Eumerus, Meigen

Thompson, Christian, 2008, A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species, Zootaxa 1716, pp. 1-20 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.181009
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6227551
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C2087E6-FF91-FFE3-54DC-577695EDFC59
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Eumerus
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GENUS EUMERUS Meigen View in CoL View at ENA

EUMERUS Meigen 1822: 202 View in CoL . Type-species: Syrphus tricolor Fabricius View in CoL , by designation of Curtis, 1839: pl. 749. Genus-group name conserved by I.C.Z.N. (1993, Opinion 1747).

strigatus ( Fallén), 1817: 61 View in CoL ( Pipiza strigata View in CoL ). Europe, introduced in Australia and North America. funeralis Meigen, 1822: 208 View in CoL . Europe, introduced in Australia, North America and Colombia. tuberculatus Rondani, 1857: 93 View in CoL .

Rather than preserve a widely used name ( tuberculatus Rondani View in CoL ), Speight and others (1998) opted to use the senior synonym for this common pest species.