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Species Eumerus funeralis - Lesser Bulb Fly

Lesser Bulb Fly - Eumerus funeralis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)

Subfamily Eristalinae

Tribe Merodontini

Genus Eumerus

Species funeralis (Lesser Bulb Fly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

sometimes referred to as Eumerus tuberculatus Rondani 1857

Explanation of Names

Eumerus funeralis Meigen 1822

Range

native to Europe, adventive elsewhere (coast to coast in NA) and now cosmopolitan(1)

Works Cited

1.	Eumerus narcissi Smith (Diptera, Syrphidae), presence in Europe confirmed, with a redescription of the species Speight M.C.D., Hauser M., Withers P. 2013. Dipterists Digest 20: 17-32.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 31 May, 2010 - 4:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 June, 2015 - 1:07pm

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