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Eumerus
Eumerus is a genus of hoverflies (family Syrphidae), within the tribe Merodontini.
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. Some species are pests of ornamental flowers. The genus contains 281 known species, making it one of the largest genera of flies.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Eumerus obliquus
speciesEumerus obliquus
Ginger Maggot
speciesEumerus figurans
Eumerus ornatus
speciesEumerus ornatus
Eumerus latitarsis
speciesEumerus latitarsis
Lesser Bulb Fly
speciesEumerus funeralis
Onion Bulb Fly
speciesEumerus strigatus
Eumerus tricolor
speciesEumerus tricolor
Eumerus argyrogaster
speciesEumerus argyrogaster
Eumerus purpureus
speciesEumerus purpureus
Eumerus sogdianus
speciesEumerus sogdianus
Eumerus aurifrons
speciesEumerus aurifrons
Eumerus amoenus
speciesEumerus amoenus
Eumerus rufotibialis
speciesEumerus rufotibialis
Eumerus argyropus
speciesEumerus argyropus
Eumerus rufoscutellatus
speciesEumerus rufoscutellatus
Eumerus sabulonum
speciesEumerus sabulonum
Eumerus argentipes
speciesEumerus argentipes
Eumerus flavitarsis
speciesEumerus flavitarsis
Eumerus peltatus
speciesEumerus peltatus
Eumerus hispidus
speciesEumerus hispidus
Eumerus canariensis
speciesEumerus canariensis
Eumerus ovatus
speciesEumerus ovatus
Eumerus pulchellus
speciesEumerus pulchellus
Eumerus etnensis
speciesEumerus etnensis
Eumerus grandis
speciesEumerus grandis
Eumerus paulae
speciesEumerus paulae
Eumerus japonicus
speciesEumerus japonicus
Eumerus tarsalis
speciesEumerus tarsalis
Eumerus latipes
speciesEumerus latipes
Eumerus barbarus
speciesEumerus barbarus
Eumerus lugens
speciesEumerus lugens
Eumerus alpinus
speciesEumerus alpinus
Eumerus bayardi
speciesEumerus bayardi
Eumerus niveipes
speciesEumerus niveipes
Eumerus sulcitibius
speciesEumerus sulcitibius
Eumerus truncatus
speciesEumerus truncatus
Eumerus niveitibia
speciesEumerus niveitibia
Eumerus ancylostylus
speciesEumerus ancylostylus
Eumerus basalis
speciesEumerus basalis
Eumerus hungaricus
speciesEumerus hungaricus
Eumerus sinuatus
speciesEumerus sinuatus
Eumerus vandenberghei
speciesEumerus vandenberghei
Eumerus grallator
speciesEumerus grallator
Eumerus nicobarensis
speciesEumerus nicobarensis
Eumerus vestitus
speciesEumerus vestitus
Eumerus subornatus
speciesEumerus subornatus
Eumerus crassus
speciesEumerus crassus
Eumerus larvatus
speciesEumerus larvatus
Eumerus splendens
speciesEumerus splendens
Eumerus nivariae
speciesEumerus nivariae
Eumerus lucidus
speciesEumerus lucidus
Eumerus nudus
speciesEumerus nudus
Eumerus pusillus
speciesEumerus pusillus
Eumerus niehuisi
speciesEumerus niehuisi
Eumerus triangularis
speciesEumerus triangularis
Eumerus tumidipes
speciesEumerus tumidipes
Eumerus unicolor
speciesEumerus unicolor
Eumerus vansoni
speciesEumerus vansoni
Eumerus varipennis
speciesEumerus varipennis
Eumerus villeneuvei
speciesEumerus villeneuvei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 52233.