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) from which differs with less broad metafemur (in
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is ~ 3.5 ×, while in
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), less curved metafemur and metatibia (Fig.
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), and quite rounded posterior surstylar lobe (Fig.
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: pl, marked with red arrow), while posterior surstylar lobe is strongly angulated ventrally in
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(Fig.
<figureCitation id="AF1C9861A451ECA0C7E7B6D9DC02C45B" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male genitalia M. vandergooti 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, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057083">10 A</figureCitation>
: pl, marked with red arrow). It differs from
<taxonomicName id="04BE4499947AD18AAD11785FCA03E4DB" 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="C28F88EB4C2A622E48359AA4EADF01C1" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F06BF7BB8D4DEC6F0AD4C605E3E6A4D0" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by partly black femora (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F3818278C179B1384A9518AE81575C41" 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 G</figureCitation>
) (orange-yellow in
<taxonomicName id="4622C335C23A7A57454001B25AFB3437" 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="348F9372E89FA5DF02E9FB7C7816EABF" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="03D97A80F5A11C0B6EF1A41897C9A267" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; Fig.
<figureCitation id="4D2B3104DBB5DDD41190A5A3A8934774" 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 quite rounded posterior surstylar lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation id="CB8D712EA4E1EAD4E08CACA81270775D" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. A surstylar lobe B cercus C posterior surstylar lobe D hypandrium. Rounded posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. A, B, D lateral view C ventral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057082">9 A</figureCitation>
: pl) (strongly angulate ventrally in
<taxonomicName id="EB8F5F6E72E4A893E93C9FFAE6EF0DBA" 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="26EACAC09B2C60CDF55E678A856AB77B" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0A4A8B6223E324148C2EDD9B96A03420" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; Fig.
<figureCitation id="6C1CAFDFBBF7734AF70EE3CB98F19EA8" 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).
</paragraph>
<caption id="E06DDFB1BFC0EA4FB298BA5540D5BDD1" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure10" ID-arpha="64379625-C24D-5D7D-AB6C-973A9334C030" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057083" startId="F10">
<paragraph id="AAE5364FC5A6B9FE0419E357D0E873A9">
<label id="BE456ABFF8079BC8E468CD9FCB4DA222">Figure 10.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E7D7661C4E435BD75C1ED4DD102B555">
Male genitalia
<taxonomicName id="E2D8917F929DB00298F26FDA5B84AD2E" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vandergooti">
<emphasis id="EF5C2794AABDA13598C580E55A43EFE3" italics="true">M. vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="E556BF275F73169A606AA97E3D64798B" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
epandrium,
<emphasis id="8E50D80C4189FFE9470E3F2F0C34E8A5" bold="true">C</emphasis>
hypandrium.
<emphasis id="3152268E7FCA90A985D6BF366882AF96" bold="true">A, C</emphasis>
lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="10A946F929A7A40CA50605FB1C51EE53" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure11" ID-arpha="40C8DC06-29D7-5424-8B20-400A47D92F4D" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057084" startId="F11">
<paragraph id="35EE9CE733BC1D76C4123984E386F17D">
<label id="3D22194DD0157F325C81A61CDC7EBCE5">Figure 11.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6569FD181DD54841E3898AFBDA52388E">
Male genitalia
<taxonomicName id="D9FF3F8A6C91DDB5E9073555296C3AAD" 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="A792145D0094E7C6AE006D1AEF240CFB" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B14DDC5A4424A9A353320883D233FC3E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="85FD09B3CABFB6CD5DD5A633C9E6ABE9" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
epandrium
<emphasis id="062A21BB0CC6F21D430A208ADF6A3442" bold="true">C</emphasis>
hypandrium
<emphasis id="D60217DD79A970BF0254C69237D0D2F0" bold="true">A, C</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="337E7651FCF6685C49A2F65A3BF5AC1E" bold="true">B</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E61BG" type="description">
<paragraph id="CA86A5DE3719FEEF4D0CE68B76289DF5">
<heading id="DB2EA5E70612D0492669263768C6F69F" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F64CF3B63B16F7CD61101DEECF219461">
Male. Head. Basoflagellomere orange-yellow (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F2E6EF66F9FCB889F05A7E3CA376ABF8" 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 C</figureCitation>
), elongated, ~ 2 × longer than wide, and ~ 2.2 × 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, while face covered with dense whitish pilosity; pile on frons dense, greyish white; oral margin small, black, sparsely pollinose; lunula shining black to brown, bare; eye contiguity ~ 12 facets long; vertical triangle isosceles, black, shiny, except grey pollinose anterior corner, covered with greyish white pilosity; ocellar triangle equilateral; occiput with a grey-yellow pile, densely covered with grey pollinosity along eyes; eyes covered with short, whitish grey pile (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3331237B2728CF70F1223B98C8395CEE" 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 C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="D6A9D465ED0AA6C7E4E50B1EA761F073" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure12" ID-arpha="35DA583F-A18D-5BC5-8AB7-0747E2C32C74" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057085" startId="F12">
<paragraph id="E5C581B53F68330EEB74E8CDD4997C0B">
<label id="F418E6A130EEC08CAB2D38B7D20FCC73">Figure 12.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08511975963E143AC9655A8F8FC42248">
Head, frontal view
<emphasis id="61D1315A90B93461AAC24E66247708FC" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BA76C9277B5E0EC73778BD528DD72434" 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="latens" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E72660471DEB44487F4AA985817D528E" italics="true">M. latens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94A2CF1FE1E98EB92BF0448B50FE767A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="DD2ACF5FDA6DBCC0A565B878E3C8CA74" bold="true">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="8072D48A362202CEC5D213819ECF1A23" 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="CD5B24114FE99F771455C4D73E82AC2B" italics="true">M. aenigmaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9F24183202EBC1E3291F089C1246C555" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="C4087E309E0CE6994DEFAC8294D283F5" bold="true">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="ACB36BA2F5FA3556D612CDA9A96D417D" 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="DBAA1172308D6DF309165C9379C64A8F" italics="true">M. rufofemoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C339AB41E4F389B29308B108BB38A880" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="5F9FD4E60D94EEFF316643F81529058B" bold="true">A, C D</emphasis>
male
<emphasis id="3461569FD83CE1C76237D2663DCD82DC" bold="true">B</emphasis>
female. Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="FC3F780A24C9E06180AA85C6036A81F3">
Thorax. Scutum and scutellum black with bronze lustre, covered with short, reddish yellow pile; pilosity between wing bases mostly black; scutum with indistinct pollinose vittae; posterior margin of scutellum with very long reddish yellow to whitish pilosity, reduced medially (Fig.
