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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figs 5E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 6A-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 10E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807904" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 12C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 15D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807909" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 17C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 19D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 24A-C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 25A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Distribution map of M. hypochrysos, M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. rufitarsis and M. smirnovi." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807918" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 26</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 30F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 35A, B</figureCitation>
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Paramonov, 1927: 76 (= 320).
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(designated here in order to fix identity of the species): UZBEKISTAN • 1 ♂; Turkestan, d. Tashkent, Ak-Tash; 21 Jun. 1925; Smirnov E.S. leg.; SIZK [specimen dry pinned in good condition, left fourth and fifth tarsomeres of metaleg missing, genitalia in separate microvial]. Original labels: &quot;Ak-Tash / d. Tashkent / Turkestan / 21.VI.25. Smirnov l.&quot; [yellowish, pale violet ink, black-bordered label], &quot;
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n. sp. / ♂. Cotypus / Paramonov. det&quot; [pink double black-bordered, pale violet ink label], &quot;Lectotypus / Merodon smirnovi Param., 1927 G.V. Popov des. 2007&quot; [red label],
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(designated here): UZBEKISTAN • 1 ♀; Turkestan, d. Tashkent, Ak-Tash; 21 Jun. 1925; Smirnov E.S. leg.; SIZK [specimen dry pinned in very good condition]. Original label: &quot;Ak-Tash / d. Tashkent / Turkestan / 21.VI.25. Smirnov l.&quot; [yellowish, pale violet ink, black-bordered label], &quot;
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/
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">&quot;smirnovi</emphasis>
n. sp. / ♀ Cotypus / Paramonov. det&quot; [pink double black-bordered, pale violet ink label], &quot;Paralectotypus / Merodon Merodon smirnovi Param., 1927 G.V. Popov des. 2007&quot; [red label],
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Head of male, dorsal view.
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, Likov &amp;
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,
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,
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
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. Scale bar: 1 mm.
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N
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,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
N of Atabaj
</locationDeviation>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="39" value="43.64417">
43°38
<normalizedToken originalValue="39”">'39&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="68" direction="east" minutes="19" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="45" value="68.32916">
68°19
<normalizedToken originalValue="45”">'45&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.25" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="5.5" unit="m" value="625.0" valueMax="700.0" valueMin="550.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.25" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="5.5" unit="m" value="625.0" valueMax="700.0" valueMin="550.0">550-700 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="1994-05-09">9 May 1994</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Merz B.</collectorName>
leg.; NBCN 02550
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2003-05-20" collectorName="Selin A., S. K." country="Kazakhstan" county="Raiymbek District" latitude="43.296387" location="Sharyn River" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.99" municipality="Charyn River" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Almaty Region">
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Region</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCounty>Raiymbek District</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Charyn River</collectingMunicipality>
(also known
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:5EE355442848A36FBBF136A015865897" country="Kazakhstan" county="Raiymbek District" latitude="43.296387" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.99" municipality="Charyn River" name="Sharyn River" stateProvince="Almaty Region">Sharyn River</location>
);
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="17" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="47" value="43.296387">
43°17
<normalizedToken originalValue="47”">'47&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78" direction="east" minutes="59" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="24" value="78.99">
78°59
<normalizedToken originalValue="24”">'24&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="2003-05-20">20 May 2003</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Selin A.</collectorName>
leg.;
<collectorName name="S Khaghaninia">S.K.</collectorName>
coll. 02549, 02556
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="S. K." country="Kazakhstan" county="Raiymbek District" latitude="43.296387" location="Sharyn River" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.99" municipality="Charyn River" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Almaty Oblysy">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding;
<collectorName name="S Khaghaninia">S.K.</collectorName>
coll. 02557
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2003-05-21" collectorName="Selin A., S. K." country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.49889" location="Kokpek" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.619446" municipality="Enbekshikazakh District" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Almaty Region">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Region</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Enbekshikazakh District</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:6D683480B4C5E9CE5A83F5AACCE6C44E" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.49889" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.619446" municipality="Enbekshikazakh District" name="Kokpek" stateProvince="Almaty Region">Kokpek</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="56" value="43.49889">
