<documentid="0A8477A6FD6EA2ADD1D207AF4926CC09"ID-CLB-Dataset="267808"ID-DOI="10.1163/18759866-BJA10037"ID-GBIF-Dataset="1675d5af-45e3-465f-b6a2-0488c00137aa"ID-ISSN="1875-9866"ID-Zenodo-Dep="8349804"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.treatments_approvedBy="valdenar"checkinTime="1694702610427"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Vujić, Ante, Radenković, Snežana, Tubić, Nataša Kočiš, Likov, Laura, Popov, Grigory, Rojo, Santos & Miličić, Marija"docDate="2023"docId="03F01454CE18FFDFFD24F9ABC558FDB0"docLanguage="en"docName="ContribZool.92.1.51-96.pdf"docOrigin="Contributions to Zoology 92 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10037"docStyle="DocumentStyle:E1C3C5FD6CDDA08D62BFE928526826AF.3:ContribZool.2019-.journal_article"docStyleId="E1C3C5FD6CDDA08D62BFE928526826AF"docStyleName="ContribZool.2019-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="3"docTitle="Merodon brevis Paramonov 1926"docType="treatment"docVersion="7"lastPageNumber="62"masterDocId="FFC96C2CCE11FFD2FFA1FFABC45AFFB9"masterDocTitle="Integrative taxonomy of the Merodon aberrans (Diptera, Syrphidae) species group: distribution patterns and description of three new species"masterLastPageNumber="96"masterPageNumber="51"pageNumber="60"updateTime="1732206641036"updateUser="felipe"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
<mods:titleid="D313F82B52EB445AFE02E1A7A76DD253">Integrative taxonomy of the Merodon aberrans (Diptera, Syrphidae) species group: distribution patterns and description of three new species</mods:title>
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Paramonov pointed out that the type is kept in his personal collection (
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). The exact storage location of the type was not known for a long time (
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;
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). It is interesting that the description indicates a different day for specimen collection (10.vii.24). This specimen is a
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), dark species, with bluish to olive–brown lustre (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FD0CFC4EC6B4FC46"box="[685,750,997,1023]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 28</figureCitation>
); basoflagellomere reddish–yellow (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FB23FC4EC0FEFC46"box="[1154,1188,997,1023]"captionStart="FIGURE 29"captionStartId="32.[129,196,1372,1393]"captionTargetBox="[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetId="figure-1@32.[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetPageId="32"captionText="FIGURE 29 A) Merodon brevis, head of male, lateral view, B) M.brevis, head of female, lateral view, C) M.aberrans, antenna of male, lateral view, D) M.brevis, antenna of male, lateral view, E) M.retectus sp.nov., antenna of male, lateral view, F) M.aberrans, antenna of female, lateral view, G) M.brevis, antenna of female, lateral view, H) M.retectus sp. nov., antenna of female, lateral view.Abbreviations:x, distance from top of basoflagellomere and most prominent point of pedicel; y, width of basoflagellomere at level of base of arista."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349884"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349884/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig.</figureCitation>
29A, B, D, G); pile on ventral margin of metafemur about a third of its width, with some longer pile, as long as half of metafemur (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FB23FBFAC0FEFBD2"box="[1154,1188,1105,1131]"captionStart="FIGURE 30"captionStartId="33.[98,165,962,983]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetId="figure-251@33.[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetPageId="33"captionText="FIGURE 30 Body parts of Merodon brevis. A) metaleg of male, lateral view, B) metaleg of female, lateral view, C) thorax of male, lateral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349886"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349886/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig.</figureCitation>
30A, B); basoflagellomere elongated, 2.1 times as long as wide; legs black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish–yellow to brown, profemur and mesofemur yellowish apically; metafemur about 3.8 times longer than wide (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FB80FAAFC0CCFAA6"box="[1057,1174,1284,1311]"captionStart="FIGURE 30"captionStartId="33.[98,165,962,983]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetId="figure-251@33.[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetPageId="33"captionText="FIGURE 30 Body parts of Merodon brevis. A) metaleg of male, lateral view, B) metaleg of female, lateral view, C) thorax of male, lateral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349886"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349886/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 30A, B</figureCitation>