<figureCitation id="35E3D7E7724222999EBF9C6AEE1146F2" 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 A</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 yellowish; legs reddish yellow, except black basal half of pro- and mesofemora, and basal 4 / 5 of metafemur; metafemur broad, covered with long, whitish yellow pilosity (Fig.
<figureCitation id="61CD1D8E7C84584568F6FAE9085DB260" 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 G</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="06552A91253541FB6F83EE1AB1C0B2E8">
Abdomen. Elongated (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F89085F28033D2F9E1742B7CE2B1C8AD" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Body of male A M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. B C M. clavipes D, E M. latens sp. nov. B, D dorsal view A, C, E lateral view. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057074">1 A</figureCitation>
), ~ 1.3 × longer than mesonotum; terga black, except lateral sides of tergum 2 with reddish yellow maculae; terga 24 with broad, distinct silver-grey pollinose fasciate maculae interrupted medially; pile on terga reddish yellow to whitish; sterna black, covered with whitish grey pile; posterior margin of sternum 4 with characteristic posteromedial incision (Fig.
<figureCitation id="55C17B9204002748C8B3BF04F237FEB8" 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 A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9B940E7D923ED05F587A73DFA7CCAE64">
Male genitalia (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C5879D7B5C433C89755236EE8C4A31E6" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. A surstylar lobe B cercus C posterior surstylar lobe D hypandrium. Rounded posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. A, B, D lateral view C ventral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057082">9</figureCitation>
). Anterior surstylar lobe large, elongated (up to 3 × longer than wide) and sickle-like (Fig.
<figureCitation id="5FACA4923FF6C8A789842682E71F7B3E" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. A surstylar lobe B cercus C posterior surstylar lobe D hypandrium. Rounded posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. A, B, D lateral view C ventral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057082">9 A</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstylar lobe rectangular with quite rounded ventral margin (Fig.
<figureCitation id="549FF21FD656E97B81ED1E2B09639408" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. A surstylar lobe B cercus C posterior surstylar lobe D hypandrium. Rounded posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. A, B, D lateral view C ventral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057082">9 A</figureCitation>
: pl), ~ 1.5 × longer than wide, covered with short pile; cercus rectangular (Fig.
<figureCitation id="772FE64DD1956AC2FBCAC017F04EDB99" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. A surstylar lobe B cercus C posterior surstylar lobe D hypandrium. Rounded posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. A, B, D lateral view C ventral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057082">9 B</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula short and tapering (Fig.
<figureCitation id="05C61CA7D3F0D9420E51D52DF43E3C04" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. A surstylar lobe B cercus C posterior surstylar lobe D hypandrium. Rounded posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. A, B, D lateral view C ventral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, c-cercus, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057082">9 D</figureCitation>
: l).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="91B8CEB369FBFBBE16DB23B7C821C798">Female. Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EQ5BG" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="D8E6B027BBF2885E9300FB9E158C06DF">
<heading id="234D90730BB56E530E5ED853EE977800" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5E4D826C92AE4440D09A4DBC792903A">
Unknown. The species is described based on a male
<typeStatus id="FEE9FBD885AB944378789B3FEFCB90D9" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
from the
<named-content id="33821FBA4EE12209E17281DFF0A78459" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/museum-national-dhistoire-naturelle-2" xlink_title="Musee National dHistoire Naturelle, Paris, France">
<collectionCode id="F6FCB902F3D5F608A727C548D2CCA324" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" type="">MNHN</collectionCode>
</named-content>
collection lacking any label or information about the origin of the specimen.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E25BG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="AE860F4B09D6BE7C5B78AFA2B4552156">
<heading id="27EC4968664B5AF02878E1C2114DBACD" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E75B8C5DC7ED7C48E932EB3769A355B">
The name
<taxonomicName id="C52DBA52A1CFA002102EAF40CE72E715" 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">
<emphasis id="7D84BA8D508D506B35EB11248C3885AE" italics="true">aenigmaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
derives from the Latin adjective, meaning enigmatic, like an enigma, in the masculine form. This term describes the absence of any information related to the
<typeStatus id="56A6D028805A0E19F2835916246D259A" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, including collecting place, date or collector. Species epithet to be treated as an adjective.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3124C12AA66F732E7BADCEDDA2692296">
<taxonomicName id="836EA822D0C109135527619BA6F739A7" authority="(Fabricius, 1781)" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="8DB5CC37AC8ABE734A79B246F06EA919" bold="true">
<emphasis id="53FE3DCCE278F136F6DFDC14336AD3F8" bold="true" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
(
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)
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5BCB42BCC5E0064282E238E48E1A7B87" italics="true">Syrphus clavipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="31EFBDF7DFABEBEB08593323A36F564D" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.36509" author="Fabricius JC" journalOrPublisher="CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii" refId="B14" refString="Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1. CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, 494 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36509" title="Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1." year="1781">Fabricius, 1781: 427</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<paragraph id="77262923518F1D4D9AC56535D0DDF565">
<taxonomicName id="A9F4AD0FDEFA74D291002B1754F795B8" authority="Villers, 1789: 463" authorityName="Villers" authorityPageNumber="463" authorityYear="1789" class="Insecta" family="Muscidae" genus="Musca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clauda">
<emphasis id="584F8C1C89692E75840BA2B477E0AF69" italics="true">Musca clauda</emphasis>
Villers, 1789: 463
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="16032F87DFA75266DC9C896E66D6958C">
<taxonomicName id="80409AA30070D336860099562224C3F6" authority="Gmelin, 1790: 2871" authorityName="Gmelin" authorityPageNumber="2871" authorityYear="1790" class="Insecta" family="Muscidae" genus="Musca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curvipes">
<emphasis id="8956A1B8ADB34CA861AFD3B3C786246C" italics="true">Musca curvipes</emphasis>
Gmelin, 1790: 2871
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="25C1CF507D138F702A8A3C3378BFBF58">
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<treatmentCitation id="9A77E58BB15410AFA9BE93A5F6131524" author="Rossi P" page="286" year="1790">
