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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="3ZVHC" LSID="BA4E21F9-7D13-5FB0-A6F3-7055B81D5726" authority="Hurkmans, 1993" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">Merodon hypochrysos Hurkmans, 1993</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">Merodon hypochrysos</taxonomicName>
Hurkmans, 1993: 165. Type locality: Turkey, Adiyaman province (holotype).
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Hurkmans, 1993: 169. Type locality: Iran,
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Turkey, Adiyaman province; Iran,
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Hurkmans
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: Original description was based on male holotype and female paratype from the same locality (
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). -
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 14.</emphasis>
Metaleg of male, lateral view.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. angustitarsis</emphasis>
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&amp; Gilasian
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp;
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp;
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. pakistanicus</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp;
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Scale bar: 1 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Holotype.</paragraph>
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IRAN • ♂;
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Province, Road Chiraz (Shiraz)-Kazeroun, Fort Sine-Sefid;
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,
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; 29 Apr. 1937; Brandt F.H. leg.; NBCN [specimen dry pinned, head glued on the locality label, right mesoleg, left metaleg and right tarsi are missing, genitalia in separate microvial]. Original labels: &quot;Iran, Fars 1937 / Rd Chiraz (Shiraz)-Kazeroun / Fort Sine-Sefid / coll F.H. Brandt 29.IV.&quot; [written with pencil], &quot;Holotype of /
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ankylo- / gaster Hurkmans&quot; [red label handwritten], &quot;Museum Leiden / Collectie / Van Doesburg / rec.1973&quot;, &quot;
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♂
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Param. / det. v. Doesburg &quot;,
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. -
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IRAN • 1 ♀;
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Province, Road Chiraz (Shiraz)-Kazeroun, Fort Sine-Sefid;
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,
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; 29 Apr. 1937; Brandt F.H. leg.; NBCN.
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Hurkmans
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: Original description was based on holotype and 20 paratypes from Hakkari province in Turkey (
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). This species was described based on only males and classified as member of &quot;
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group&quot; (=
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon serrulatus</emphasis>
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group) by
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. -
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: TURKEY • ♂; Adiyaman, 10 km North of Celikhan, Alti Haral
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;
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, 38°22' E; 1450 m a.s.l.; 1 Jul. 1986; Lucas J.A.W. leg.; NBCN [specimen dry pinned]. Original label: &quot;Turkey, Adiyaman, 10 kms. North of Celikhan, Alti Haral
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(
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, 38°22' E), 1450 m, 1.vii.1986, leg. Lucas&quot;. -
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: TURKEY • 20 ♂♂; Hakkari, Sat
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,
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;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="43" direction="east" minutes="55" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="43.916668">43°55'E</geoCoordinate>
; 1600-1650 m a.s.l.; 15-18 Jun. 1984; Lucas J.A.W. leg.; NBCN.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Notes on synonymy.</paragraph>
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Hurkmans designated
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon ankylogaster</emphasis>
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as a member of the &quot;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon tarsatus</emphasis>
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group&quot;. The male holotype of
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, designated by
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, belongs to
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. Based on prior citation of
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in the same publication,
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</taxonomicName>
becomes a junior synonym. The character of elongated basoflagellomere with pointed apex clearly shows that the female paratype of
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. ankylogaster" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="ankylogaster">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. ankylogaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not belong to
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but to
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. angustitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="angustitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. angustitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
&amp; Gilasian
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
here described (in
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
basoflagellomere short with rounded apex).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
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<collectingCountry name="Iran">IRAN</collectingCountry>
•
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Kerman">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Kermān">Kerman</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCounty>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bāft">Baft</normalizedToken>
County
</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:A56E2635E87A7E425BCD44191D4E3F31" country="IRAN" county="Baft County" latitude="29.50361" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="56.638615" name="Ghale Asgar" stateProvince="Kerman Province">Ghale Asgar</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="30" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="29.50361">
29°30
<normalizedToken originalValue="’13”">'13&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="56" direction="east" minutes="38" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="19" value="56.638615">
56°38
<normalizedToken originalValue="’19”">'19&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7399999999999998" unit="m" value="2740.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7399999999999998" unit="m" value="2740.0">2740 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2007-05-03">3 May 2007</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Gilasian E.</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Nematian M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; HMIM •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-02" collectingDateMax="2016-05-06" collectingDateMin="2016-05-02" collectorName="Oboril M." country="Iran" elevation="2261" latitude="29.5525" location="15 km S of Dasht-e Arjan" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.939445" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="5" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<specimenCount type="male">5 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Fars">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:F4C05BBA00F0DD2FCEB54BB7F293BA5A" country="Iran" latitude="29.5525" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.939445" name="15 km S of Dasht-e Arjan" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
S of Dasht-e Arjan
</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="09" value="29.5525">
29°33
<normalizedToken originalValue="’09”">'09&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="22" value="51.939445">
51°56
<normalizedToken originalValue="’22”">'22&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.261" unit="m" value="2261.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.261" unit="m" value="2261.0">2261 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2016-05-02" valueMax="2016-05-06" valueMin="2016-05-02">2-6 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Obořil">Oboril</normalizedToken>
M.