43°29
<normalizedToken originalValue="56”">'56&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78" direction="east" minutes="37" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="10" value="78.619446">
78°37
<normalizedToken originalValue="10”">'10&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="2003-05-21">21 May 2003</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Selin A.</collectorName>
leg.;
<collectorName name="S Khaghaninia">S.K.</collectorName>
coll. 02555
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2015-05-08" collectorName="Bot S., S. B." country="Kazakhstan" elevation="886" latitude="43.801945" location="Tamgaly" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="75.53389" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Almaty Region">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Region</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:B88111923A2611FCAD7B61DA6A780AD4" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.801945" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="75.53389" name="Tamgaly" stateProvince="Almaty Region">Tamgaly</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="48" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="07" value="43.801945">
43°48
<normalizedToken originalValue="07”">'07&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="75" direction="east" minutes="32" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="02" value="75.53389">
75°32
<normalizedToken originalValue="02">'02''</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.86" unit="m" value="886.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.86" unit="m" value="886.0">886 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2015-05-08">8 May 2015</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Bot S.</collectorName>
leg.;
<collectorName name="S-W Breckle">S.B.</collectorName>
coll. 25467
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="S. B." country="Kazakhstan" elevation="886" latitude="43.801945" location="Tamgaly" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="75.53389" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Almaty Oblysy">
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding;
<collectorName name="S-W Breckle">S.B.</collectorName>
coll. 25468, 25469
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2012-04-29" collectorName="Barkalov A., Ferula" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.85" location="Kalkan" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.75" municipality="Altyn-Emel National Park" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Almaty Region">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Region</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Altyn-Emel National Park</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:3B73F8951A8F726FCEDA329BD7B6664C" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.85" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.75" municipality="Altyn-Emel National Park" name="Kalkan" stateProvince="Almaty Region">Kalkan</location>
field station;
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="51" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="43.85">
43°51
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78" direction="east" minutes="45" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="78.75">
78°45
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="2012-04-29">29 Apr. 2012</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
leg.; on flowers on
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<collectorName>Ferula</collectorName>
</emphasis>
sp.; SZMN 05811
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Barkalov A. &amp; Ferula" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.85" location="Kalkan" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.75" municipality="Altyn-Emel National Park" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Almaty Oblysy">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding; SZMN 05814
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2012-04-23" collectingDateMax="2012-04-30" collectingDateMin="2012-04-23" collectorName="Barkalov A., Danilov Yu." country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.866665" location="Ayak-Kalkan" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.71667" municipality="Altyn-Emel National Park" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Almaty Region">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Region</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Altyn-Emel National Park</collectingMunicipality>
, near
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:EC76604997FAA0C107F8CF3220D922A0" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="43.866665" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.71667" municipality="Altyn-Emel National Park" name="Ayak-Kalkan" stateProvince="Almaty Region">Ayak-Kalkan</location>
mount;
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="north" minutes="52" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="43.866665">
43°52
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78" direction="east" minutes="43" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="78.71667">
78°43
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="2012-04-23" valueMax="2012-04-30" valueMin="2012-04-23">23-30 Apr. 2012</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Danilov Yu.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2012-04-23" collectingDateMax="2012-05-04" collectingDateMin="2012-04-23" collectorName="Barkalov A., Danilov Yu. N., Zinchenko V., Ferula" country="Kazakhstan" location="Altyn-Emel National Park" specimenCount="59" specimenCount-female="26" specimenCount-male="33" stateProvince="Almaty Region">
<specimenCount type="male">33 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">26 ♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Region</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:EEBA0D97BF8359511196E258FE2965E6" country="Kazakhstan" name="Altyn-Emel National Park" stateProvince="Almaty Region">Altyn-Emel National Park</location>
;
<collectingDate value="2012-04-23" valueMax="2012-05-04" valueMin="2012-04-23">23 Apr.-4 May 2012</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Danilov Yu. N.</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Zinchenko V.</collectorName>
leg.; on
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<collectorName>Ferula</collectorName>
</emphasis>