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<emphasis id="AF7EB059BE96638258D40FD74B9C6CC3" italics="true">Syrphus gravipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8011D532B26F815C222C03101031F08E" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.15771" author="Rossi P" journalOrPublisher="Thomae Masi et Sociorum, Liburni" refId="B62" refString="Rossi P (1790) Fauna etrusca sistens Insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Tomus secundus. Thomae Masi et Sociorum, Liburni, 348 pp. [+ 10 pl.] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15771" title="Fauna etrusca sistens Insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Tomus secundus." year="1790">Rossi, 1790: 286</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4F028EAFBCE3550931FE0B565D148593">
<taxonomicName id="AFE7200D870B58DC6EA7C95D9E4752CB" authority="Meigen, 1803: 274" authorityName="Meigen" authorityPageNumber="274" authorityYear="1803" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curvipes">
<emphasis id="408E188240D1395D02DA92EDB43527E5" italics="true">Merodon curvipes</emphasis>
Meigen, 1803: 274
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D69F157B4B885BAF536FD9C28713EAA8">
<taxonomicName id="3EEB323CBFF9B10B616A731280455DEB" authority="Meigen, 1822: 356" authorityName="Meigen" authorityPageNumber="356" authorityYear="1822" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senilis">
<emphasis id="9D9C7E5BEC549443A4698EFB1108376A" italics="true">Merodon senilis</emphasis>
Meigen, 1822: 356
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9146698CFD73DA4CAAC9787B5B0E9E27">
<taxonomicName id="77A8684935384582AF666E058C0847A7" authority="Rondani, 1865: 131" authorityName="Rondani" authorityPageNumber="131" authorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canipilus">
<emphasis id="5286C0A051554418974DF0BE6B7CC307" italics="true">Merodon canipilus</emphasis>
Rondani, 1865: 131
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2169CF17DF7DBF3B56E57ACE798872D8">
<taxonomicName id="EF04F282DF24558D9B1B6116BEE8176A" authority="Paramonov, 1926: 90" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="90" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="alba">
<emphasis id="6FBF2B6074C11E9CA6D84B7684CC94EC" italics="true">Merodon clavipes var. alba</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926: 90
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="CEF45E029A5C3FFE1066310718903EA1">
<taxonomicName id="B5EB8626A0ED24583068285215DC6293" authority="Paramonov, 1926: 91" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="91" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="atra">
<emphasis id="1B2B1A5051A3643E5EC275AED5F7481C" italics="true">Merodon clavipes var. atra</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926: 91
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A5CAF69DC8797CAC3210A24E8BA2FC0">
<taxonomicName id="B5AC2123BED0BFBBE01DF238FBBC1ED1" authority="Paramonov, 1926: 90" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="90" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="niger">
<emphasis id="40914B8F2FCEEE13B9538E6072B546A7" italics="true">Merodon clavipes var. niger</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926: 90
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="2DC86DB41579689B736FBFA77E7C5F25">
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<treatmentCitation id="83157F5EB6CA382302110BCF4CE5CCAE" author="Peck LV" page="169" year="1988">
<taxonomicName id="ACBF80635960DFDC15C42CA61FF96AD3" authority="Peck, 1988: 169" authorityName="Peck" authorityPageNumber="169" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="clavipes" subSpecies="albus">
<emphasis id="4EE0C07B0731E48F0A6BF5230B059D48" italics="true">Merodon clavipes albus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="D0FAB37508E8EC9F71775929A5FE4372" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 169</bibRefCitation>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
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<emphasis id="994E709F0CAF4A6E8DC4E0EF00B98AB4" italics="true">Merodon clavipes ater</emphasis>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
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<emphasis id="0E4763F63F2CBD8E6CB88588CD44F9FF" italics="true">Merodon clavipes niger</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F64D67A8B2C7BE597D7F98A9BB15E914" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 169</bibRefCitation>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
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<treatmentCitation id="876D53C7150CD8DF444419F5514B226D" author="Hurkmans W" page="182" year="1993">
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<emphasis id="B145B9AABA8A8C61BBCE3C21F0C70516" italics="true">Merodon splendens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="01B8E8DF5A264CE27BD28ED27363038D" author="Hurkmans W" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147 - 234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans, 1993: 182</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<treatmentCitation id="F55181C84BC2E426A32908C68F2AA50C" author="Fabricius JC" page="427" year="1781">
<taxonomicName id="924D9CC79E35668C865DE12D9B7B09F7" authority="Fabricius, 1781: 427" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityPageNumber="427" authorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Syrphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="BFFAC3E8599823B021AAA19018896637" bold="true">
<emphasis id="F2E1E5A86BCC39B4D2789708B6C8D548" bold="true" italics="true">Syrphus clavipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="96B91E1D2996894AEB9A032EEF7EB653" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.36509" author="Fabricius JC" journalOrPublisher="CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii" refId="B14" refString="Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1. CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, 494 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36509" title="Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1." year="1781">Fabricius, 1781: 427</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="CE7E2C571DF797ED5105024FAEDBCEF7">
<emphasis id="5998B9206CBB6920E5334DB997DE9CBF" bold="true">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="A996EEC26FAC3132FCF93C8A4D3A9FC7" name="Italy">Italy</collectingCountry>
. The original description (
<bibRefCitation id="229F76FBA5199C096E7309682D4B335F" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.36509" author="Fabricius" firstAuthor="Fabricius" journalOrPublisher="CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii" refId="B14" refString="Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1. CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, 494 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36509" title="Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1." year="1781">Fabricius 1781</bibRefCitation>
) was based on an unspecified number of
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. The
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was designated by
<bibRefCitation id="46AE8C36788C77E83E0BDE8285D05587" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="178" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993: 178)</bibRefCitation>
: male in Sehestedt and Tonder Lund collection (
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). Unfortunately, the type material was destroyed (AV pers. obs.). Two pins from the type collection possess only labels: [
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<emphasis id="5E9D9FC1EC86C25B4A9FA68D6B1C4176" italics="true">Syrphus clavipes</emphasis>
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] and [P 195-1].
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<paragraph id="F5B884B2A94169B8142DEDE6908CB9E9">
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(designated here).
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,
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,
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,
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<collectingDate id="EB3AA6BCCBD17DA6796D223D840B4683" value="1914-06-20">20. vi. 1914</collectingDate>
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, leg.
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(
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).
