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<emphasis id="C13376C89AEA8190E934FB0E9866F836" bold="true">(only male known).</emphasis>
Similar to
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<emphasis id="CED5B71A35A16391A2FFFB44F39DD99B" italics="true">Merodon vandergooti</emphasis>
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from which differs by all femora completely reddish yellow (Figs
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pro- and mesofemora are partly orange-yellowish and metafemur is almost completely black (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="D7BC11E07D57FDB1F72FFA8AC18B6AA7" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Body of male A, B M. rufofemoris sp. nov. C D M. vandergooti E, F M. velox. A, C, E dorsal view B, D, F lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057093">20 D</figureCitation>
), a less curved metafemur (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7909A234E1F9415A3A033C32D332EA63" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaleg of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. vandergooti D M. quadrinotatus E M. rufofemoris sp. nov. F M. velox G M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057077">4 E</figureCitation>
), and an elongated anterior surstylar lobe in
<taxonomicName id="BC5E1E07CE8228DB2A20E64C9B7EFA19" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufofemoris" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AB0A0C388261B55D3E7C45C7D77397D8" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="293531AF10299017F7E9C658591AE8A2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(Fig.
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: al) (shorter in
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<emphasis id="2402B96D78BCB63E08C433D99D35FB12" italics="true">M. vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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: al). It differs from
<taxonomicName id="05F37E670DAE2C5D62945BDF26E97AF6" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aenigmaticus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2B5EE80B339D31AA2083BEFB32586ACC" italics="true">M. aenigmaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B584460EE27158F3A8FC22CA923967D6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by the reddish yellow femora (Fig.
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) (partly black in
<taxonomicName id="D61A97A606F8D50DC1E9DC7A0C4477E2" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aenigmaticus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E5E661DE5EC566F6D5E30F85486B8C85" italics="true">M. aenigmaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1CBDF0A9FAF62627B6A7BEC10FDA60A3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; Fig.
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), and the posterior surstylar lobe angulate ventrally (Fig.
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: pl) (rounded in
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<emphasis id="207B123840827090794CC5129D10C426" italics="true">M. aenigmaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1AD5F3ED906357DFC30B38385AD0FFC7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; Fig.
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: pl).
</paragraph>
<caption id="7A98267A4C01B8ACF4127D9FC5E91DE1" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure20" ID-arpha="DC30F41A-75C0-5343-BD3A-05DAE3F17571" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057093" startId="F20">
<paragraph id="7E5FC5749540757BD2FEC1715B611142">
<label id="F16BB8DA1820A965FD644A4569B94CCC">Figure 20.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C0D704903293989453F46EDF14E7E803">
Body of male
<emphasis id="61FFD5E8F9F99D5917BCEF2BA6D0BFF5" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="48FE4153A1A3FF259A0CF44C7FEC9EA4" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8886C914A2E4126DAE7EABF701ECAD4C" bold="true">C D</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D0F2D0C65754F2DE6D01844D5F1513D5" italics="true">M. vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A242351961B2A086552A4C546830254D" bold="true">E, F</emphasis>
<emphasis id="264E758DA82967C92AFD8BDDE8D31494" italics="true">
<taxonomicName id="A8B83F7EA52C9029D115C3205BBA02D2" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">M. velox</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="12A4AB005EFA3F40125D80CF122AD4A4" bold="true">A, C, E</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="7D45493C38D341FC231DBDCE6CFCA462" bold="true">B, D, F</emphasis>
lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E22CI" type="description">
<paragraph id="BFFDB0F4C27D315CD51200BB5FFE5A81">
<heading id="B0F9B7397B33AD5CC2D84D8E21AC5EE9" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E81F2B8FA772A50C86ACC3168AFA8BF6">
Male. Head. Basoflagellomere orange-yellow (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B27B44286C85DF124BB1F8F150009C1A" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. quadrinotatus D M. rufofemoris sp. nov. E M. vandergooti. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057075">2 D</figureCitation>