sp.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2004-05-25" collectorName="Selin A., S. K." country="Kazakhstan" latitude="45.69167" location="Koylyk" longLatPrecision="18" longitude="80.30361" municipality="Sarkand District" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Almaty Province">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Kazakhstan" name="Almaty Oblysy">Almaty Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Sarkand District</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:A97A4EFF79B9AA50BD9C3A631E12C481" country="Kazakhstan" latitude="45.69167" longLatPrecision="18" longitude="80.30361" municipality="Sarkand District" name="Koylyk" stateProvince="Almaty Province">Koylyk</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="45" direction="north" minutes="41" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="30" value="45.69167">
45°41
<normalizedToken originalValue="30”">'30&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="80" direction="east" minutes="18" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="80.30361">
80°18
<normalizedToken originalValue="13”">'13&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="2004-05-25">25 May 2004</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Selin A.</collectorName>
leg.;
<collectorName name="S Khaghaninia">S.K.</collectorName>
coll. 02552
</materialsCitation>
. -
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1964-07-12" collectorName="Shabalina" country="KYRGYZSTAN" location="Talasskij mountain" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<collectingCountry name="Kyrgyzstan">KYRGYZSTAN</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:853DF2B3F4905C9A23CE21636B440374" country="KYRGYZSTAN" name="Talasskij mountain">Talasskij mountain</location>
ridge;
<collectingDate value="1964-07-12">12 Jul. 1964</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Shabalina</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1963-06-22" collectorName="Peck L." country="Kyrgyzstan" county="Alay" location="Gulcha river" municipality="Alai Range" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Alay</collectingCounty>
(
<collectingMunicipality>Alai Range</collectingMunicipality>
), valley of
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:94C63CF4674B8D624D8D8FBF10DDEF3F" country="Kyrgyzstan" county="Alay" municipality="Alai Range" name="Gulcha river">Gulcha river</location>
;
<collectingDate value="1963-06-22">22 Jun. 1963</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Peck L.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1965-06-05" collectorName="Peck L." country="Kyrgyzstan" county="Alay" location="Kirgizata river" municipality="Alai Range" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Alay</collectingCounty>
(
<collectingMunicipality>Alai Range</collectingMunicipality>
),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:88E15E272A970F1644EC26EF9A0A75FB" country="Kyrgyzstan" county="Alay" municipality="Alai Range" name="Kirgizata river">Kirgizata river</location>
;
<collectingDate value="1965-06-05">5 Jun. 1965</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Peck L.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1966-07-02" collectorName="Milko D." country="Kyrgyzstan" elevation="2400" latitude="41.516666" location="Chap-Chyma" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="70.833336" municipality="Chatkal Range" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2">
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingMunicipality>Chatkal Range</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:077E0AF701B9A11EB7A0824ADF7B389B" country="Kyrgyzstan" latitude="41.516666" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="70.833336" municipality="Chatkal Range" name="Chap-Chyma">Chap-Chyma</location>
pass;
<geoCoordinate degrees="41" direction="north" minutes="31" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="41.516666">
41°31
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="70" direction="east" minutes="50" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="70.833336">
70°50
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="m" value="2400.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="m" value="2400.0">2400 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="1966-07-02">2 Jul. 1966</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Milko D.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Ibraimova, Peck L." country="Kyrgyzstan" latitude="42.296112" location="Environs of Ala-Koel" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.50472" specimenCount="6" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="4">
<specimenCount type="male">4 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:753435006B220F004871E72D8DFA25F0" country="Kyrgyzstan" latitude="42.296112" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="78.50472" name="Environs of Ala-Koel">
Environs of
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ala-Köl">Ala-Koel</normalizedToken>
</location>
lake;
<geoCoordinate degrees="42" direction="north" minutes="17" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="46" value="42.296112">
42°17
<normalizedToken originalValue="46”">'46&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="78" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="17" value="78.50472">
78°30
<normalizedToken originalValue="17”">'17&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="1966-06-19">19 Jun. 1966</collectingDate>
,
<collectingDate value="1968-07-12">12 Jul. 1968</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Ibraimova</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Peck L.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1997-06-28" collectorName="Dolin W." country="Kyrgyzstan" elevation="1630" latitude="42.65" location="Kara-Balta" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="73.9" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<locationDeviation location="Sosnovka">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="km" value="12.0">12 km</quantity>
S Sosnovka
</locationDeviation>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:973D3AF7B1CABD5D93B8F4C576C51247" country="Kyrgyzstan" latitude="42.65" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="73.9" name="Kara-Balta">Kara-Balta</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="42" direction="north" minutes="39" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="42.65">
42°39
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="73" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="73.9">
73°54
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.63" unit="m" value="1630.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.63" unit="m" value="1630.0">1630 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="1997-06-28">28 Jun. 1997</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Dolin W.</collectorName>
leg.; NHMW 02554