</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; J.H. coll. •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-05" collectorName="Kafka M." country="Iran" elevation="2040" latitude="29.630001" location="Dasht-e Arjan" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.911945" specimenCount="6" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="4" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<specimenCount type="male">4 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Fars">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:8DEA3C9083A4606D120E1050AB72C67F" country="Iran" latitude="29.630001" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.911945" name="Dasht-e Arjan" stateProvince="Fars Province">Dasht-e Arjan</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="37" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="29.630001">
29°37
<normalizedToken originalValue="’48”">'48&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="43" value="51.911945">
51°54
<normalizedToken originalValue="’43”">'43&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.04" unit="m" value="2040.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.04" unit="m" value="2040.0">2040 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2016-05-05">5 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; M. B. coll. •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-04" collectorName="Kafka M." country="Iran" county="Kohgiluyeh" elevation="2390" latitude="30.49" location="Sarab-e Taveh" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.65806" municipality="Yasuj" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCounty>Kohgiluyeh</collectingCounty>
&amp;
<collectingRegion inferredBySuffix="true">Boyer-Ahmad Province</collectingRegion>
,
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yāsuj">
<collectingMunicipality>Yasuj</collectingMunicipality>
</normalizedToken>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:E744E0940D78CDD8C4E7FE9E195878BE" country="Iran" county="Kohgiluyeh" latitude="30.49" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.65806" municipality="Yasuj" name="Sarab-e Taveh" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">Sarab-e Taveh</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="24" value="30.49">
30°29
<normalizedToken originalValue="’24”">'24&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="39" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="51.65806">
51°39
<normalizedToken originalValue="’29”">'29&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3899999999999997" unit="m" value="2390.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3899999999999997" unit="m" value="2390.0">2390 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2016-05-04">4 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; M. B. coll. •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-05-12" collectorName="Gilasian E." country="Iran" county="Semirom County" elevation="2760" latitude="31.016945" location="Kommeh" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.59111" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Isfahan Province">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Esfahan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Isfahān">Isfahan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Esfahan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Esfahān">Esfahan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
),
<collectingCounty>Semirom County</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:56E5FB527CF5B1C90C31FF51D1B30C33" country="Iran" county="Semirom County" latitude="31.016945" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.59111" name="Kommeh" stateProvince="Isfahan Province">Kommeh</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="01" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="01" value="31.016945">
31°01
<normalizedToken originalValue="’01”">'01&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="35" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="28" value="51.59111">
51°35
<normalizedToken originalValue="’28”">'28&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.76" unit="m" value="2760.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.76" unit="m" value="2760.0">2760 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2007-05-12">12 May 2007</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Gilasian E.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; HMIM •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-10" collectorName="Kafka M." country="Iran" county="Dorud County" elevation="950" latitude="33.41889" location="Lanjabad" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="48.98611" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-male="5" stateProvince="Lorestan Province">
<specimenCount type="male">5 ♂♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Lorestan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Lorestān">Lorestan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCounty>Dorud County</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:E8CA25DF4FBB964466F780F47E217000" country="Iran" county="Dorud County" latitude="33.41889" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="48.98611" name="Lanjabad" stateProvince="Lorestan Province">Lanjabad</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="08" value="33.41889">
33°25
<normalizedToken originalValue="’08”">'08&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="48" direction="east" minutes="59" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="10" value="48.98611">
48°59
<normalizedToken originalValue="’10”">'10&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" unit="m" value="950.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" unit="m" value="950.0">950 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2016-05-10">10 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; M. B. coll. •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-11" collectorName="Kafka M." country="Iran" county="Dorud County" elevation="670" latitude="33.433056" location="Lanjabad" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="49.02889" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Lorestan Province">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Lorestan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Lorestān">Lorestan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCounty>Dorud County</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:9DAA29B0FCECD588EA94C115AAE94B7B" country="Iran" county="Dorud County" latitude="33.433056" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="49.02889" name="Lanjabad" stateProvince="Lorestan Province">Lanjabad</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="59" value="33.433056">
