Eumerus

Eumerus
Female Eumerus feae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eumerini
Genus: Eumerus
Meigen, 1822
Type species
Syrphus tricolor
Fabricius, 1798
Species

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Synonyms
  • Paragopsis Matsumura, 1916[1]

Eumerus is a genus of hoverflies (family Syrphidae), within the tribe Eumerini.[2]

They are small with a distinctive smooth round abdomen, powerful back legs and yellow hairs around the scutellum. Others have a dark scutellum and yellow antennae. They have a flat hairy face and a reentrant upper crossvein on the wings.[3] Some species are pests of ornamental flowers.[4] The genus contains 281 known species, making it one of the largest genera of flies.

  1. ^ Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0-565-00821-8.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (2002). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide (2nd of Revised ed.). British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 469. ISBN 978-1-899935-05-5.
  4. ^ Thompson, F. Christian; Rotheray, Graham E.; Zumbado, Manuel A. (2010). "53". In Brown, B.V.; Borkent, A.; Cumming, J.M.; Wood, D.M.; Woodley, N.E.; Zumbado, M. (eds.). Manual of Central American Diptera (Print). Vol. 2. Ottawa, Canada: NRC Research Press. pp. 763–792. ISBN 978-0-660-19958-0.

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