Melanostolus Explained

Melanostolus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1] It includes six species, which are distributed in Europe and Asia.^[2]

Species

• Melanostolus kolomiezi Negrobov, 1984^[3] – China (Tibet)
• Melanostolus longipilosus Negrobov, 1984^[3] – Mongolia, Russia (Altai Republic)
• Melanostolus melancholicus (Loew, 1869)^[4] – Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Russia (Krasnodar, Leningrad), Serbia, Sweden, UK, ?Kenya
• Melanostolus negrobovi Olejníček & Barták, 1999^[5] – Uzbekistan
• Melanostolus nigricilius (Loew, 1871)^[6] – Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mongolia, Romania, Russia (Yakutia), Tajikistan, ?Kenya
• Melanostolus tatianae Negrobov, 1965^[7] – Russia (Krasnodar)

Notes and References

1. Negrobov. O. P.. Revision of the genus Melanostolus Kowarz (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Entomological Review. 1992. 73. 3. 23–36.
2. Igor Ya.. Grichanov. 2017. Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed.. Plant Protection News, Supplements. All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). St.Petersburg. 23. 10.5281/zenodo.884863. free.
3. Negrobov. O. P.. ru:Ревизия видов рода Melanostolus Kowarz (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). A revision of the Palaearctic species of the genus Melanostolus Kowartz (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Diptera (Insecta) of the Fauna of the USSR and Their Significance in Ecosystems. 1984. 81–85. Akademii Nauk SSSR. Leningrad. Russian.
4. Book: Loew. Hermann. Beschreibung europäischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband. 1869. 1. xvi + 310 + [2] pp. H. W. Schmidt, .. Halle.
5. Olejníček. J.. Barták. M.. Melanostolus negrobovi sp. n. (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Uzbekistan with a key to the Palaearctic species.. Biologia. 1999. 54. 581–583. Bratislava.
6. Book: Loew. Hermann. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. 1871. viii + 319+[1] pp. H. W. Schmidt, .. Halle.
7. Negrobov. O.P.. ru:Новые и малоизвестные виды двукрылых сем. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) фауны Советского Союза. New and little-known Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in the fauna of the Soviet Union. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 1965. 44. 438–446. Russian.