33°25
<normalizedToken originalValue="’59”">'59&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="49" direction="east" minutes="01" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="44" value="49.02889">
49°01
<normalizedToken originalValue="’44”">'44&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.7" unit="m" value="670.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.7" unit="m" value="670.0">670 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
(+/-
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="300.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="300.0">300 m</elevation>
</quantity>
);
<collectingDate value="2016-05-11">11 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; M. B. coll. •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-10" collectingDateMax="2016-05-11" collectingDateMin="2016-05-10" collectorName="Kafka M." country="Iran" county="Dorud County" elevation="1670" latitude="33.433056" location="Lanjabad" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="49.02889" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Lorestan Province">
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Lorestan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Lorestān">Lorestan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCounty>Dorud County</collectingCounty>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:33202743664BCA3F1ADDF51A02F29918" country="Iran" county="Dorud County" latitude="33.433056" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="49.02889" name="Lanjabad" stateProvince="Lorestan Province">Lanjabad</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="59" value="33.433056">
33°25
<normalizedToken originalValue="’59”">'59&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="49" direction="east" minutes="01" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="44" value="49.02889">
49°01
<normalizedToken originalValue="’44”">'44&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.67" unit="m" value="1670.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.67" unit="m" value="1670.0">1670 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="2016-05-10" valueMax="2016-05-11" valueMin="2016-05-10">10-11 May 2016</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; M. B. coll. •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1976-07-27" collectorName="Lavalle A. G." country="Iran" latitude="35.975555" location="Damavand Mt area" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="52.105553" municipality="Damavand Village" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Tehran Province">
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Tehran">Tehran Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Damāvand">Damavand</normalizedToken>
Village
</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:D7FE3D05AD7F0FD5FC0AF9DE674CFBC8" country="Iran" latitude="35.975555" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="52.105553" municipality="Damavand Village" name="Damavand Mt area" stateProvince="Tehran Province">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Damāvand">Damavand</normalizedToken>
Mt area
</location>
,
<locationDeviation location="Teheran">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" unit="km" value="75.0">75 km</quantity>
NE
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Tehran">Teheran</collectingRegion>
</locationDeviation>
(
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Tehran">Tehran</collectingRegion>
);
<geoCoordinate degrees="35" direction="north" minutes="58" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="32" value="35.975555">
35°58
<normalizedToken originalValue="’32”">'32&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="52" direction="east" minutes="06" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="20" value="52.105553">
52°06
<normalizedToken originalValue="’20”">'20&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="1976-07-27">27 Jul. 1976</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Lavalle A.G.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; USNM ENT 00036574, USNM ENT 00036575, 05120 (NMNH) •
<materialsCitation accessionNumber="MMH 10277" collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Khaghaninia S." country="Iran" latitude="38.84139" location="Keleybar forest" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="47.000557" municipality="Arasbaran" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="East Azerbaijan Province">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Azarbayjan-e Sharqi">
East
<normalizedToken originalValue="Azerbāijan">Azerbaijan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
,
<normalizedToken originalValue="Arasbārān">
<collectingMunicipality>Arasbaran</collectingMunicipality>
</normalizedToken>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:105BEF32B6A8F3ED618D6D641A0B54A0" country="Iran" latitude="38.84139" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="47.000557" municipality="Arasbaran" name="Keleybar forest" stateProvince="East Azerbaijan Province">Keleybar forest</location>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="north" minutes="50" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="38.84139">
38°50
<normalizedToken originalValue="’29”">'29&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="47" direction="east" minutes="00" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="02" value="47.000557">
47°00
<normalizedToken originalValue="’02”">'02&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectorName>Khaghaninia S.</collectorName>
leg.;
<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MMH10277">MMH 10277</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