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<paragraph id="4E7F110CC6230F311835DFCD5845B4EF">
A
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was designated to clarify the taxonomic status of
<taxonomicName id="32EE74D602AB75CA28B9B26CC40FF131" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="7FA389B0DB71FEE4D0CDCCF2117CB04A" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
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.
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was designated by
<bibRefCitation id="17349436E4E695EB6EC4DC61D6D03E1F" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
in his revisionary work on genus
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<emphasis id="432C2D2272891DA5CA331357B1BF92FC" italics="true">Merodon</emphasis>
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, but has been destroyed. Data and description are sufficient to ensure recognition of the specimen designated, and the
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is consistent with what is known of the former name-bearing type from the original description and latter revision.
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belongs to the same country (
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) cited as the original type locality and it is deposited in the same Museum where
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was kept (
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</named-content>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="206F9873ABD38DF0D82428A5A07309E9">
<taxonomicName id="6ADF62A494960BEA8B034AD5AD94E2D9" authority="Villers, 1789: 463" authorityName="Villers" authorityPageNumber="463" authorityYear="1789" class="Insecta" family="Muscidae" genus="Musca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clauda">
<emphasis id="449987E7B1B1080394FB7071E31BCD35" bold="true">
<emphasis id="1E6D61E9EBF8E65BD7BED71040B3D449" bold="true" italics="true">Musca clauda</emphasis>
Villers, 1789: 463
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="42A7B05566DAA71F193D9A4BDEBB05D0">
<emphasis id="81389DD67E135EE8D69AC03B6D9195C9" bold="true">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="3D8B75A85E4220148F86A6361FEB4B17" name="France">France</collectingCountry>
. Synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="D0F5A8A398D1493CA33CBD1115FFD6A2" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="9B2144B58D75A659D23C3D459E2A86CA" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was cited in
<bibRefCitation id="EE3E691D65A6A954BBC096B4B1B61E1C" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" firstAuthor="Peck" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" page="168" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soós Á, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae — Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck (1988: 168)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="FBFCAD2F6046965C86B4E1B8DFE169CE" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="178" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993: 178)</bibRefCitation>
.
<typeStatus id="70215A291CAB85298EED6801DFE1921F">Type</typeStatus>
material presumably lost.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B801C4DDCC3A5D7668F42A577D35DF9F">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="FBC48EA6BD59F71DAF06EA03885262B6">
<treatmentCitation id="0C7970F825F38DE49400059863A42BCC" author="Rossi P" page="286" year="1790">
<taxonomicName id="9BDBF3525CB5BD6E89CE8F85A03DB254" ID-CoL="8F82D" authority="Rossi, 1790: 286" authorityName="Rossi" authorityPageNumber="286" authorityYear="1790" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Syrphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gravipes">
<emphasis id="C2F45F2BF98805399ED641CDBA59591D" bold="true">
<emphasis id="D36500146E362A23007E6F00A90CE39A" bold="true" italics="true">Syrphus gravipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="334DDFF08D43C413A606C5C54E47E99D" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.15771" author="Rossi P" journalOrPublisher="Thomae Masi et Sociorum, Liburni" refId="B62" refString="Rossi P (1790) Fauna etrusca sistens Insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Tomus secundus. Thomae Masi et Sociorum, Liburni, 348 pp. [+ 10 pl.] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15771" title="Fauna etrusca sistens Insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Tomus secundus." year="1790">Rossi, 1790: 286</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="57D2D83D4140E8A9CFD50EC93D19132D">
<emphasis id="B59D2E8661346DFA5AFCEF74E5276A6F" bold="true">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="45E67F1F17A7D7388D4F1AE6CDF24B76" name="Italy">Italy</collectingCountry>
. Synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="745A2708374790879D1B0C9E8158FA9D" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="B350DE826948C8C21F94A8CC4056205B" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was cited in
<bibRefCitation id="75A9F02452F19179F5CA545F035882D3" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" firstAuthor="Peck" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" page="168" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soós Á, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae — Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck (1988: 168)</bibRefCitation>
and
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.
<typeStatus id="435AFAA531D95FF281486C7993DD03F5">Type</typeStatus>
material presumably lost.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DB9B172F24AFBE0CA2D6608C9DAA841F">
<taxonomicName id="CE6B674E7DB301B9B08B56F2C1465F71" authority="Meigen, 1822: 356" authorityName="Meigen" authorityPageNumber="356" authorityYear="1822" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senilis">
<emphasis id="0A5927A8973AA56EC3FD0377639ED3AD" bold="true">
<emphasis id="0CC7E6DAC22F0C86C49BFA8DD76B8512" bold="true" italics="true">Merodon senilis</emphasis>
Meigen, 1822: 356
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0EC011619FB8D4CFEB866813D7A85255">
<emphasis id="751666ADABE803855F328792F1C8D11E" bold="true">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="AB58C0EC44AE53BE89753AB49506028E" name="Italy">Italy</collectingCountry>
. Synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="3EB50D08286F11714B32631CBC1F2CAF" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="423130F9C01FBFD51E6E04241B6CECE4" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was cited in
<bibRefCitation id="0938F9B696C4C3A97EC4B8630383326C" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" firstAuthor="Peck" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" page="168" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soós Á, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae — Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck (1988: 168)</bibRefCitation>
and
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.
<typeStatus id="47390A02DAA83E62EA1E20F582F22DBA" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
was designated by
<bibRefCitation id="84A51C9BCE837378F6C410DAF8BA79BB" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="178" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993: 178)</bibRefCitation>
: female
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<emphasis id="CC6C9EEE97AA8D8895A0ACA5E31740F5" italics="true">senilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (
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</named-content>
) (not found).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DA2E2BB562CA8A16DD0E58B1F8DBF696">
<taxonomicName id="E3F18CC546A7BAB263D05DB39BDB45D3" authority="Rondani, 1865: 131" authorityName="Rondani" authorityPageNumber="131" authorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canipilus">
<emphasis id="617D0B502036FB0571C10DA64CA28289" bold="true">
<emphasis id="CC871D88CF5889680CF212FA42460A7A" bold="true" italics="true">Merodon canipilus</emphasis>
Rondani, 1865: 131
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C11308DE2209A5229336012DBFA7CE8C">
<emphasis id="FCB309BFF3C689D7087B42C080D23E82" bold="true">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="3FFFCDDF8D59EE28FAD9913DA4AB9D9F" name="Italy">Italy</collectingCountry>
. Synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="74D3E8871FD414F5C5154228CD9931A8" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="1C908AA979F22188915764038F6CFA2B" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was cited in
<bibRefCitation id="277BE5E714EAAF7E4CC24F058AFF7F8C" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" firstAuthor="Peck" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" page="168" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soós Á, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae — Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck (1988: 168)</bibRefCitation>
and
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.
