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<figureCitationid="9347ADCF5ADF7C05F2E957886D2847EC"captionStart="Figure 25"captionStartId="F25"captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia. A Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view B Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view C Merodon medium sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view E Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view F Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula; arrow marks the hook-like extension in A. Scale bar: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure25"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377386"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">Figs 25D-F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="0F9556D33788045C4F9C546A0DCE664D"captionStart="Figure 28"captionStartId="F28"captionText="Figure 28. Antenna. A Merodon nigropunctum sp. nov., outer side lateral view, male B Merodon nigropunctum sp. nov., inner side, lateral view, male C Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., outer side, lateral view, male D Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., outer side, lateral view, female. Scale bar: 1 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure28"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377389"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">, 28C, D</figureCitation>
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Head. Antennae black; basoflagellomere short, 1.3 times as long as wide, and ca. two times as long as pedicel, with rounded apex; fossette dorsolateral; arista black and thickened at basal one third, covered with dense microtrichia, ca. two times as long as basoflagellomere (Fig.
); face and frons black with gray microtrichia, face covered with dense whitish gray or mixed black and whitish gray, and frons mostly with black pile; oral margin shiny, with lateral microtrichose area; lunule shiny black, bare; vertex isosceles, shiny black, except in front of anterior ocellus covered with microtrichia; vertex with long, black pile; ocellar triangle equilateral; eyes covered with dense whitish pile; occiput shiny covered with black pile in upper half, ventrally with gray-yellow pile and dense, gray microtrichia; eye dichoptic, separated by distance of three facets (Fig.
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); posterodorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum (except anteroventral angle), anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron, and posterodorsal and anteroventral parts of katepisternum with long, dark gray or black pile and grayish microtrichia; wings entirely covered with microtrichia, except bare area at basal one third; wing veins dark brown; calypteres gray; halteres blackish; legs black (Fig.
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incrassate, ca. four times longer than wide; pile on postero- and anteroventral surface ca. one third to half of width of metafemur, slightly shorter than pile dorsally.
Abdomen. Tapering, 1.2 times longer than mesonotum; terga completely dark; terga 3 and 4 without, or with indistinct pair of white microtrichose fasciae; pile on terga mostly black, except anteromedial part of tergum 2 partly covered with whitish pile (Fig.
<figureCitationid="38369F19DD5BDB941B708180F2A4F546"captionStart="Figure 26"captionStartId="F26"captionText="Figure 26. Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., body parts. A dorsal view, male B lateral view, male C dorsal view, female D lateral view, female. Scale bar: 2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure26"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377387"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">26A</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9733CEAC9AEE89CF5E0DF28077FB15E9"captionStart="Figure 25"captionStartId="F25"captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia. A Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view B Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view C Merodon medium sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view E Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view F Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula; arrow marks the hook-like extension in A. Scale bar: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure25"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377386"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">25D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="67303F398DD2A908AD68B3B4622BD495"captionStart="Figure 25"captionStartId="F25"captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia. A Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view B Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view C Merodon medium sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view E Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view F Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula; arrow marks the hook-like extension in A. Scale bar: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure25"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377386"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">25D, E</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="E9C035071C979440B99020C0CA1142EC"captionStart="Figure 25"captionStartId="F25"captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia. A Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view B Merodon medium sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view C Merodon medium sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, lateral view E Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., epandrium, ventral view F Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., hypandrium, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula; arrow marks the hook-like extension in A. Scale bar: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure25"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377386"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">25F</figureCitation>
Similar to the male except for normal sexual dimorphism and for the following characteristics: basoflagellomere 1.5 times longer than wide, fossette narrow (Fig.
); pile on face of variable color, from black to whitish; frons mostly microtrichose, covered with black pile; ocellar triangle covered with black pile; microtrichose fasciae on terga 2-4 narrow (Fig.
<figureCitationid="E0A233F3137BF202CAD624B7F1BDBC36"captionStart="Figure 26"captionStartId="F26"captionText="Figure 26. Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., body parts. A dorsal view, male B lateral view, male C dorsal view, female D lateral view, female. Scale bar: 2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure26"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377387"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">26C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="EEBCCA01EA6E2B6E54D771364BBDF32C"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Distribution map of Merodon serrulatus species group."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377368"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">7</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="D7FC79271EF15C39EE8D077713CB9986"captionStart="Figure 35"captionStartId="F35"captionText="Figure 35. Different types of habitats of Merodon serrulatus species group. A Lesvos (Greece), habitat of Merodon opacus sp. nov., Photograph by Ante Vujic B Siberia, Teletskoye Lake (Russia), habitat of Merodon serrulatus, Photograph by Jeroen van Steenis C Morocco, habitat of Merodon sophron, Photograph by Ante Vujic D Tajikistan, habitat of Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., Photograph by Anatolij Barkalov."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure35"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377396"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">35D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="7F49A78068D105F4E6D7E9F226D30D2E"captionStart="Figure 1"captionStartId="F1"captionText="Figure 1. Merodon serrulatus male genitalia. A Epandrium, lateral view B Epandrium, ventral view C, D Posterior surstyle lobe, lateral view E Hypandrium, lateral view F Part of hypandrium, ventral view G Aedeagus, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe, s-lateral sclerite of aedeagus. Scale bar: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure1"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377362"pageId="0"pageNumber="79">1B</figureCitation>
; 2440 m a.s.l.; A. Barkalov leg.; SZMN • 14 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; SZMN • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 4 and 7 Jul. 2017; V. Zinchenko leg.; SZMN • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 4 and 7 Jul. 2018; SZMN • 1 ♀; Varzob Canyon, 3 km N-E Kalon kishlak;
; 2356 m a.s.l.; 5 Jul. 2018; A. Barkalov leg.; SZMN 24502 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 7 Jun. 2018; SZMN 24505 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; ~2400 m a.s.l.; 28 Jun. 2018; V. Zinchenko leg.; SZMN 24503 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 30 Jun. 2018; SZMN 24504 • 1 ♀; Varzob Canyon, 4 km N-E Kalon kishlak;