Integrative taxonomy of the Merodon aberrans (Diptera, Syrphidae) species group: distribution patterns and description of three new species
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Vujić, Ante
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Radenković, Snežana
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Tubić, Nataša Kočiš
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Likov, Laura
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Popov, Grigory
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Rojo, Santos
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Miličić, Marija
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Contributions to Zoology
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10037
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Merodon Flavitibius
Paramonov, 1926
Merodon isperensis
Hurkmans, 1993
(as subspecies of
M. aberrans
)
syn. n.
“
Merodon aberrans
Egg.
var.
flavitibius
nova”
Paramonow, 1926: 153
.
Type locality
:
Armenia
. Original description was based on an unknown number of
syntypes
, two of them were located in the Paramonov’s collection (
SIZK
, examined):
Lectotype
: male with labels: [N 317], [Инаклю (= Inaklyu, modern Antarut village,
40.35N
,
44.266667E
, asl
1450 m
) / Эчмиадз. у. (= Echmiadzin (modern Vagharshapat) District) / Эрив. г. (=
Yerevan Region
,
Armenia
) 17.vii.24.], [
Merodon aberrans
Eger
/
var.
flavitibius
/ var. nov.
♂
Typus / Paramonov. d.] (
SIZK
).
Paralectotype
: female with labels: [N 318], [г. Карны-Ярых (KarnyMount Yarykh, = Mount Ara,
40.4056N
44.4522E
, asl
2614 m
) / Эчмиадз. у. / Эрив. г. (=
Yerevan Region
,
Armenia
) 26.vii.24.], [
Merodon
/
aberrans
Egg. /
var.
flavitibius
/ var. nov.
♀
Typus / Paramonov d.] (
SIZK
).
Note
. In the original description, only the type locality is given, namely “Patria:
Armenia
”. The exact number of types is unknown, as it is not specified by the author of the species (
Paramonow, 1926: 153
). The types were considered lost (
Liepa, 1969: 20
;
Hurkmans, 1993: 205
). In
Peck (1988: 166)
, taxon was given as subspecies
Merodon aberrans flavitibius
Paramanov
(sic!), 1926, according to article
45g
(
II
) ICZN (1985).
Hurkmans (1993: 176)
also left the subspecific rank for the taxon. He also erroneously indicated that Paramonov published the name with a subspecies status (ibid.). We designate here the male as the
lectotype
, and the female as the
paralectotype
.