Revision of the Palaearctic species of the Merodondesuturinus group (Diptera, Syrphidae) Author Vujic, Ante Author Radenkovic, Snezana Author Likov, Laura text ZooKeys 2018 771 105 138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.771.20481 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.771.20481 1313-2970-771-105 4933B7A5C7444BB090956A98A1065E24 Merodon cabanerensis Marcos-Garcia , Vujic & Mengual, 2007 Figs 6D, 9, 10 Diagnosis. Small (8-11 mm) dark species with narrow abdomen, oral margin notched, evident, basoflagellomere small, 1-1.1 times as long as broad, legs dark. Terga mostly black, terga 2-4 with or without only a trace of transverse pair of microtrichose fasciae. Males: eye contiguity 8-10 facets long. Male genitalia with smooth thecal ridge, posterior surstyle lobe very narrow in apical half with parallel margins (Fig. 9). Similar to M. neolydicus nom. n., from which it differs by its smaller size (10-13 mm in M. neolydicus nom. n.), the shape of the male genitalia (Figs 1, 9), and its distribution ( M. cabanerensis is found in the Western Mediterranean and M. neolydicus nom. n. occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean). Examined material. Type material. Holotype: male, pinned, in CEUA. Original label: "Spain, Ciudad Real, Canalejas, P. N. de Cabaneros , 39°24'17.03"N , 4°30'35.73"W , 19.iii.2004, leg. A. Ricarte". Paratypes: Spain: 1m+1f, Ciudad Real, Canalejas, P. N. de Cabaneros , 39°24'17.03"N , 4°30'35.73"W , 19.iii.2004, leg. A. Ricarte (CEUA); 1m, Ciudad Real, Canalejas, P. N. de Cabaneros , 39°24'17.03"N , 4°30'35.73"W , 19.iii.2004, leg. A. Ricarte (MNMS); 1m, Ciudad Real, Canalejas, P. N. de Cabaneros , 39°24'17.03"N , 4°30'35.73"W , 19.iii.2004, leg. A. Ricarte (FSUNS). Additional material. Morocco: 1m, Azilal, Ait Mhamed, 31°52'19.39"N , 6°29'6.72"W , 1700m, 26.iii.2013, leg. J. Dils, J. Faes (V.Weyer coll.). Distribution. Iberian Peninsula and Morocco (Fig. 10).