Eumerini

Eumerini
Eumerus feae (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Eumerini
Genera
See text
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

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.