Sydney FaunaAustralian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps)
Found on the eastern mainland of Australia, the Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) have wide yellow and black stripes on the abdomen. They are fast flying flies, that often pause and hover over flowers. They are important pollinators and their larvae eat aphids.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Diptera
- Suborder: Brachycera
- Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha
- Informal: Aschiza
- Superfamily: Syrphoidea
- Family: Syrphidae
- Subfamilies: Syrphinae
- Tribe: Syrphini
- Genus: Melangyna
- Subgenus: infrageneric Austrosyrphus
- Species: Melangyna viridiceps
Footnote & References
- Melangyna (Austrosyrphus) viridiceps (Macquart, 1847), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/623f0c55-e927-42a7-b0e6-220fec9d9691
Sydney FaunaAustralian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps)
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