GENUS EUMERUS Meigen

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

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

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