<typeStatus id="40D97CCB297884184374F07EF09E3732" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
was designated by
<bibRefCitation id="8F875603A2854BF90D6051F004749F15" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="178" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993: 178)</bibRefCitation>
: male in Rondani collection [52] (
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EVOAI" xlink_title="Museo Zoologico La Specola, Firenze, Italy">
<collectionCode id="2BDB9F3AE1F3ED7726BBB9D036A7CDAB">LSF</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
) (examined).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3C85287A50FB0A93C16D1400F121CFBD">
<taxonomicName id="0C360F8054DD724A6E0B7E29713CBD75" authority="Paramonov, 1926 a: 90" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="90" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="alba">
<emphasis id="8458C5242E4E6674F5F879D93FF0286D" bold="true">
<emphasis id="C2AB2C564F90819076B5CFB9F4E6EAB9" italics="true">Merodon clavipes var. alba</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926 а: 90
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7EDE483F7D046C88CD2DA8694FF2B635">
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<treatmentCitation id="CD842BF31F1BE843065904C6450A9F09" author="Peck LV" page="169" year="1988">
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<emphasis id="A52E9AE257795B08FA6C27B0C930E6B8" italics="true">Merodon clavipes albus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2B4F3D1E6E96153976640557E458217B" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 169</bibRefCitation>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
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<paragraph id="28B8DFB003689480EA4A656EE970640E">
<emphasis id="1372F289C0419A9710A84490C5609649" bold="true">
<typeStatus id="CC2F25DC950F4562B832A60061B871AD" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
(examined).
</emphasis>
Female with labels: white, handwritten, bold ink [N 327]; yellowish, handwritten, pale ink, with bluish typographical frame [Valegotsulovo / d. Balta / g.
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/ 2. vi. 25],
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,
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; pink, handwritten, pale ink, with double typographical frame [
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<emphasis id="271D641760DE6F2E7C189C756981396A" italics="true">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
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<emphasis id="8B0F9136F0285D51D53E9E6D4839AAB7" italics="true">clavipes</emphasis>
Fabr.
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="EAC7343404D459CD7E5D0B596E383C78" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="alba">
var.
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</taxonomicName>
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/ Typus var. nov.] (
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).
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<paragraph id="68FCC65672298BD168AB3253C877DBF2">
<emphasis id="BB6FC222EBB64CC38EBA66F58B8B2D1A" bold="true">Notes.</emphasis>
This taxon was described from a single female, but the specimen storage location was not indicated (
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: 90) and, until recently, it was not known (
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, 20;
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“ types of either of the varieties ... are considered to be lost ”, 205 “ lost ”, 206). The original description is based on a single specimen, which is the
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according to article 73.1. 2 ICZN (1999) and it is kept in the
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collection (
<bibRefCitation id="7CE96518987D4D9B89FB165CAA154B8D" author="Popov" firstAuthor="Popov" refId="B49" refString="Popov GV (2011) The type specimens of Syrphidae in Ukraine. Sixth International Symposium on the Syrphidae, 57 th August 2011, the Hunterian (Zoology Museum), University of Glasgow. The book of abstracts, Glasgow, 2829." year="2011">Popov 2011</bibRefCitation>
). Type locality:
<collectingCountry id="3DBAF6ED97DE99FE7C7ACE4D69549B13" name="Ukraine">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
. The species name is clearly infrasubspecific (1.3. 4, 10.2 ICZN 1999) because, as stated by Paramonov himself, the specimen was collected together with the nominal taxon (45.6. 1, 45.6. 4 ICZN 1999, also see
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). Therefore, this name is not subject to Code 45.6.4.1 (
<collectionCode id="8A919F5C6826AD1476ABFF2C58257B66">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999). The name was first given subspecies rank in Pecks Catalogue (1988: 169), i. e., «
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<emphasis id="9C3DE5953DA4F576D8C3CA5806DB076E" italics="true">M. clavipes albus</emphasis>
Paramonov
</taxonomicName>
» (the original gender ending was incorrect and changed, see Article 34.2, ICZN 1999), according to article 45 (g) (ii) ICZN (1985), now corresponding to 45.6. 4 (
<collectionCode id="26EE56E4A5BB4B5500FBC51BFA95BE3D">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999) (see 45.6.4.1 of ICZN, 1999). However, this is a violation of article 45 (f) (ii) ICZN (1985), now corresponding to 45.6. 1, 45.6. 4 (
<collectionCode id="21396FD24FFCE0E7FB00C9C5D228ECED">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999). According to article 45.5. 1 (
<collectionCode id="5AD6E7BEBC226EB7846E5AF8B1860F0F">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999), Peck adopts authorship of this species name, so we present it as
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<emphasis id="3DBA887A55B3BF62EB837647353A4AC6" italics="true">Merodon clavipes albus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="48F388950E6F66FDA13E47E4BBDA7B18" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which is a syn. nov. for
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<emphasis id="EB4A0113948146C8E1C7B79928E3467D" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4E75E9102DA6A592ED171A97E03752A8" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.36509" author="Fabricius" firstAuthor="Fabricius" journalOrPublisher="CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii" refId="B14" refString="Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1. CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, 494 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36509" title="Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1." year="1781">Fabricius 1781</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Later,