), apical part of metafemur with at least some black pile (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FC85FAE7C7C3FADF"box="[804,921,1356,1383]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="35.[98,165,933,954]"captionTargetBox="[193,1048,164,905]"captionTargetId="figure-255@35.[193,1062,164,905]"captionTargetPageId="35"captionText="FIGURE 32 Holotype of Merodon brevis, male.A) metafemur and metatibia of the left leg, lateral view, B) male genitalia, lateral view, C) metafemur and metatibia of the right leg, lateral view, D) male genitalia, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349890"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349890/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 32A, C</figureCitation>
); terga 2–4 each with a pair of narrow, triangular, white pollinose fasciate maculae (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FCF4FA3FC795FA16"box="[853,975,1428,1455]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 28B, D</figureCitation>
). Male genitalia is shown in
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FCB1FA13C716FA6B"box="[784,844,1464,1490]"captionStart="FIGURE 31"captionStartId="34.[129,196,1292,1313]"captionTargetBox="[258,1057,165,1257]"captionTargetId="figure-109@34.[258,1058,164,1264]"captionTargetPageId="34"captionText="FIGURE 31 Male genitalia of Merodon brevis. A) epandrium, lateral view, B) epandrium, ventral view, C) hypandrium, lateral view. Abbreviations: al, anterior surstyle lobe; c, cercus; il, interior accessory lobe of posterior surstyle lobe; l, lingula; pl, posterior surstyle lobe."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349888"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349888/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 31</figureCitation>
, from which it differs in having a yellow–red and elongated basoflagellomere (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FB94F9ABC0C9F9A3"box="[1077,1171,1536,1562]"captionStart="FIGURE 29"captionStartId="32.[129,196,1372,1393]"captionTargetBox="[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetId="figure-1@32.[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetPageId="32"captionText="FIGURE 29 A) Merodon brevis, head of male, lateral view, B) M.brevis, head of female, lateral view, C) M.aberrans, antenna of male, lateral view, D) M.brevis, antenna of male, lateral view, E) M.retectus sp.nov., antenna of male, lateral view, F) M.aberrans, antenna of female, lateral view, G) M.brevis, antenna of female, lateral view, H) M.retectus sp. nov., antenna of female, lateral view.Abbreviations:x, distance from top of basoflagellomere and most prominent point of pedicel; y, width of basoflagellomere at level of base of arista."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349884"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349884/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 29D</figureCitation>
), and longer and unequally long pile on ventral margin of metafemur (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FC13F9ECC076F9DB"box="[946,1068,1607,1634]"captionStart="FIGURE 30"captionStartId="33.[98,165,962,983]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetId="figure-251@33.[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetPageId="33"captionText="FIGURE 30 Body parts of Merodon brevis. A) metaleg of male, lateral view, B) metaleg of female, lateral view, C) thorax of male, lateral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349886"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349886/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 30A, B</figureCitation>
the basoflagellomere is shorter and black to dark brown (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FC1EF924C056F910"box="[959,1036,1679,1705]"captionStart="FIGURE 13"captionStartId="17.[98,165,1500,1521]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,679,1472]"captionTargetId="figure-88@17.[227,1027,668,1472]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 13 Body parts of Merodon flavitibius, male. A) head, lateral view, B) thorax, lateral view, C) abdomen, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349846"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349846/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 13A</figureCitation>
), and the pile on ventral margin of metafemur is uniformly long, and less than 1/3 of its length (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1BFFD8FB8DF97CC0CDF94B"box="[1068,1175,1751,1778]"captionStart="FIGURE 12"captionStartId="17.[98,165,574,595]"captionTargetBox="[196,1060,164,545]"captionTargetId="figure-72@17.[196,1060,164,545]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 12 Metaleg of Merodon flavitibius, lateral view.A) male, B) male, C) female."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349842"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349842/files/figure.png"pageId="10"pageNumber="61">fig. 12A, B</figureCitation>
