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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figs 5D</figureCitation>
<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">, 11E</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">, 13E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 15C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 16F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 19C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 21D</figureCitation>
<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">, 22D-F</figureCitation>
<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>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 30D</figureCitation>
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<bibRefCitation author="Sack, P" journalOrPublisher="Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="427 - 462" refId="B46" refString="Sack, P, 1913. Die Gattung Merodon Meigen (Lampetia Meig. olim.). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 31: 427 - 462" title="Die Gattung Merodon Meigen (Lampetia Meig. olim.)." volume="31" year="1913">Sack 1913</bibRefCitation>
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; 
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<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.374" unit="m" value="2374.0">2374 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2018-06-13">13 Jun. 2018</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; SZMN • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2018-06-17" collectorName="Barkalov A." country="Tajikistan" elevation="2374" latitude="39.083332" location="Sarytag Village" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="68.53333" municipality="Iskanderkul" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Sughd">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding; 
<collectingDate value="2018-06-17">17 Jun. 2018</collectingDate>
</materialsCitation>
. - 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1991-05-10" collectorName="Zinchenko V." country="TURKMENISTAN" county="Kuhitang Mountain" elevation="1850" latitude="37.788612" location="Dzheilyau" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="66.556114" municipality="Airibaba" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<collectingCountry name="Turkmenistan">TURKMENISTAN</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingCounty>Kuhitang Mountain</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Airibaba</collectingMunicipality>
, plateau 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:F2CB95C2C0E35888938F6A12F23A1F60:6271250C47FC36093BBF12AFCDC5F9EF" country="TURKMENISTAN" county="Kuhitang Mountain" latitude="37.788612" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="66.556114" municipality="Airibaba" name="Dzheilyau">Dzheilyau</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="north" minutes="47" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="19" value="37.788612">
37°47 
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N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="66" direction="east" minutes="33" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="22" value="66.556114">
66°33 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’22”">'22&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" metricValueMax="1.9" metricValueMin="1.8" unit="m" value="1850.0" valueMax="1900.0" valueMin="1800.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" metricValueMax="1.9" metricValueMin="1.8" unit="m" value="1850.0" valueMax="1900.0" valueMin="1800.0">1800-1900 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="1991-05-10">10 May 1991</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Zinchenko V.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; SZMN 05802 • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1996-05-20" collectorName="Dolin W." country="Turkmenistan" location="Chalatsh Amudarva" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; near 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:F2CB95C2C0E35888938F6A12F23A1F60:33344F85D165B4FF0E01091FA2F98774" country="Turkmenistan" name="Chalatsh Amudarva">Chalatsh Amudarva</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="1996-05-20">20 May 1996</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Dolin W.</collectorName>
leg.
</materialsCitation>
; M. H. coll. 02574.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807921" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" start="Figure 29" startId="F29">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 29.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">A</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">B</emphasis>
Head of female, frontal view. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">A</emphasis>
<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>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. dumosus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="dumosus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">C</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">D</emphasis>
Thorax of female, lateral view: 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Barkalov &amp; Kočiš Tubić &amp; Likov &amp; Tot &amp; Popov &amp; Prokhorov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Anjum &amp; Djan &amp; Kakar &amp; Andrić" authorityYear="2023" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. turkestanicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="turkestanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bars: 
<quantity metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.5 mm</quantity>
(A, B), 
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
(C, D).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Medium sized (8-11 mm), medium long pilose, dark species, with olive-brown reflection (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">19C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">21D</figureCitation>
); antennae reddish-yellow to brown (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">11E</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">13E</figureCitation>
), basoflagellomere elongated, about 2 times as long as wide with more or less straight dorsal margin; femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi entirely reddish-yellow, except brown medial ring on tibiae (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15C</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16F</figureCitation>
); body pile whitish, yellow to gray. Male: metafemur broad, about 3.2 times longer than wide, covered with long and dense pilosity (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15C</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus less expanded, about 1.2 times broader than second tarsomere, ventrally without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile; ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; sternum 4 with medium-size laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">5D</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: surstyle lobe with deep invagination between lobes (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">22D</figureCitation>
); anterior surstyle lobe narrow from lateral view, elongated (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">22D</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval, beak-like (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">22D</figureCitation>
: pl); ejaculatory apodeme longer than broad (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">22F</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula very long 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">22F</figureCitation>
: l). Female: metafemur broad, covered with long and dense pilosity (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Similar to 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujic &amp; Gilasian" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon angustitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angustitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon angustitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
&amp; Gilasian 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
from which differs by absence of ventrolateral row of setae on basotarsomere of metaleg, present in 
<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>
(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">7A-C</figureCitation>
), and by very different shape of surstyle lobe of 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">22A, D</figureCitation>
). Similar in shape of male genitalia 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 differs with beak-like ventral margin of posterior surstyle lobe (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">22D</figureCitation>
: pl), oval 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>
(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>
: pl).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Re-description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Male. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Head</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: Antenna reddish-yellow to 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">11E</figureCitation>
) yellowish, elongated, about 2 times as long as wide, about 2 times as long as pedicel, more or less straight dorsally, gradually tapering to apex; fossette dorsolateral and large (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">11E</figureCitation>
