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Merodontini
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Merodontini

The Eumerini 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.

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10 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Merodon

genusMerodon

Eumerus

genusEumerus

Psilota

genusPsilota

Platynochaetus

genusPlatynochaetus

Nausigaster

genusNausigaster

Azpeytia

genusAzpeytia

Megatrigon

genusMegatrigon

Cepa

genusCepa

Alipumilio

genusAlipumilio

Lyneborgimyia

genusLyneborgimyia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 520017.