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"Common hover fly — Melangyna viridiceps". Brisbane Insects and Spiders Home Page. 22 December 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. (Note that while the text is correct, the photos are misidentified specimens of Simosyrphus)
"Common hover fly — Melangyna viridiceps". Brisbane Insects and Spiders Home Page. 22 December 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. (Note that while the text is correct, the photos are misidentified specimens of Simosyrphus)