, from which it differs in having shorter pilosity on ventral margin of metafemur (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FE93FF58C5FBFEB7"box="[306,417,243,270]"captionStart="FIGURE 30"captionStartId="33.[98,165,962,983]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetId="figure-251@33.[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetPageId="33"captionText="FIGURE 30 Body parts of Merodon brevis. A) metaleg of male, lateral view, B) metaleg of female, lateral view, C) thorax of male, lateral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349886"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349886/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 30A, B</figureCitation>
), a ratio of length of longest pile to width of metafemur is 0.45, comparing with
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FDA9FE90C42EFEC3"captionStart="FIGURE 10"captionStartId="12.[129,196,1721,1742]"captionTargetBox="[258,1058,1164,1692]"captionTargetId="figure-34@12.[258,1058,1164,1692]"captionTargetPageId="12"captionText="FIGURE 10 Metaleg of Merodon warnckei, lateral view.A) male, B) female."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349836"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349836/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 10A, B</figureCitation>
), and the presence of at least some black pile on apical part of metafemur (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FE43FE28C60FFE24"box="[482,597,387,413]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="35.[98,165,933,954]"captionTargetBox="[193,1048,164,905]"captionTargetId="figure-255@35.[193,1062,164,905]"captionTargetPageId="35"captionText="FIGURE 32 Holotype of Merodon brevis, male.A) metafemur and metatibia of the left leg, lateral view, B) male genitalia, lateral view, C) metafemur and metatibia of the right leg, lateral view, D) male genitalia, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349890"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349890/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 32A, C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FE77FE44C604FDB0"box="[470,606,495,521]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">figs. 28C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FFC3FDB8C4EBFD94"box="[98,177,531,557]"captionStart="FIGURE 29"captionStartId="32.[129,196,1372,1393]"captionTargetBox="[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetId="figure-1@32.[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetPageId="32"captionText="FIGURE 29 A) Merodon brevis, head of male, lateral view, B) M.brevis, head of female, lateral view, C) M.aberrans, antenna of male, lateral view, D) M.brevis, antenna of male, lateral view, E) M.retectus sp.nov., antenna of male, lateral view, F) M.aberrans, antenna of female, lateral view, G) M.brevis, antenna of female, lateral view, H) M.retectus sp. nov., antenna of female, lateral view.Abbreviations:x, distance from top of basoflagellomere and most prominent point of pedicel; y, width of basoflagellomere at level of base of arista."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349884"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349884/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">29B, G</figureCitation>
). Scape and pedicel brown; basoflagellomere (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FF78FD9DC50AFDE8"box="[217,336,566,593]"captionStart="FIGURE 29"captionStartId="32.[129,196,1372,1393]"captionTargetBox="[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetId="figure-1@32.[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetPageId="32"captionText="FIGURE 29 A) Merodon brevis, head of male, lateral view, B) M.brevis, head of female, lateral view, C) M.aberrans, antenna of male, lateral view, D) M.brevis, antenna of male, lateral view, E) M.retectus sp.nov., antenna of male, lateral view, F) M.aberrans, antenna of female, lateral view, G) M.brevis, antenna of female, lateral view, H) M.retectus sp. nov., antenna of female, lateral view.Abbreviations:x, distance from top of basoflagellomere and most prominent point of pedicel; y, width of basoflagellomere at level of base of arista."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349884"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349884/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 29B, G</figureCitation>
) yellow–red, elongated, about 1.7 times as long as wide, and about 2 times as long as pedicel, more or less straight dorsally, tapering to the apex; fossette dorsolateral; arista brown and thickened on basal third, about 1.5 times as long as basoflagellomere; face and frons black, with whitish pollinosity, covered with dense whitish pile; oral margin black, partly pollinose; lunula shiny black to brown, bare; frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins; ocellar triangle isosceles, mostly covered with black pile; occiput with whitish pile, covered with a dense, whitish-grey pollinosity; eyes covered with dense whitish-grey pile (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FE0DFB86C5A7FBFE"box="[428,509,1069,1095]"captionStart="FIGURE 29"captionStartId="32.[129,196,1372,1393]"captionTargetBox="[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetId="figure-1@32.