. -
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1975-06-08" collectorName="Friedberg A." country="ISRAEL" elevation="2000" location="Mount Hermon" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<collectingCountry name="Israel">ISRAEL</collectingCountry>
•
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BA4E21F97D135FB0A6F37055B81D5726:32959084DD4DFD996F3DBAFB2370FF40" country="ISRAEL" name="Mount Hermon">Mount Hermon</location>
;
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="m" value="2000.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="m" value="2000.0">2000 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
;
<collectingDate value="1975-06-08">8 Jun. 1975</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Friedberg A.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; TAUI •
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1996-06-12" collectorName="Friedberg A." country="Israel" elevation="2000" location="Mount Hermon" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding;
<collectingDate value="1996-06-12">12 Jun. 1996</collectingDate>
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1979-05-30" collectorName="Kaplan M." country="Israel" elevation="2000" location="Mount Hermon" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding;
<collectingDate value="1979-05-30">30 May 1979</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Kaplan M.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1986-05-20" collectorName="Eldar G." country="Israel" elevation="2000" location="Mount Hermon" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding;
<collectingDate value="1986-05-20">20 May 1986</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Eldar G.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
•
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1996-06-12" collectorName="Merz B., Friedberg A." country="Israel" elevation="2000" location="Mount Hermon" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding;
<collectingDate value="1996-06-12">12 Jun. 1996</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName>Merz B.</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Friedberg A.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; NBCN 02561. -
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1984-06-17" collectorName="Warncke K." country="TURKEY" elevation="2000" latitude="37.416668" location="Varegoes" longLatPrecision="1181" longitude="43.916668" municipality="Sat Daglari" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Hakkari">
<collectingCountry name="Turkey">TURKEY</collectingCountry>
•
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Turkey" name="Hakkari">Hakkari</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>
Sat
<normalizedToken originalValue="Dağlari">Daglari</normalizedToken>
</collectingMunicipality>
,
<normalizedToken originalValue="Varegös">
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leg.
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; NBCN 04211 •
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
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(
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<collectingDate value="1983-06-01">1 Jun. 1983</collectingDate>
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leg.
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; D.D. coll. •
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<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion country="Turkey" name="Adiyaman">Adiyaman Province</collectingRegion>
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Nemrut
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;
<collectorName>Snizek M.</collectorName>
leg.
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; D.D. coll.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Small sized (6-8 mm), short to medium long pilose, dark species, with olive-brown reflection (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807912" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">20B</figureCitation>
); antennae dark brown, basoflagellomere short, about 1.6 times as long as wide, with concave dorsal margin and rounded apex (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13A</figureCitation>
); femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">14C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807909" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">17A</figureCitation>
); body pile whitish, yellow to gray. Male: metafemur broad, about 3 times longer than wide, covered with shorter pile, except a few long pile ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">14C</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus with parallel margins from dorsal view, about 1.3 times broader than the second tarsomere, ventrally without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metatarsi. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D, E M. hypochrysos. (A, D, E) male, (B, C) female; (A) ventro-lateral view, (D) ventral view, (B, C, E) lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C), 1 mm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807899" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">7D, E</figureCitation>
); ventral margin of metatrochanter rounded; sternum 4 with medium sized laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. oidipous, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807896" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">4C</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe oval, elongated, and posterior surstyle lobe broad, triangular to trapezoid (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22G, H</figureCitation>
: al, pl); ejaculatory apodeme broader than long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22I</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula very elongated and narrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22I</figureCitation>
: l). Female: basoflagellomere short and rounded (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13A</figureCitation>
); tarsi black to brown; basotarsomere of metaleg with very short pilosity, without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile ventrally.
