Eumerus strigatus

TaxID: 1124522

Basic Information

Eumerus strigatus

Hover fly, Onion Bulb Fly

Eumerus strigatus, the onion bulb fly, is a fairly common species of syrphid fly observed across Europe. Also found in north-central North America and other scattered locations as an introduced species from infested bulbs. Syrphid flies are also known as hover flies or flower flies because the adults are frequently found hovering around flowers from which they feed on nectar and pollen. The larvae feed on various bulbs.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Syrphidae

Eumerus

strigatus

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Eumerus strigatus
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(c) Juan Felipe@BY-NC
Eumerus strigatus
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(c) Juan Felipe@BY-NC
Eumerus strigatus
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(c) Juan Felipe@BY-NC
Eumerus strigatus
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(c) Juan Felipe@BY-NC
Eumerus strigatus
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(c) Marcello Consolo@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (13 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent 2018
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Egypt Abesent 2018
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
India Quarantine pests —
North Macedonia Absent —
Nicaragua Absent —
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Distribution (29 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (81 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UKAN3980-24 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2022-07-22 53.534, -0.965
UKAN3979-24 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2022-07-22 53.534, -0.965
TTDFW880-08 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 658 Canada 2008-06-03 41.94, -82.52
SYROC339-15 BOLD:AEJ5434 COI-5P 661 Netherlands 2015-08-05 53.048, 6.649
SSGBC3177-14 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 435 Canada 2013-07-10 49.477, -57.97
SMTPP1005-15 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 563 Canada 2015-09-21 45.369, -63.28
QMRL2232-25 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2025-07-10 50.681, -2.1891
NTML2699-25 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2025-07-10 52.0807, 0.7295
NTML2669-25 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2025-07-10 52.0807, 0.7295
NTML2608-25 BOLD:AAI4998 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2025-07-10 52.0807, 0.7295
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Literature