); arista black and thickened at basal third; face and frons black with sparse gray microtrichia; face covered with dense whitish pile, frons with gray-yellowish pile; oral margin black; lunule shiny black to brown, bare; eye contiguity short, about 4-6 facets long; vertex isosceles, shiny black; vertex with long, whitish-gray pile, in some cases 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 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30D</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: eye contiguity: frons = 3-4: 1: 3-4. - 
<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 reddish-yellow to gray and 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-yellow; calypter pale yellow; halter yellow; femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi entirely reddish-yellow, except brown medial ring on tibiae; pile on legs pale yellow; ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; metafemur broad, about as 3.5 times longer than wide, with long pile on ventral surface, about half width of metafemur, longer than pile on dorsal surface (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15C</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia medium long, covered with yellowish pile; basotarsomere of metatarsus about 1.2 times broader than second tarsomere, ventrally without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile. - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
: About 1.3 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 without or with pair of indistinct, narrow, white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga yellow to gray-whitish (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">19C</figureCitation>
); sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish pile. - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe narrow from lateral view, elongated (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">22D</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval, beak-like (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">22D</figureCitation>
: pl); ejaculatory apodeme longer than broad (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">22F</figureCitation>
: ea); 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">22D</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula very long 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">22F</figureCitation>
: l). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female.</emphasis>
Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and following characteristics: basoflagellomere about 1.5 times longer than wide, with slightly rounded apex (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">13E</figureCitation>
); frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins; frons covered with mostly yellow pile; ocellar triangle covered with black and yellowish-gray pile; terga covered with gray-whitish to yellow pilosity; pollinose fasciae on terga 2-4 distinct (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">21D</figureCitation>
); all tarsi bright yellow; basotarsomere of metaleg narrow, without spine-like setae along ventrolateral margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Distribution and ecological data.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sack" authorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon rufitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon rufitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, eastern Turkmenistan and southern Kazakhstan (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>
). Localities where 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. rufitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="rufitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. rufitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was found belong to three ecoregions: Tian Shan foothill arid steppe, Gissaro-Alai open woodlands and Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" author="Olson, DM" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" refId="B39" refString="Olson, DM, Dinerstein, E, Wikramanayake, ED, Burgess, ND, Powell, GVN, Underwood, EC, D'Amico, JA, Itoua, I, Strand, HE, Morrison, JC, Loucks, CJ, Allnutt, TF, Ricketts, TH, Kura, Y, Lamoreux, JF, Wettengel, WW, Hedao, P, Kassem, KR, 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51(11): 933-938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" title="Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51 (11): 933 - 938." url="https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" year="2001">Olson et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
). A variety of landscapes of Gissaro-Alai open woodlands range from foothill semideserts to alpine meadows, combined with characteristic mountain forests (
<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>
). Many geophytes (e.g., 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Allium" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Allium" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Allium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Iridaceae" genus="Iris" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Iris" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Iris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Liliaceae" genus="Tulipa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tulipa" order="Liliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Tulipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Liliaceae" genus="Gagea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Gagea" order="Liliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Gagea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Asphodelaceae" genus="Eremurus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eremurus" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Eremurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Rheum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rheum" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Rheum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are present. The steppe grasses grow alongside wild fruit and nut forests, and at the higher altitudes a mosaic of open coniferous evergreen 
<taxonomicName authorityName="C.Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juniperus" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juniperus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forests forms the montane belt. The valleys of mountain rivers house riparian forests. Tall-forb vegetation of the localities of 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. rufitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="rufitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. rufitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan includes: mesic mown and grazed subalpine meadows and pastures on fertile soils, forb rich mesophilious tall-forb communities of the western Pamir-Alai Mountains, scree-like tall-forb communities of the eastern Irano-Turanian region, dry tall-forb communities of the subhumid zone of the eastern Irano-Turanian region (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" author="Nowak, A" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="191 - 217" refId="B37" refString="Nowak, A, Świerszcz, S, Nowak, S, Nobis, M, 2020a. Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia). Vegetation Classification and Survey 1: 191 - 217, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" title="Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" volume="1" year="2020 a">Nowak et al. 2020a</bibRefCitation>
). The habitat of adults of 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. rufitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="rufitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. rufitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Tajikistan is presented in Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 32" captionStartId="F32" captionText="Figure 32. A Male of Merodon tarsatus on Prangos pabularia; B habitat of adults of M. tarsatus in Tajikistan; C habitat of adults of M. rufitarsis in Tajikistan; D type locality of M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov. Photos by: A. Barkalov (A-C), Yu. E. Skrylnik (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure32" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807924" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">32C</figureCitation>
. On the basis of our data the flight period is May to early July.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
This species was described as subspecies of 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Becker" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon fulcratus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulcratus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon fulcratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but 
<bibRefCitation author="Hurkmans, W" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="147 - 234" refId="B19" refString="Hurkmans, W, 1993. A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136: 147 - 234" title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
revised the status of the holotype, established it as distinct and valid species, and classified it as a member of &quot; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">alexeji</emphasis>
group&quot;.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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