1-20.

2.6. References - Miller, D. (1921). Material for a monograph on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand: Part. II, Family Syrphidae. _Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand_, 53: 289-333. - Thompson, F.C. (2008). A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. _Zootaxa_, 1716: 1-20. 3. Diagnostic Images

DIP85 DIP85 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Head Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

DIP85 DIP85 Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Wing - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

Results Generated: Sunday, October 3, 2021