</paragraph>
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Differs from other species from the
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group by shorter pilosity on metafemur (especially dorsally), with pile shorter than base of metatibia in lateral view (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">14C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807909" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">17A</figureCitation>
); by shorter basoflagellomere with rounded apex (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13A</figureCitation>
); by male basotarsomere of metatarsus narrow in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metatarsi. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D, E M. hypochrysos. (A, D, E) male, (B, C) female; (A) ventro-lateral view, (D) ventral view, (B, C, E) lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C), 1 mm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807899" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">7E</figureCitation>
) and with parallel margins from ventral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metatarsi. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D, E M. hypochrysos. (A, D, E) male, (B, C) female; (A) ventro-lateral view, (D) ventral view, (B, C, E) lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C), 1 mm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807899" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">7D</figureCitation>
); and by characteristic shape of the surstyle lobes in male genitalia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22G, H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Re-description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Male.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Head</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: Antenna dark brown; basoflagellomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11A</figureCitation>
) short, about 1.6 times as long as wide, about 2 times as long as pedicel, concave dorsally, rounded at apex; fossette dorsolateral and small (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11A</figureCitation>
); arista brown and thickened at basal third; face and frons black with gray microtrichia; face covered with dense whitish pile, frons with gray-yellowish pile; oral margin small, with sparse microtrichia; lunule shiny black to brown, bare; eye contiguity short, about 4-6 facets long; vertex isosceles, shiny black (except in front of ocellar triangle); vertex with gray-yellowish pile, mixed with a few black pile on ocellar triangle; ocellar triangle equilateral; occiput with white-gray pile, ventrally covered with dense gray microtrichia; eyes covered with dense whitish-gray pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31B</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: eye contiguity: frons = 4: 1: 2.5. -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Thorax</emphasis>
: Scutum and scutellum black with olive-green to brown lustre, covered with dense, erect yellow to white pile; scutum without pollinose vittae; anterior half of scutum from dull to shiny; posterodorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum (except anteroventral angle), anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron, and posterodorsal and anteroventral parts of katepisternum with long, dense pale yellow to gray pile; wings mostly covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypter pale yellow; halter yellow; femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow; pile on legs pale yellow-whitish; ventral margin of metatrochanter rounded; metafemur moderately broad, about 3 times longer than wide, with shorter pilosity, except a few longer pile on ventral surface, about half of width of metafemur (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">14C</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia very small, covered with a few white pile; basotarsomere of metatarsus not expanded, about 1.3 times broader than second tarsomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metatarsi. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D, E M. hypochrysos. (A, D, E) male, (B, C) female; (A) ventro-lateral view, (D) ventral view, (B, C, E) lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C), 1 mm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807899" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">7E</figureCitation>
), 2 times longer than broad, with parallel margins in dorsal view, ventrally without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile, without spine-like setae along ventrolateral margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Metatarsi. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D, E M. hypochrysos. (A, D, E) male, (B, C) female; (A) ventro-lateral view, (D) ventral view, (B, C, E) lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C), 1 mm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807899" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">7D, E</figureCitation>
). -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807912" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">20B</figureCitation>
): Short pilose, about 1.1 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 without or with poorly visible pair of narrow, white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga gray-whitish, medial part of terga 3-4 usually with black pile; sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish pile; sternum 4 with medium sized laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. oidipous, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807896" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">4C</figureCitation>
). -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe oval and elongated, about 2 times longer than wide, covered with dense, short pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22G, H</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe broad, triangular to trapezoidal (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22G, H</figureCitation>
: pl); cercus rectangular (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22G</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula very elongated and narrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia. A - C M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., D - F M. rufitarsis, G - I M. hypochrysos. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807914" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">22I</figureCitation>
: l). -
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female.</emphasis>
Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and following characteristics: basoflagellomere short, about 1.5 times longer than wide (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13A</figureCitation>
); frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins; frons covered with intermixed gray-yellow and black pile; ocellar triangle covered with gray to whitish pile, in some specimens mixed with black pile; terga covered with gray-whitish to yellow pilosity; medial part of terga 2-4 usually with short adpressed black pile; pollinose fasciae on terga 2-4 more distinct; basotarsomere of metatarsus longer, 2.5 times longer than broad (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807909" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">17A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Distribution and ecological data.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in the region of the Middle East, including Iran, Israel and southeastern Turkey (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Distribution map of M. hypochrysos, M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. rufitarsis and M. smirnovi." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807918" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">26</figureCitation>
). It was recorded in Iran within arid and semi-arid forests ecosystem with