<bibRefCitation id="2B5A8127DEA1FBB69F3BA4B85E64562D" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="178" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993: 178)</bibRefCitation>
erroneously indicated that
<bibRefCitation id="83041D4629B8C58AE5CDDC6E533DC13B" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" firstAuthor="Peck" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" page="169" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soós Á, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae — Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck (1988: 169)</bibRefCitation>
listed the name as a “ variety ”. He also erroneously indicated that S. Ya. Paramonov published the name in 1927 and that the single specimen is a
<typeStatus id="64C0993D5D21CDBC2EAA4A39FB0EE509" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
. He left the ranking “ variety ” for the name (
<bibRefCitation id="51E898DA1CB9E943E77CF3A776119B4E" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="179" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993: 179</bibRefCitation>
). Colour varieties of
<taxonomicName id="FDADAF12482F9D3BBC954264FE619AE9" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="E23AD83FFEB6293939B41A07071F1091" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been found in multiple populations of this species, similar to the variations reported for
<taxonomicName id="3954C9D853404E227B3AB8B11E117017" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1794" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="equestris">
<emphasis id="184FED5146C124A119FEA1AC7D25364E" italics="true">Merodon equestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="413DA80F0BDE53C1BBB4E37CBF7F7A34" DOI="10.1038/hdy.1976.23" author="Conn" firstAuthor="Conn" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Heredity" pagination="185-189" refId="B9" refString="Conn DLT (1976) Evidence of restricted mimetic colour polymorphism in the large narcissus bulb fly, Merodon equestris fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the Pyrenees. Heredity 36 (2): 185189. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1976.23" title="Evidence of restricted mimetic colour polymorphism in the large narcissus bulb fly, Merodon equestris fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the Pyrenees." volume="36" year="1976">Conn 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4EA825E1FFA6456C8B6D035371C0BA7D" author="Han" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Han" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="International Journal of Industrial Entomology" pagination="42-48" refId="B20" refString="Han T, Park H, Kim SH, Park IG, Choi DS (2018) Discovery of the large narcissus fly, Merodon equestris (Fabricius), (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Korea. International Journal of Industrial Entomology 36 (2): 4248." title="Discovery of the large narcissus fly, Merodon equestris (Fabricius), (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Korea." volume="36" year="2018">Han et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A4A0F99A8F3B2256113332E383480AC6">
<taxonomicName id="CB877EDA060CDADB7961823DF032DDD0" authority="Paramonov, 1926 a: 91" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="91" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="atra">
<emphasis id="C21771A21F3155CCECC075E25ACA6412" bold="true">
<emphasis id="78AC719DFE7BC5CDB81263C04E6F5B48" italics="true">Merodon clavipes var. atra</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926 а: 91
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="40A1A3A913F07453D12A7D35BD87CE6C">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="BC28E9606F8A7DF0F193370AE8843F38">
<treatmentCitation id="A5BDD09486E516F4D55CA4C64AD754CB" author="Peck LV" page="169" year="1988">
<taxonomicName id="88AFDE3327A490647B509EFFB3BFC1C4" authority="Peck, 1988: 169" authorityName="Peck" authorityPageNumber="169" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="clavipes" subSpecies="ater">
<emphasis id="0A8E3B7290FCDAE8E07859A7B6ACB36D" italics="true">Merodon clavipes ater</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="115876B81DA4E3C2688803ED87AA6E78" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 169</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F86C7AD0A493300857F36D477543C18">
<emphasis id="F8DE9AF1D689787B71E8B843AF219CA6" bold="true">Notes.</emphasis>
This variety was established without reference to the
<typeStatus id="F305CD7072B88896BD19899A62C9282F">type</typeStatus>
material, for the male specimens that were in the possession of P. Sack (
<collectingCountry id="446E88B9B3AF2D9C64A2C0B6D4005AFF" name="Germany">Germany</collectingCountry>
, now his collection is conserved in the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main) (
<bibRefCitation id="BB299FF8B6D35E7118CB7BBCF456B363" author="Paramonov SJ [= Парамонов С]" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Записки Фізично-Математичного Відділу, Українська Академія Наук (= Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques, Académie des Sciences de lUkraïne)" pagination="87-93" refId="B45" refString="Paramonov SJ [= Парамонов С] (1926 a) Про деякі нові види та варієтети двокрильців (= Ueber einige neue Arten und Varietaeten von Dipteren (Fam. Stratiomyiidae et Syrphidae )). Записки Фізично-Математичного Відділу, Українська Академія Наук (= Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques, Académie des Sciences de lUkraïne) 2 (1): 8793." title="Про деякі нові види та варієтети двокрильців (= Ueber einige neue Arten und Varietaeten von Dipteren (Fam. Stratiomyiidae et Syrphidae ))." volume="2">Paramonov 1926 a</bibRefCitation>
: 91). The number of
<typeStatus id="B281F1FED50EBBECB7FA2AAC92B6D5C8">types</typeStatus>
was not given in the original description and their storage location was not indicated, nor were they discovered subsequently (
<bibRefCitation id="B4ABE622C9A0F72F4B7B998A8A23623A" author="Liepa ZR" firstAuthor="Liepa" page="4" pagination="3-22" refId="B34" refString="Liepa ZR (1969) Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W. 5: 322." title="Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W." volume="5" year="1969">Liepa 1969: 4</bibRefCitation>
, 20). The
<typeStatus id="E168004F1198743573991E43209C7E82">type</typeStatus>
locality is also unknown. The
<typeStatus id="C7C81C007BEB138E96887A8BB99B5B97">types</typeStatus>
of this variety were also not found in the
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Department of Entomology collection (G. Popov, in prep.), where the vast majority of Paramonovs
<typeStatus id="A28B359C68D42EEE3A3CBA5FFCF912A1">types</typeStatus>
are stored. Thus, the
<typeStatus id="19DA6DDA49CA797EB0CAF856D39A48DE">types</typeStatus>
are considered lost, as already indicated by W.