), elongated, ~ 2 × longer than wide, and ~ 1.9 × longer than pedicel, convex dorsally; fossette dorsolateral; arista reddish to brown and thickened at basal third; arista ~ 1.5 × longer than basoflagellomere; face and frons black, with whitish pollinosity; face covered with dense whitish pilosity; pile on frons dense, whitish; oral margin small, black, sparsely pollinose; lunula shining black to brown, bare; eye contiguity ~ 10 facets long; vertical triangle isosceles, black, shiny, except grey pollinose anterior corner, covered with greyish white pilosity; ocellar triangle equilateral; occiput with grey-yellow to reddish pile, densely covered with grey pollinosity along eyes; eyes covered with short, whitish grey pile (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E60665EA401E7DDC0DBDB1279BE981D8" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Head, frontal view A, B M. latens sp. nov. C M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. D M. rufofemoris sp. nov. A, C D male B female. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057085">12 D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C7AAB35FE5067C22D1A8401BD1FB0C7D">
Thorax. Scutum and scutellum black with bronze lustre, covered with short, greyish yellow pile; pilosity between wing basis mostly black; scutum with indistinct pollinose vittae; transverse suture with two medial pollinose maculae (Figs
<figureCitation id="43D4F58AD139E5099C556162CE35488D" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Thorax of male, dorsal view A M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. B M. latens sp. nov. C M. rufofemoris sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057076">3 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5AB151BE11EF9ABF3A7372AFBA8D150E" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Body of male A, B M. rufofemoris sp. nov. C D M. vandergooti E, F M. velox. A, C, E dorsal view B, D, F lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057093">20 A</figureCitation>
); posterior margin of scutellum with very long grey-yellow to whitish pilosity, reduced medially (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C09C97BF0DF93D14D8E82EC94F78ACEA" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Thorax of male, dorsal view A M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. B M. latens sp. nov. C M. rufofemoris sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057076">3 C</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 greyish white pile; wings mostly covered with microtrichia; wing veins yellowish to brown; calypteres whitish yellow; halteres yellow to white; legs reddish yellow; metafemur broad, ~ 3.5 × longer than wide, covered with long, whitish yellow pilosity (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3C9617C6C9D4D932F50C649120A40698" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaleg of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. vandergooti D M. quadrinotatus E M. rufofemoris sp. nov. F M. velox G M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057077">4 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D1F51E8969488AD08AF583BC32688A38">
Abdomen. Elongated (Fig.
<figureCitation id="CA1D1249A3F83E877DE1A9F2CC779738" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Abdomen of male, dorsal view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. rufofemoris sp. nov. D M. quadrinotatus E M. vandergooti F M. velox. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057078">5 C</figureCitation>
), ~ 1.3 × longer than mesonotum; terga black, except lateral sides of tergum 2 with reddish yellow maculae; terga 3 and 4 with a pair of broad, distinct silver-grey pollinose fasciate maculae; pile on terga grey-yellow to whitish; sterna black, covered with whitish grey pile; posterior margin of sternum 4 with characteristic posteromedial incision (Fig.
<figureCitation id="62E4B4DCCBEE71CD4E8D71E903D8B249" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Sternum 4 of male, dorsal view A M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. B M. clavipes C M. latens sp. nov. D M. quadrinotatus E M. rufofemoris sp. nov. F M. vandergooti G M. velox. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057080">7 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BCA2C8C2E32E56846BD82C09D6B7F9DC">
Male genitalia (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3A3EAFD48DC28C92189E4D22E6A04406" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Male genitalia M. rufofemoris sp. nov. A, B epandrium C hypandrium A, C lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057084">11</figureCitation>
). Anterior surstylar lobe large, elongated (~ 3.5 × longer than wide) and sickle-like (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E6A848409FB280E5A169525128A29AEB" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Male genitalia M. rufofemoris sp. nov. A, B epandrium C hypandrium A, C lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057084">11 A</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstylar lobe rectangular (Fig.