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus brantii" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="brantii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus brantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as dominant vegetation type, cold-desert steppe scrubland ecosystem (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia sieberi" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sieberi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia sieberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Zygophyllaceae" genus="Zygophyllum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Zygophyllum" order="Zygophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Zygophyllum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.), cold and arid semi steppe scrubland and grasslands ecosystem (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Astragalus" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Astragalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.), and cold and humid prairies ecosystem (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Trifolium" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trifolium" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Trifolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.) (
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). These localities belong to ecoregions of the Zagros mountains forest steppe and Elburz range forest steppe (
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). Iranian collection sites of
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<normalizedToken originalValue="Zāgros">Zagros</normalizedToken>
mountain range include:
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yāsuj">Yasuj</normalizedToken>
, with very cold winters and moderate summers, 15.2°C average annual temperature and 864 mm annual precipitation, with
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus persica" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="persica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus persica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Jaub. &amp; Spach as the dominant plant species; Dasht-e Arjan, located in the 'Arjan Biosphere
<normalizedToken originalValue="Reserve’">Reserve'</normalizedToken>
, with an altitude of 853-3041 m a.s.l., with wild almond trees (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Prunus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Prunus scoparia" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scoparia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Prunus scoparia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Spach) C. K. Schneid) (
<normalizedToken originalValue="‘Arjan’">'Arjan'</normalizedToken>
in Persian) as dominant plant species; Dorud, with cold winters and moderate summers, 670 mm annual precipitation, with
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Papilionaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Papilionaceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rosaceae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
as dominant plant families; Semirom, with very cold winters and moderate summers, 335 mm annual precipitation and 12.5°C average annual temperature, with
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Astragalus verus" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="verus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Astragalus verus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Olivier,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Poa bulbosa" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bulbosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Poa bulbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Bromus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Bromus tomentellus" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tomentellus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Bromus tomentellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Boiss. as dominant plant species.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Damāvand">Damavand</normalizedToken>
is located close to the highest mountain in Iran with the same name
<normalizedToken originalValue="Damāvand">Damavand</normalizedToken>
with 5671 m a.s.l, in the Alborz mountain range, with cold winters and moderate summers, with 540 mm annual precipitation and with about 10°C average annual temperature; 370 plant species belonging to 206 genera and 56 families have been recorded from this area;
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteraceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Rosaceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
, Brassicacaea and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Caryophyllaceae</taxonomicName>
are dominant plant families in this area. The Keleybar forest, with 400-600 mm annual precipitation and about 10°C average annual temperature is located in the north-east of Iran;
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus petraea" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="petraea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus petraea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Matt.) Liebl.,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Carpinus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carpinus betulus" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="betulus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Carpinus betulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cornaceae" genus="Cornus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cornus mas" order="Cornales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Cornus mas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. are the dominant plant species in this area. The western part of the range of
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Turkey and Israel) belongs to the Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests. The vegetation of this ecoregion includes maquis, coniferous forests of
<taxonomicName class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pinus halepensis" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="halepensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Pinus halepensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mill. and
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. brutia" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="brutia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">P. brutia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Ten., dry
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. woodlands and steppe formations (
<bibRefCitation author="Vujic, A" journalOrPublisher="Zootoxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" publicationUrl="https://www.worldwildlife.org" refId="B71" refString="2022. . https://www.worldwildlife.org" url="https://www.worldwildlife.org" year="2022">WWF 2022</bibRefCitation>
). The montane forest of Mt. Hermon (locality in Israel) is dominated by
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus infectoria subsp. veneris" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="infectoria" subSpecies="veneris">Quercus infectoria subsp. veneris</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="Q. libani" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="libani">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Q. libani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juniperus drupacea" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="drupacea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juniperus drupacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="monspessulanum" subSpecies="microphyllum">Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum</taxonomicName>
, accompanied by Mediterranean maquis and semi-steppe bathas (
<bibRefCitation author="Danin, A" journalOrPublisher="The Zoogeography of Israel" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="251 - 276" publicationUrl="https://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/3-018.pdf" refId="B9" refString="Danin, A, 1988. Flora and vegetation of Israel and adjacent areas. The Zoogeography of Israel 30: 251 - 276, https://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/3-018.pdf" title="Flora and vegetation of Israel and adjacent areas." url="https://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/3-018.pdf" volume="30" year="1988">Danin 1988</bibRefCitation>
). On the basis of our data the flight period is from early May to late July.
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