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1995-05-28" collectorName="Milko D." country="Kyrgyzstan" elevation="1800" location="Kara-Balta river" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Chuey Region">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion inferredBySuffix="true">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chüy">Chuey</normalizedToken>
Region
</collectingRegion>
, valley of
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:12E40991ADBB902FB3E3A644C1727EF3" country="Kyrgyzstan" name="Kara-Balta river" stateProvince="Chuey Region">Kara-Balta river</location>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" unit="m" value="1800.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" unit="m" value="1800.0">1800 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="1995-05-28">28 May 1995</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Milko D.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1998-06-12" collectorName="Hartmann P., D. D." country="Kyrgyzstan" elevation="1260" latitude="42.7" location="Holodnaja Woda" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="75.85" municipality="Chuey Region" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Bishkek">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingMunicipality>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chüy">Chuey</normalizedToken>
Region
</collectingMunicipality>
, near
<collectingRegion country="Kyrgyzstan" name="Bishkek Shaary">Bishkek</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:70BA80111B635DDF9158DA08B7849D65:A2FD6C234E184003EC66C6EE3B25ECB9" country="Kyrgyzstan" latitude="42.7" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="75.85" municipality="Chuey Region" name="Holodnaja Woda" stateProvince="Bishkek">Holodnaja Woda</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="42" direction="north" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="42.7">
42°42
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="75" direction="east" minutes="51" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="75.85">
75°51
<normalizedToken originalValue="00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.26" unit="m" value="1260.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.26" unit="m" value="1260.0">1260 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="1998-06-12">12 Jun. 1998</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Hartmann P.</collectorName>
leg.;
<collectorName name="D Doczkal">D.D.</collectorName>
coll. 02551
</materialsCitation>
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settlement;
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;
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leg.; SZMN
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,
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;
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;
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leg.; MZH G0932
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<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
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,
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,
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N
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,
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70°07
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E
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="1.7" unit="m" value="1850.0" valueMax="2000.0" valueMin="1700.0">1700-2000 m</quantity>
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;
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;
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M.
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leg.; NMPC 18247
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 31.</emphasis>
Head of male, dorsal view.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. dumosus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="dumosus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
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,
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<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. latiantennatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="latiantennatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. latiantennatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Popov &amp; Prokhorov
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
,
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<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. turkestanicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="turkestanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. namaghijamii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="namaghijamii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
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Scale bar:
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Medium sized to large (9-13 mm), long pilose, dark species with olive-brown reflection (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">19D</figureCitation>
); antennae dark brown to reddish-brown, basoflagellomere elongated, about 2.5 times as long as wide (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807904" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">12C</figureCitation>
); tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807909" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">17C</figureCitation>
); body pile pale yellow to gray; sterna with short white pilosity, except sternum 2 with medial patch of long whitish pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">35A, B</figureCitation>
). Male: metafemur about 3.5 times longer than wide, covered with long whitish pilosity (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15D</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 3 times broader than the second tarsomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6A, B</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extended for about 2/3 of its length (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6A, B</figureCitation>
); ventral margin of metatrochanter strongly angular; sternum 4 with very elongated laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">5E</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe rectangular, while posterior surstyle lobe oval to triangular (since intraspecific variability), with angular ventral margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A, C</figureCitation>
: al, pl); ejaculatory apodeme large, broader than long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25A</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula very elongated and narrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25A</figureCitation>