[258,1058,164,1344]"captionTargetPageId="32"captionText="FIGURE 29 A) Merodon brevis, head of male, lateral view, B) M.brevis, head of female, lateral view, C) M.aberrans, antenna of male, lateral view, D) M.brevis, antenna of male, lateral view, E) M.retectus sp.nov., antenna of male, lateral view, F) M.aberrans, antenna of female, lateral view, G) M.brevis, antenna of female, lateral view, H) M.retectus sp. nov., antenna of female, lateral view.Abbreviations:x, distance from top of basoflagellomere and most prominent point of pedicel; y, width of basoflagellomere at level of base of arista."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349884"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349884/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig.29B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FFCDFBFAC4B5FBD2"box="[108,239,1105,1131]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 28C, D</figureCitation>
). Mesonotum black with greybluish lustre, covered with dense, erect whitish pile (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FC81FF00C7C0FF7F"box="[800,922,171,198]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 28C, D</figureCitation>
), except some black pile near wing bases; scutum with four pollinose vittae (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FC85FF58C721FEB4"box="[804,891,243,269]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 28D</figureCitation>
); 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 mostly covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypteres white yellow; halteres yellow; femora mostly black, tibiae partly reddish–yellow, tarsi reddish to brown (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FD43FDF1C73CFDCC"box="[738,870,602,629]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">figs. 28C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FCD5FDF1C7F9FDCD"box="[884,931,602,628]"captionStart="FIGURE 30"captionStartId="33.[98,165,962,983]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetId="figure-251@33.[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetPageId="33"captionText="FIGURE 30 Body parts of Merodon brevis. A) metaleg of male, lateral view, B) metaleg of female, lateral view, C) thorax of male, lateral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349886"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349886/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">30B</figureCitation>
); pile on legs whitish to pale yellow; metafemur narrow, about 3.6 times longer than wide, with unequal pile on ventral surface, mostly short, about 1/6 of its width, and some longers, as long as 1/4 of its width (
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FCA5FCA5C706FC91"box="[772,860,782,808]"captionStart="FIGURE 30"captionStartId="33.[98,165,962,983]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetId="figure-251@33.[227,1027,164,934]"captionTargetPageId="33"captionText="FIGURE 30 Body parts of Merodon brevis. A) metaleg of male, lateral view, B) metaleg of female, lateral view, C) thorax of male, lateral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349886"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349886/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 30B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1AFFD9FC59FCA5C022FC91"box="[1016,1144,782,808]"captionStart="FIGURE 28"captionStartId="31.[98,165,1551,1572]"captionTargetBox="[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetId="figure-17@31.[227,1027,756,1523]"captionTargetPageId="31"captionText="FIGURE 28 Body of Merodon brevis. A) male, lateral view, B) abdomen of male, dorsal view, C) female, lateral view, D) female, dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349882"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349882/files/figure.png"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">fig. 28C, D</figureCitation>
). Narrow, about 1.3 times longer than mesonotum; terga black; terga 2–4 each with a pair of distinct, white pollinose fasciate maculae; pile on terga all whitish, except black pile medially on terga 3–5; sterna dark brown, covered with whitish pile.
<emphasisid="B92D7950CE1AFFD9FD05FBA2C061FB9A"box="[676,1083,1033,1059]"italics="true"pageId="11"pageNumber="62">Distribution and biological data:</emphasis>
<figureCitationid="1362B9C7CE1CFFDFFE76FEF4C60FFEC0"box="[471,597,351,378]"captionStart="FIGURE 34"captionStartId="37.[99,166,821,842]"captionTargetBox="[195,1059,164,793]"captionTargetId="figure-289@37.[195,1059,164,793]"captionTargetPageId="37"captionText="FIGURE 34 Photos of localities.A) the habitat of M.flavitibius, Arailer (Armenia), rich mesophilous mountain grasslands, 2100 m asl., B) the joint habitat of M.brevis and M.flavitibius, Boghaqar (Armenia), edges of deciduous mountain forest with shrubs and grasslands, 1340–1400 m asl, C) The habitat of M. brevis, Tsghuk (Armenia).Subalpine meadows, ruderal vegetation (herbaceous legumes, Carduus) on roadsides. 2100 m asl, D) the habitat of M.aberrans, Vršac Mountains, 300 m asl., Serbia. PHOTO BY GRIGORY POPOV (A-C) AND TAMARA TOT (D)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8349894"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8349894/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="64">fig. 34B, C</figureCitation>