Three new Eastern-Mediterranean endemic species of the Merodon aureus group (Diptera: Syrphidae) Author Veselić, Sanja Author Vujić, Ante Author Radenković, Snežana text Zootaxa 2017 4254 4 401 434 journal article 33203 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.4.1 45ce91e2-3e09-4ff1-a1bf-f3ca8f1f592c 1175-5326 556010 5F2987AA-1E89-4178-8C97-57AE92268F49 Merodon quercetorum Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual Figs 10 , 11 Type material (revised). HOLOTYPE : Spain : ♂ , Cáceres , Pto Honduras , Hervás , 1450 m , 28.viii.1980 , leg. Marcos-García ( CEUA ) . PARATYPES : Spain : 2 ♀ , Alicante , Caveta del Buitre (Natural Park Mariola), Agres , 1200 m , 30.viii–11.ix.2001 , leg. X. Mengual ( CEUA ) ; 3 ♂ + 2 ♀ , Alicante , Caveta del Buitre , Agres , 1200 m , 14– 30.viii.2001 , leg. X. Mengual ( CEUA ) ; ♂ , Alicante , Font Roja (Natural Park), Alcoi , 30.viii.1993 , leg. P.M. Isidro ( CEUA ) ; ♀ , Alicante , Font Roja (Natural Park), Alcoi 10–24.ix.1992 , leg. F. Luna ( FSUNS ) ; 2 ♀ , Ávila , Sierra Candelario , Santiago de Aravalle, 2200 m, 29.viii.1980 , leg. Marcos-García ( CEUA ) ; 8 ♂ + 1 ♀ , Cáceres , Pto Honduras , Hervás , 1450 m , 28.viii.1980 , leg. Marcos-García ( CEUA ) ; ♂ + ♀ , Cáceres , Pto Honduras , Hervás , 1450 m , 28.viii.1980 , leg. Marcos-García ( MNMS ) ; ♀ Cáceres , Pto Honduras , Hervás , 1450 m , 28.viii.1980 , leg. Marcos-García ( FSUNS ) ; 2 ♀ , León , Pto. Leitariegos, 10.ix.1987 , leg. Marcos-García ( CEUA ) ( Marcos-García et al. 2007 ). Diagnosis. Species with completely pale tibiae and tarsi; eyes predominantly pale pilose; mesoscutum with black pile near wing basis or with stripe of black pile between wing bases; hind femur usually with black pile in apical half; tergites in male with alternating stripes of pale and black pile ( Figs 10 a, 10b). Range and preferred habitat. Iberian Peninsula ( Spain ) ( Fig. 11 ); Forest and open ground, open areas in thermophilous Quercus ( Q. faginea , Q. pyrenaica ) and evergreen oak ( Q. rotundifolia ) forest and open ground at higher altitudes, up to 2200 m ( Speight 2016 ).