: l). Female: tarsi yellow to reddish (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807909" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">17C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Similar to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sack" authorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon tarsatus</emphasis>
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from which differs in sternum 2 with medial patch of long white pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">35A, B</figureCitation>
), while pile are uniformly distributed on sternum 2 in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Barkalov &amp; Kočiš Tubić &amp; Likov &amp; Tot &amp; Popov &amp; Prokhorov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Anjum &amp; Djan &amp; Kakar &amp; Andrić" authorityYear="2023" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">35C</figureCitation>
); by partly reddish-yellow tibiae and tarsi (usually black in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Barkalov &amp; Kočiš Tubić &amp; Likov &amp; Tot &amp; Popov &amp; Prokhorov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Anjum &amp; Djan &amp; Kakar &amp; Andrić" authorityYear="2023" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); by longer basoflagellomere, more than 2.5 times as long as wide in
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. smirnovi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="smirnovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10E</figureCitation>
), while less than 2.4 times as long as wide in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Barkalov &amp; Kočiš Tubić &amp; Likov &amp; Tot &amp; Popov &amp; Prokhorov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Anjum &amp; Djan &amp; Kakar &amp; Andrić" authorityYear="2023" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11F</figureCitation>
); in male basotarsomere of metaleg with ventral area of strong setae extends on about 2/3 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6A, B</figureCitation>
), while in
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on 3/4 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6L</figureCitation>
); and by male genitalia: angular ventral margin of posterior surstyle lobe in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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: pl), while ventral margin of posterior surstyle lobe oval in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
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(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1A, C, D</figureCitation>
: pl). Differs from male of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
by holoptic eyes, eye contiguity more than 6 facets long in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30F</figureCitation>
), while in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
eyes dichoptic (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
); by partly reddish-yellow tarsi, black in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
; and by different shape of posterior surstyle lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A, C</figureCitation>
: pl, 1G: pl). Similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. pakistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, but male differ by strongly incrassate basotarsomere of metaleg (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6A, B</figureCitation>
), while is less incrassate in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. pakistanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9D</figureCitation>
); and by different shape of male genitalia (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A-C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25A</figureCitation>
). Differs from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the shape of posterior surstyle lobe (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E</figureCitation>
: pl, 24A, C: pl); by eye contiguity more than 10 facets long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30F</figureCitation>
) in male, while in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
eyes dichoptic or shortly connected by distance of 1-5 facets long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31E, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Re-description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Male.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Head</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: Antenna dark brown to reddish-brown; basoflagellomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10E</figureCitation>
) elongated about 2.5 times as long as wide, more than 2 times as long as pedicel, more or less straight dorsally, tapering to apex; fossette dorsolateral and large (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10E</figureCitation>
); arista dark and thickened at basal third; face and frons black to dark blue with gray microtrichia; face covered with dense whitish pile, frons with gray-yellowish pile; oral margin with sparse microtrichia; lunule shiny brown, bare; eye contiguity about 6-14 facets long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30F</figureCitation>
); vertex isosceles, shiny black; vertex with long, pale yellow-whitish pile, in some cases mixed with a few black pile on ocellar triangle; ocellar triangle equilateral; occiput with gray-yellow pile, ventrally covered with dense gray microtrichia; eyes covered with dense whitish-gray pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30F</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: eye contiguity: frons = 2.5: 1: 1.5-2. -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Thorax</emphasis>
: Scutum and scutellum black with olive-green to brown lustre, covered with dense, erect, yellow pile; scutum without or with indistinct pollinose vittae; anterior half of scutum from dull to shiny; posterodorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum (except anteroventral angle), anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron, and posterodorsal and anteroventral parts of katepisternum with long, dense pale yellow pile; wings entirely covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypter pale yellow; halter yellow; femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow; pile on legs pale yellow; ventral margin of metatrochanter strongly angular; metafemur broad, about 3.5 times longer than wide, with long pile on ventral surface, about as wide as metafemur, longer than pile on dorsal surface (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15D</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia distinct, covered with very long yellow pile; basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, more than 3 times broader than second tarsomere (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15D</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extended for about 2/3 of its length (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6A, B</figureCitation>
