Melanostoma syrphid fly & Green Flower Crab spider (Misumena spinifera)

Description:

syrphid prey:Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: Syrphoidea LATREILLE, 1802Family: Syrphidae SAMOUELLE, 1819 (hoverflies or flower flies, Schwebfliegen)Subfamily: Syrphinae SAMOUELLE, 1819Tribus: Bacchini Genus: Melanostoma SCHINER, 1860 (Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliegen)Melanostoma incompletum BECKER, 1908, (Kanarische Schwarzkopf-Schwebfliege)[det. "artdivcan", 2019, based on photos]predatory spider:Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum:Chelicerata (Kieferklauentrger)Class:Arachnida Cuvier, 1812 (arachnids)Subclass: MicruraOrder: Araneae Clerck, 1757 (spiders, Spinnen)Suborder: Araneomorphae SIMON, 1892 (Echte Webspinnen)Superfamily: ThomisoideaFamily: Thomisidae SUNDEVALL, 1833 (Crab spiders, Krabbenspinnen)Genus: Misumena Latreille, 1804probably: Misumena spinifera BLACKWALL, 1862 (Green Flower Crab Spider, Kanarische Blumen-Krabbenspinne)[det. "artdivcan", 2019, based on photos]Spain, Canary Islands, NW Tenerife: vic. Erjos, ca. 1000m asl., 22.X.2016; IMG_9896