Eumerus tuberculatus

Eumerus tuberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Genus:	Eumerus
Species:	E. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Eumerus tuberculatus Rondani, 1857 [1]

Eumerus tuberculatus, the lesser bulb fly (a common name shared by several species of this genus) is a species of hoverfly from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. It is a pest that destroys the bulbs of Narcissus. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Barkalov, A.V. "Collection of Siberian Zoological Museum: Syrphidae". Siberian Zoological Museum. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. Stubbs, Alan E.; Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 253, xvpp.
3. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN   978-90-5011-199-7.

Further reading

• CREAGER, D. B.; SPRUIJT, F. J. THE RELATION OF CERTAIN FUNGI TO LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUMERUS TUBERCULATUS ROND. (Syrphidae, Diptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 28, Number 4, December 1935, pp. 425-437(13)
• W. E. H. Hodson. The Bionomics of the Lesser Bulb Flies, Eumerus strigatus, Flyn., and Eumerus tuberculatus, Rond., in South–west England. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Volume 17 Issue 04 June 1927 pp 373-384