Eumerini

Merodon is a large genus of bee-like hoverflies. The majority of the species are centered on the Mediterranean and it is the second largest hoverfly genus in Europe with more than 50 European species. It is distributed over the Palaearctic and Afrotropical realms, with most European species occurring in Southern and Eastern Europe. The centre of distribution of this genus appears to be Turkey, where about 65 species have been recorded. Some species occur in Africa (Morocco through East Africa and Ghana to South Africa) and the middle East, as far as Pakistan. Given the rate at which new specie

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Eumerus is a genus of hoverflies (family Syrphidae), within the tribe Eumerini.

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Psilota is a genus of small black hoverflies with long wings, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. They are one of the few hoverfly genera that do not have a vena spuria in the wings. The larvae feed on tree sap.

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Alipumilio is a South American genus of 12 species of hoverfly. Where known these flies breed in sap flowing from trees, examples having been reared from the sap of Araucaria.

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Nausigaster is a genus of syrphid flies, or hoverflies, in the family Syrphidae. Larvae have been recorded from decaying cacti and bromeliads.

Azpeytia is a genus of hoverfly. Larvae of one species Azpeytia shirakii is known to live in the corms and stems of an orchid Gastrodia elata.

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