<bibRefCitation id="F5D625DF37647C2C7A1EB7B09E6264B3" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="178" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993: 178</bibRefCitation>
, 179, 205).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3BE18FB933CCEB9E8D92B6D62218CC1D">
The name “
<emphasis id="2DF3B2764792212917022AA67893364F" italics="true">atra</emphasis>
” by Paramonov is clearly infrasubspecific (see Articles 1.3. 4 and 10.2, ICZN 1999), because S. Paramonov (Paramonov 1926 а) placed this variety together with others he described for this species (see Articles 45.6. 1 and 45.6. 4, ICZN 1999). Moreover, he did not report the
<typeStatus id="9258F66A72028B3C1223693EE3BE2926">type</typeStatus>
locality (see the same Articles; also see
<bibRefCitation id="9F40D8D753BC95C9AF354ED0F7DE234A" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.9" author="Lingafelter and Nearns" firstAuthor="Lingafelter" issue="6" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="597-600" refId="B36" refString="Lingafelter SW, Nearns EH (2013) Elucidating Article 45.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: A dichotomous key for the determination of subspecific or infrasubspecific rank. Zootaxa 3709 (6): 597600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.9" title="Elucidating Article 45.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: A dichotomous key for the determination of subspecific or infrasubspecific rank." volume="3709" year="2013">Lingafelter and Nearns 2013</bibRefCitation>
). Therefore, this name is not subject to the Code (see Article 45.6, ICZN 1999).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="89BFEDBE9E7DCABFA787D505E0CB321B">
The name was given subspecies rank for the first time (see Article 45.6.4.1, ICZN 1999), «
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<emphasis id="98DABAACEC1291BEBC8BE5B53876D2BF" italics="true">M. clavipes ater</emphasis>
Paramonov
</taxonomicName>
» (the original gender ending was incorrect and changed, see Article 34.2, ICZN 1999), in Pecks Catalogue (1988: 169) according to article 45 (g) (ii) ICZN (1985), now corresponding to Article 45.6. 4 (
<collectionCode id="DB6421EC7B9BAFEA2581A2298741C9E7">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999). However, this is a violation of Article 45 (f) (ii) ICZN (1985), now corresponding to Articles 45.6. 1 and 45.6. 4 (
<collectionCode id="363F68DFE2EDB22EE4F8A38D73DBECAB">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999). So, according to the Articles 45.5. 1 and 50.3. 1 (
<collectionCode id="6E70A9394B94116F0DB2DC51CDDE1282">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999), L. Peck established her own authorship of this name, and we use subspecies name
<emphasis id="45A9B21060DC30F43829C90318A1D131" italics="true">ater</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7CE338B53BCCC5D0F7C808A2B3C1C936" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988</bibRefCitation>
that we consider to be a new synonym (syn. nov.) for
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<emphasis id="24971A7A67B501BFC619157099E98AC6" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="7A12D986331C1D7DB67E4D6EB832534E" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.36509" author="Fabricius JC" journalOrPublisher="CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii" refId="B14" refString="Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1. CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, 494 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36509" title="Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1." year="1781">Fabricius, 1781</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, since according to our data, this colour form has no geographical reference and is inherent to some specimens of the species throughout the range. Colour varieties of
<taxonomicName id="40DEA99A91644E677292F48707FC547B" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="FD417B1C60E769EB1C002944459981C5" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been found in multiple populations of this species, similar to variations described for
<taxonomicName id="755EB42E0188A17CB4069BD750A87F28" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1794" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="equestris">
<emphasis id="C40D299D453263B3463BA50604711A5A" italics="true">Merodon equestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4BC606F994384CB0F5BF9800570A7524" DOI="10.1038/hdy.1976.23" author="Conn" firstAuthor="Conn" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Heredity" pagination="185-189" refId="B9" refString="Conn DLT (1976) Evidence of restricted mimetic colour polymorphism in the large narcissus bulb fly, Merodon equestris fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the Pyrenees. Heredity 36 (2): 185189. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1976.23" title="Evidence of restricted mimetic colour polymorphism in the large narcissus bulb fly, Merodon equestris fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the Pyrenees." volume="36" year="1976">Conn 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="B04290E82A4F284DEED09A9920CD9D17" author="Han" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Han" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="International Journal of Industrial Entomology" pagination="42-48" refId="B20" refString="Han T, Park H, Kim SH, Park IG, Choi DS (2018) Discovery of the large narcissus fly, Merodon equestris (Fabricius), (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Korea. International Journal of Industrial Entomology 36 (2): 4248." title="Discovery of the large narcissus fly, Merodon equestris (Fabricius), (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Korea." volume="36" year="2018">Han et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA1463A2C23DA5734DC776ADFACC563E">
<taxonomicName id="39A5BD40A771E501AE3956754AB58ED0" authority="Paramonov, 1926 a: 90" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="90" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="nigra">
<emphasis id="0F7E525FDD3D9A4D2C7039EFD9DC58E6" bold="true">
<emphasis id="CB322001E5E19F3106867235373F90BE" italics="true">Merodon clavipes var. nigra</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926 а: 90
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="65870A115B956C54E5B4C3F5108AA50C">
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<treatmentCitation id="177B82CC704632DEA4C4C1342765311C" author="Peck LV" page="169" year="1988">
<taxonomicName id="FCD5DA82073853BAE0E0AFA62EED7165" authority="Peck, 1988: 169" authorityName="Peck" authorityPageNumber="169" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="clavipes" subSpecies="niger">
<emphasis id="528464212C0BEC889CC7BA1FCC9D053B" italics="true">Merodon clavipes niger</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="889D6FFB8FF7A2E6A4A4A9CAA2FD5B4B" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 169</bibRefCitation>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E406B4F0E44697E60B453B4D441FA5F">
<emphasis id="D54BB6AD8DBC03AC686F0F875D0C73F7" bold="true">
<typeStatus id="5865A139DAEDC4B1A761DD32C737140B" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
(examined).
</emphasis>
Female with labels: white, handwritten, bold ink [N 328]; yellowish, handwritten, pale ink, with bluish typographical frame [Valegozulovo / d. Balta / g.
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/ 28. v. 25.],
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;
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,
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; pink, handwritten, pale ink, with double typographical frame [
<taxonomicName id="8E208C002D788C219CD152EE34BCC80A" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="843280D999715C3486C3FDAE38A5BF67" italics="true">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="6A6E7DE957A4F8D0BAD0526B277153F0" authority="Fabr." authorityName="Fabr." class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="1EF7422B487D1DD8E2E3D890C71730B9" italics="true">clavipes</emphasis>
Fabr.
</taxonomicName>
/
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var.