<figureCitation id="13A6E07506F139D90FFD2008D2D57FD9" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Male genitalia M. rufofemoris sp. nov. A, B epandrium C hypandrium A, C lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057084">11 A</figureCitation>
: pl, marked with red arrow); cercus rectangular (Fig.
<figureCitation id="749164269BB2600D021BC76BDD9DD0DE" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Male genitalia M. rufofemoris sp. nov. A, B epandrium C hypandrium A, C lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057084">11 A</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula short, with tapering but rounded tip (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E19C4049A1469EAD725DC3722ED7EDB0" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Male genitalia M. rufofemoris sp. nov. A, B epandrium C hypandrium A, C lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057084">11 C</figureCitation>
: l).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7094DB9C7059BFF3A51A0EB3E0109A00">Female. Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E34CI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="91A2AE8CD0966827737158C0ACADCFFA">
<heading id="64EE0757FCCFD03EB0E804FC6A3739AF" reason="title">Distribution and biology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A0CCC6331F74F6519CDACBC88DAAAD76">
This species is only found in the
<collectingRegion id="21320FFA4D5E64F7655E6B61CCD0D3B4" country="Iran" name="Fars">Fars Province</collectingRegion>
of
<collectingCountry id="D55DBC5EFD95FB28EF6A02F3E3C55CF3" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="31ACA73AE751C22BC7F9C780912F96A9" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Distribution map of Merodon clavipes, M. latens sp. nov., M. rufofemoris sp. nov. and M. vandergooti." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057086">13</figureCitation>
). This Iranian locality lies within the Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion (
<bibRefCitation id="E2EE6DF40247E9B12A83E7C869D1C3A8" DOI="10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" author="Olson" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Olson" refId="B44" refString="Olson DM, Dinerstein E, Wikramanayake ED, Burgess ND, Powell GV, Underwood EC, Damico JA, Itoua I, Strand HE, Morrison JC, Loucks CJ, Allnutt TF, Ricketts TH, Kura Y, Lamoreux JF, Wettengel WW, Hedao P, Kassem KR (2001) Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth A new global map of terrestrial ecoregions provides an innovative tool for conserving biodiversity. Bioscience 51 (11): 933938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568 (2001) 051 [0933: TEOTWA] 2.0. CO; 2" year="2001">Olson et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
), representing an arid and semi-arid forest ecosystem with
<taxonomicName id="450D2847F25A2D89FBC183FCEFF9D30A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="brantii">
<emphasis id="85482A9B0B9741515F2B52C6DD5EFE20" italics="true">Quercus brantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the dominant vegetation
<typeStatus id="86FACBBBD5B686D47C463454B36F720B">type</typeStatus>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9BDF7537E9D29B594CEF2E6D7E548CB4" DOI="10.1007/s10661-020-8145-1" author="Azizi Jalilian" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Azizi Jalilian" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Environmental Monitoring and Assessment" pagination="1-17" refId="B5" refString="Azizi Jalilian M, Shayesteh K, Danehkar A, Salmanmahiny A (2020) A new ecosystem-based land classification of Iran for conservation goals. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192 (3): 117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8145-1" title="A new ecosystem-based land classification of Iran for conservation goals." volume="192" year="2020">Azizi Jalilian et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Flight period: May. Developmental stages: undescribed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZ5CI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="36AB85AEB7680B65C5BB64CD4A86D828">
<heading id="A07B7FC8D6FC5FFE52F8553F4BA8CF79" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C6CCEC5AE471AF7C2838B514B27A2126">
The name is derived from the Latin adjective
<taxonomicName id="4426FB7A5DE7158CAFA1BD4A51846898" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufus">
<emphasis id="6BD20E83ED1460AE9E83FACCC6A10CA0" italics="true">rufus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(red, reddish) and inflection of the noun femur in genitive singular (
<emphasis id="AD72A3F1E33FBE7B7824D0B55627CAF4" italics="true">femoris</emphasis>
) and refers to the reddish yellow colour of femora. Species epithet to be treated as an adjective.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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