). -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
: About 1.3 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 each with pair of narrow, white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga all yellow to gray-whitish (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">19D</figureCitation>
); sterna dark brown, covered with short whitish-yellow pile, except sternum 2 with medial patch of long white pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">35A</figureCitation>
). -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe rectangular, about 1.5 times longer than wide, covered with dense short pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A, C</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval to triangular, with angular ventral margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A, C</figureCitation>
: pl); cercus rectangular (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; ejaculatory apodeme large, broader than long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25A</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula very elongated and narrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25A</figureCitation>
: l). -
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female.</emphasis>
Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and following characteristics: basoflagellomere with slightly rounded apex, about 2.7 times longer than wide (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807904" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">12C</figureCitation>
); frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins; frons covered with mostly gray-yellow pile; ocellar triangle covered with black pile; terga covered with gray-whitish to yellow pilosity; medial part of terga 2-4 usually with short adpressed black pile in some specimens; pollinose fasciae on terga 2-4 distinct; basotarsomere of metatarsus less expanded, ventrally without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile and without distinct spine-like setae within ventrolateral row of setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6C-F</figureCitation>
); sternum 2 with sparse medial patch of long pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">35B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Distribution and ecological data.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Barkalov &amp; Kočiš Tubić &amp; Likov &amp; Tot &amp; Popov &amp; Prokhorov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Anjum &amp; Djan &amp; Kakar &amp; Andrić" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon smirnovi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smirnovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in Kyrgyzstan, southeastern Kazakhstan, northeastern Uzbekistan (near borders with Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan) and western Tajikistan (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Distribution map of M. hypochrysos, M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. rufitarsis and M. smirnovi." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807918" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">26</figureCitation>
). Its localities are within four ecoregions: Tian Shan foothill arid steppe, Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows, Central Asian northern desert, and Gissaro-Alai open woodlands (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" author="Olson, DM" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" refId="B39" refString="Olson, DM, Dinerstein, E, Wikramanayake, ED, Burgess, ND, Powell, GVN, Underwood, EC, D'Amico, JA, Itoua, I, Strand, HE, Morrison, JC, Loucks, CJ, Allnutt, TF, Ricketts, TH, Kura, Y, Lamoreux, JF, Wettengel, WW, Hedao, P, Kassem, KR, 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51(11): 933-938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" title="Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51 (11): 933 - 938." url="https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" year="2001">Olson et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
). The latter ecoregion includes localities in Uzbekistan within the tau (mid-mountain) zone distinguished by the dominance of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juniperus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forests and presence of deciduous forests, and within the upper adyr (lowlands and foothills) zone characterized by the ephemeroid vegetation, dry forb steppes, and shrub communities (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.282.2.2" author="Sennikov, AN" journalOrPublisher="Phytotaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="107 - 118" refId="B48" refString="Sennikov, AN, Tojibaev, KS, Khassanov, FO, Beshko, NY, 2016. The flora of Uzbekistan project. Phytotaxa 282 (2): 107 - 118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.282.2.2" title="The flora of Uzbekistan project." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.282.2.2" volume="282" year="2016">Sennikov et al. 2016</bibRefCitation>
). A variety of landscapes of Gissaro-Alai open woodlands in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan range from foothill semideserts and sage deserts (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.) to alpine meadows; the steppe grasses grow alongside wild fruit and nut forests, and at the higher altitudes a mosaic of
<taxonomicName authorityName="C.Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juniperus" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juniperus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forests forms the montane belt. Many geophytes (e.g.,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Allium" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Allium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Iridaceae" genus="Iris" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Iris" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Iris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Liliaceae" genus="Tulipa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tulipa" order="Liliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Tulipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Eremurus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eremurus" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Eremurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are present. The valleys of mountain rivers house riparian forests. Tian Shan foothill arid steppe and montane steppe and meadows vegetation in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan includes
