Merodontini
| Merodontini | |
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| Eumerus feae (female) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Merodontini Edwards, 1915 |
| Genera | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eumerini | |
Merodontini 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.[1][2]
List of genera
[edit]Genera accepted by Catalogue of Life:[1]
- Alipumilio Shannon, 1927
- Amphoterus Bezzi, 1915
- Azpeytia Walker, 1865
- Cepa Thompson & Vockeroth in Thompson, 2007[3]
- Eumerus Meigen, 1822
- †Intricodon Nidergas, Hadrava, Coster & Nel, 2025
- Megatrigon Johnson, 1898[4][5]
- Merodon Meigen, 1803
- Nausigaster Shannon, 1921
- Platynochaetus Wiedemann, 1830
- Psilota Meigen, 1822
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Merodontini Edwards, 1915". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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