Melanostoma mellinum

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,303 meters (0 to 4,275 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melanostoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. argyreum (Scaleless Dragonfish)

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Further Reading

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• A guide to the natural history of the Isle of Wight: a series of contributions by specialists relating to the various branches of natural history and kindred subjects / edited by Frank Morey. Newport, Isle of Wight: The County Press, 1909. url p. 446.
• A survey and record of Woolwich and West Kent containing descriptions and records, brought up-to-date, of geology, botany, zoology, archaeology and industries of the district, with a brief photographic commentary, in commemoration of the 12th Ann General editors, C.H. Grinling, T.A. Ingram [and] B.C. Polkinghorne. Woolwich: Labour Representation Print. Co., 1909. url p. 426.
• Alaska / Harriman Alaska Expedition. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1901-1910. url p. 11, p. 18, p. 21, p. 234, p. 280, p. 42.
• Alaska. New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1901- url p. 11, p. 18, p. 21, p. 234, p. 280, p. 42.
• An annotated list of the Diptera (flies) of Oregon, San Francisco, 1921 url .
• Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. [Orono, Me.: Maine State College, 1885-1953. url , , p. 196, p. 206, p. 209, p. 222, p. 223, p. 226, p. 230, p. 234, p. 257.
• Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, url p. 766.
• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 766.
• Annual report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants from Insects and Fungous Diseases. Quebec: The Society, 1909-1920. url .
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 49, p. 50.
• Bulletin / Ohio Biological Survey. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1913- url p. 455, p. 85.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 95 1945 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 266.
• Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. Milwaukee, The Society, [1900-1920] url p. 37, p. 69.
• Bulletin. [Orono.] url , p. 196, p. 209, p. 222, p. 223, p. 226, p. 230.
• Diptera Danica: genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen, G.E.C. Gad, 1907-1927. url p. 228.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 109, p. 109, p. 13, p. 145, p. 145.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 357, p. 460, p. 958.
• Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url p. 165.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 261.
• Flowers and insects; lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty-three flowers, by Charles Robertson. Carlinville, Ill., n.p.1928. url p. 103, p. 162, p. 44.
• General index to reports of the State Entomologist of Connecticut, 1901-1925 / New Haven: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 1926. url p. 695.
• Harriman Alaska series. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914. url p. 11, p. 18, p. 21, p. 234, p. 280, p. 4, p. 42, p. 6.
• Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1910-14 url p. 11, p. 18, p. 21, p. 280, p. 4, p. 42, p. 6.
• Index to the literature of American economic entomology. Melrose Highlands, Mass. [etc.], American Association of Economic Entomologists [etc.], 1917-62. url p. 204.
• Insects of New Jersey; a list of the species occurring in New Jersey, with notes on those of economic importance, by John B. Smith. Trenton, N. J., MacCrellish & Quigley, state printers, 1900. url p. 659.
• Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. Chapel Hill, N.C. [etc.]Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society [etc.] url p. 100.
• Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 91.
• New Jersey insects / [John Bernhard Smith] Trenton, N.J.?: s.n., 1909 url p. 766.
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• Pamphlets on forestry in Maine. [1900?- url p. 266, p. 276, p. 292, p. 296, p. 300, p. 304, p. 336.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 18, 2007:

• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
• GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Diptera dataset

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2762498
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Dip-45857
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13848404
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 139700
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 654231

Footnotes

1. Mean = 112.130 meters (367.881 feet), Standard Deviation = 137.260 based on 10,241 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Curator for this page: Andrew E. Whittington. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899

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