<emphasis id="4EE65954BCA8A6EC808E10E67314EC8B" italics="true">nigra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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/ Typus. var. nov.] (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2D0F068E101614560A3FC4C3ADBCB3E2">
<emphasis id="45C78B5D24A4BCD596343C9302D80A2C" bold="true">Notes.</emphasis>
The situation for
<taxonomicName id="34B7E0C2798F0C31695EF805E28AE40A" authorityName="Peck" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="niger">
variety
<emphasis id="87282664F6B59A3BA1C54E3F0C2D7067" italics="true">niger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is identical to that described above for
<taxonomicName id="3EB8FD1C695B6C0EB20E38BBDCE58FC9" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="alba">
variety
<emphasis id="FB6CA27DAF798C3C72E83860D9EDCB2D" italics="true">alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above
<taxonomicName id="5C2F4FDD578892C2D73661221DB8F3B5" authority="Paramonov, 1926" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="clavipes" variety="alba">
<emphasis id="B87EEC79F0F66DA12D2F0F5D962A8804" italics="true">clavipes</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="A8EAA166050965FFE1D18878E2F651B6" italics="true">alba</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926
</taxonomicName>
). The taxon was described from a single female, but the specimen storage place was not indicated (
<bibRefCitation id="441874A0F77D32C15DEA589153D21C58" author="Paramonov SJ [= Парамонов С]" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Записки Фізично-Математичного Відділу, Українська Академія Наук (= Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques, Académie des Sciences de lUkraïne)" pagination="87-93" refId="B45" refString="Paramonov SJ [= Парамонов С] (1926 a) Про деякі нові види та варієтети двокрильців (= Ueber einige neue Arten und Varietaeten von Dipteren (Fam. Stratiomyiidae et Syrphidae )). Записки Фізично-Математичного Відділу, Українська Академія Наук (= Bulletin de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathématiques, Académie des Sciences de lUkraïne) 2 (1): 8793." title="Про деякі нові види та варієтети двокрильців (= Ueber einige neue Arten und Varietaeten von Dipteren (Fam. Stratiomyiidae et Syrphidae ))." volume="2">Paramonov 1926 a</bibRefCitation>
) and, until recently, it was not known (
<bibRefCitation id="DDC89D6ECCF3753A51276C95B1D6AC35" author="Liepa" firstAuthor="Liepa" pagination="3-22" refId="B34" refString="Liepa ZR (1969) Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W. 5: 322." title="Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W." volume="5" year="1969">Liepa 1969</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="CA8540559383BEF3A9982A10FE505E61" author="Hurkmans" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993</bibRefCitation>
). The original description is based on a single specimen, which is the
<typeStatus id="8EF75407305D16AE8BEFF5EDBB431235" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
that is kept in the
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<collectionCode id="AA07166227D39CA31EC744D8B5425408" country="Ukraine" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/c442-9tdv" name="Schmaulhausen Institute of Zoology" type="">SIZK</collectionCode>
</named-content>
collection (
<bibRefCitation id="9B07A6E7A0F5BA41D6F82ADF307D5376" author="Popov" firstAuthor="Popov" refId="B49" refString="Popov GV (2011) The type specimens of Syrphidae in Ukraine. Sixth International Symposium on the Syrphidae, 57 th August 2011, the Hunterian (Zoology Museum), University of Glasgow. The book of abstracts, Glasgow, 2829." year="2011">Popov 2011</bibRefCitation>
). Type locality:
<collectingCountry id="608A57D454903B14FB11B055A7DB4995" name="Ukraine">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
. This name is clearly infrasubspecific because, as indicated by Paramonov himself, the specimen was collected together with the nominal taxon. Therefore, this name is not subject to Code 45.6.4.1 (
<collectionCode id="38491668C14C4500EE4C676F84F6E821">ICZN</collectionCode>
1999). The name was given subspecific rank for the first time in Pecks Catalogue (1988), i. e., «
<taxonomicName id="985DE83754012D9D5491E88C2045D202" authority="Paramonov" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="clavipes" subSpecies="niger">
<emphasis id="0620B4B6097B890D2C33360D228C45C6" italics="true">M. clavipes niger</emphasis>
Paramonov
</taxonomicName>
» (the original gender ending was incorrect and changed, see Article 34.2, ICZN 1999). Thus, Peck assumes authorship of this name, so we use
<taxonomicName id="1E458447466751A123EA383A39E10232" authority="Peck, 1988" authorityName="Peck" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="clavipes" subSpecies="niger">
<emphasis id="9C1A3D6A59A36A3DC8C6F50213BCEAD3" italics="true">Merodon clavipes niger</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4AAB1BB469F58C70852816CA618BF2AB" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which is a syn. nov. for
<taxonomicName id="D4D1705C8F9B0C68188B7701A2E18D54" authority="(Fabricius, 1781)" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="77A898C65F09A9E35EBEF974B82F71BF" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3F5ACF114114F10B5818A5604D017FD6" DOI="10.5962/bhl.title.36509" author="Fabricius JC" journalOrPublisher="CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii" refId="B14" refString="Fabricius JC (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1. CE Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, 494 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36509" title="Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 1." year="1781">Fabricius, 1781</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Later,
<bibRefCitation id="7C6CBF2E889EFD828E99130F5F6D0F7A" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
mistakenly indicated that
<bibRefCitation id="7AFBF0AE9DA16719142DA47751AC525E" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" firstAuthor="Peck" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soós Á, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae — Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck (1988)</bibRefCitation>
listed the name as a “ variety ”, that Paramonov published the name in 1927, and that the single specimen is a
<typeStatus id="60267E2BC1236EE6963F7B0E36BA5680" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
. He left the rank variety for the name (
<bibRefCitation id="A9BD46EC3C671504BED81F66CA609F8B" author="Hurkmans" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993</bibRefCitation>
). Colour varieties of
<taxonomicName id="4082D48AB8B576576E7218A475027E76" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="3D4A390B040DB2543CAE09776FF07F1D" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been found in multiple populations of this species, similar to variations described for
<taxonomicName id="CF1F887525B1558B0EE67FD6DF8B80E3" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1794" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="equestris">
<emphasis id="3AFCAC25FBEEE7FC6F023C495153D123" italics="true">Merodon equestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4F03E9FFDA1A3C718D3E67F3735F2162" DOI="10.1038/hdy.1976.23" author="Conn" firstAuthor="Conn" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Heredity" pagination="185-189" refId="B9" refString="Conn DLT (1976) Evidence of restricted mimetic colour polymorphism in the large narcissus bulb fly, Merodon equestris fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the Pyrenees. Heredity 36 (2): 185189. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1976.23" title="Evidence of restricted mimetic colour polymorphism in the large narcissus bulb fly, Merodon equestris fab. (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the Pyrenees." volume="36" year="1976">Conn 1976</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="D3EDE5D6B63749DE48AB6A4020079B3C" author="Han" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Han" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="International Journal of Industrial Entomology" pagination="42-48" refId="B20" refString="Han T, Park H, Kim SH, Park IG, Choi DS (2018) Discovery of the large narcissus fly, Merodon equestris (Fabricius), (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Korea. International Journal of Industrial Entomology 36 (2): 4248." title="Discovery of the large narcissus fly, Merodon equestris (Fabricius), (Diptera, Syrphidae) in South Korea." volume="36" year="2018">Han et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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