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. steppe, dry sparse
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Stipa" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Stipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. and
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Festuca" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Festuca" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Festuca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. grassland,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Willdenow" authorityYear="1805" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Kobresia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Kobresia" order="Cyperales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Kobresia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. meadows in the alpine zone, intermixed with
<taxonomicName class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Picea" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Picea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. forest stands in the subalpine zone (
<bibRefCitation author="Vujic, A" journalOrPublisher="Zootoxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" publicationUrl="https://www.worldwildlife.org" refId="B71" refString="2022. . https://www.worldwildlife.org" url="https://www.worldwildlife.org" year="2022">WWF 2022</bibRefCitation>
). Semidesert ecosystems of southern Kazakhstan (and true deserts further south) are characterized by
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.;
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Calligonum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Calligonum" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Calligonum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Astragalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. are widespread. In the West Tien-Shan, there are characteristic mountain riparian forests, xerophile woodlands, spruce forests,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juniper</emphasis>
forests and wild fruit and nut forests. Tall-forb vegetation of the localities of
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. smirnovi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="smirnovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan includes: mesic mown and grazed subalpine meadows and pastures on fertile soils, forb rich mesophilous tall-forb communities of the western Pamir-Alai Mountains, scree-like tall-forb communities of the eastern Irano-Turanian region, and dry tall-forb communities of the subhumid zone of the eastern Irano-Turanian region (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" author="Nowak, A" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="191 - 217" refId="B37" refString="Nowak, A, Świerszcz, S, Nowak, S, Nobis, M, 2020a. Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia). Vegetation Classification and Survey 1: 191 - 217, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" title="Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" volume="1" year="2020 a">Nowak et al. 2020a</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apiaceae" genus="Ferula" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ferula" order="Apiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Ferula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Apiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Apiaceae</taxonomicName>
) was noted as a flower visited by the adults of
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. smirnovi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="smirnovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Kazakhstan (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 36" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figure 36. A Ferula sp. visited by adults of Merodon smirnovi; B habitat of adults of M. smirnovi in Kazakhstan; C, D M. smirnovi on Ferula sp. Photos by: A. Barkalov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807928" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">36</figureCitation>
). On the basis of our data the flight period is from April to July.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Original description was based on two syntypes from Uzbekistan (
<bibRefCitation author="Paramonov, SY" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" refId="B40" refString="Paramonov, SY, 1927. Dipterologіchnі fragmenti (= Dipterologische Fragmente, = Dipterological fragments). V-VII. Zbіrnik prats Zoologіchnogo muzeyu, Kiїv. (= Proceedings of the Zoological museum, Kyiv, = Travaux du Musee Zoologique, Kyiv) 2: 73-81 [= Trudi Fіzichno-Matematichnogo Vіddіlu Ukraїnskoї Akademії Nauk (= Proceedings of the Physics and Mathematics Section of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, = Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathematiques du Academie des Sciences de l'Ukraїne) 4(4): 317-325]. [In German]" title="Dipterologіchnі fragmenti (= Dipterologische Fragmente, = Dipterological fragments). V-VII. Zbіrnik prats Zoologіchnogo muzeyu, Kiїv. (= Proceedings of the Zoological museum, Kyiv, = Travaux du Musee Zoologique, Kyiv) 2: 73 - 81 [= Trudi Fіzichno-Matematichnogo Vіddіlu Ukraїnskoї Akademії Nauk (= Proceedings of the Physics and Mathematics Section of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, = Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathematiques du Academie des Sciences de l'Ukraїne) 4 (4): 317 - 325]. [In German]" year="1927">Paramonov 1927</bibRefCitation>
). Type material studied.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon Merodon</emphasis>
was revised by
<bibRefCitation author="Hurkmans, W" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="147 - 234" refId="B19" refString="Hurkmans, W, 1993. A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136: 147 - 234" title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
without examination of types and he proposed synonymy with
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon M.</emphasis>
. We established an independent position of this taxon and revised its status from
<bibRefCitation author="Hurkmans, W" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="147 - 234" refId="B19" refString="Hurkmans, W, 1993. A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136: 147 - 234" title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
and confirmed the validity of the species.
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