Eumerini
Appearance
Eumerini | |
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Eumerus feae (female) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Eumerini |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Merodontini |
The Eumerini[1] is a tribe of hoverflies. The breeding habits of this group varies: larvae of the genera Merodon and Eumerus tunnel into plant bulbs while larvae of Psilota have been found in sap runs.
List of genera
[edit]- Alipumilio Shannon, 1927
- Austrocheilosia Thompson, 2008
- Azpeytia Walker, 1865
- Cepa Thompson & Vockeroth in Thompson, 2007[2]
- Eumerus Meigen, 1822
- Megatrigon Johnson, 1898[3][4]
- Merodon Meigen, 1803
- Nausigaster Shannon, 1921
- Psilota Meigen, 1822
References
[edit]- ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 300–305. ISBN 1-899935-03-7.
- ^ F. Christian Thompson (2007). "A new Costa Rican flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) and a replacement name for a neotropical flower fly genus". Studia dipterologica. 14 (1): 167–170. hdl:10088/17058. ISSN 0945-3954. Wikidata Q133872958.
- ^ Johnson, Charles W. (1898). "Diptera collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Somaliland, eastern Africa". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 50: 157–164. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Doczkal, Dieter; Radenković, Snežana; Lyneborg, Leif; Pape, Thomas (2016). "Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Megatrigon Johnson, 1898 (Diptera: Syrphidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 238: 1–36. ISSN 2118-9773. Retrieved 21 October 2016.