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<taxonomicName LSID="A85A9F8C-3E4F-5B4A-B97C-8D5800F9F5EB" authority="Hurkmans, 1993" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon sophron" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sophron">Merodon sophron Hurkmans, 1993</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metaleg, lateral view. A Merodon bequaerti, male B Merodon bequaerti, female C Merodon sacki, male D Merodon sophron, male. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377369" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Figs 8D</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">, 9G-I, K</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Antenna. A Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, male B Merodon bequaerti, inner side, lateral view, male C Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, female D Merodon sacki, outer side, lateral view, male E Merodon sacki, inner side, lateral view, male F Merodon sacki, dorsal view, male G Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, male H Merodon sophron, inner side, lateral view, male I Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, female. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377372" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">, 11G-I</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Medium sized (7.8-9.2 mm), dark species with olive-brown reflection; antennae dark; legs mostly black; body pile predominantly pale, except few black pile on vertex and scutum; basoflagellomere elongated (1.8 times as long as wide) obviously concave dorsally, arista 1.8 times as long as basoflagellomere (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Antenna. A Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, male B Merodon bequaerti, inner side, lateral view, male C Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, female D Merodon sacki, outer side, lateral view, male E Merodon sacki, inner side, lateral view, male F Merodon sacki, dorsal view, male G Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, male H Merodon sophron, inner side, lateral view, male I Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, female. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377372" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">11G-I</figureCitation>
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); tergum 2 with pale lateral maculae; metafemur incrassate with
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long pile on ventral surface, length approximately one third of its width (Fig.
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); male genitalia: posterior surstyle lobe with lateral hump; apical part of anterior surstyle lobe rhomboid; lingula
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size (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9G-I</figureCitation>
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). Related to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Merodon serrulatus</emphasis>
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from which differs in absence of medial fossette (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Antenna. A Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, male B Merodon bequaerti, inner side, lateral view, male C Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, female D Merodon sacki, outer side, lateral view, male E Merodon sacki, inner side, lateral view, male F Merodon sacki, dorsal view, male G Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, male H Merodon sophron, inner side, lateral view, male I Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, female. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377372" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">11H</figureCitation>
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), present in geographically related Iberian populations of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">M. serrulatus</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Merodon serrulatus antenna. A outer side, lateral view, male (Spain) B inner side, lateral view, male (Spain) C dorsal view, male (Spain) D outer side, lateral view, female (Spain) E inner side, lateral view, female (Spain) F dorsal view, female (Spain) G outer side, lateral view, male (Greece) H inner side, lateral view, male (Greece) I dorsal view, male (Greece) J outer side, lateral view, male (Russia). Abbreviation: f-fossette. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377364" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">3B</figureCitation>
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), molecular data and distribution (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Distribution map of Merodon serrulatus species group." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377368" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">7</figureCitation>
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). Related to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">M. bequaerti</emphasis>
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, but differs by shorter pile on ventral margin of metafemur in both sexes (Fig.
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), narrower and oval to triangular apical part of anterior surstyle lobe (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9G</figureCitation>
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), with rounded margin in
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9A</figureCitation>
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), and light yellow and less dense marginal pile on apical part of anterior surstyle lobe (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9G, K</figureCitation>
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: al), dark brown and dense in
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: al, J).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Redescription</paragraph>
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(based on the material from type locality, Middle Atlas, Azrou).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Male.</emphasis>
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Head. Antennae black to dark brown; basoflagellomere elongated, ca. 1.8 times as long as wide, and ca. 2.5 times as long as pedicel, concave dorsally with acute apex; fossette dorsolateral; arista dark and thickened at basal one third, covered with dense microtrichia, ca. 1.8 times as long as basoflagellomere (Fig.
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); face and frons black with gray microtrichia, face covered with dense whitish, and frons with yellowish gray pile; oral margin shiny, with small lateral microtrichose area; lunule shiny black, bare; vertex shiny black, except in front of anterior ocellus, covered with microtrichia; vertex isosceles, with long, pale whitish yellow pile, mixed with black pile on the ocellar triangle; ocellar triangle isosceles; eyes covered with dense pile; occiput with gray-yellow pile, ventrally covered with a dense, gray microtrichia; eye contiguity 8-11 facets long; vertical triangle: eye contiguity: frons = 3: 1: 3.
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Thorax. Scutum and scutellum black with bronze luster, covered with dense, erect, usually yellow pile; sides of scutum at wing basis with patch of black pile or fascia of short black pile and few black pile between wing basis; scutum with two microtrichose vittae, anteriorly connected and posteriorly reaching the scutellum; anterior half of scutum dull; 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 pile and grayish microtrichia; wings entirely covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypteres and halteres pale yellow; legs mostly black, except brown tarsi ventrally in some specimens; pile on legs pale yellow; metafemur moderately incrassate, ca. three times longer than wide; pile on postero- and anteroventral surface
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long, and ca. as one third of width of metafemur, approximately the same length as pile on dorsal surface (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metaleg, lateral view. A Merodon bequaerti, male B Merodon bequaerti, female C Merodon sacki, male D Merodon sophron, male. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377369" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">8D</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Abdomen. Tapering, 1.2 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark, except for a pair of pale yellow-orange, triangular, lateral maculae on tergum 2; terga 3 and 4 each with a pair of white microtrichose and oblique fasciae (on tergum 2 triangular); pile on terga all yellow; sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish yellow pile.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
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Male genitalia. Apical part of anterior surstyle lobe rhomboid shape, ca. 1.5 times longer than wide, covered with dense, short pile (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9G, J</figureCitation>
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: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval with basolateral protrusion (lateral hump) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9G, H</figureCitation>
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: bp); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula
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<taxonomicName lsidName="medium" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="medium">medium</taxonomicName>
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size (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Male genitalia. A Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, lateral view B Merodon bequaerti, epandrium, ventral view C Merodon bequaerti, hypandrium, lateral view D Merodon sacki, epandrium, lateral view E Merodon sacki, epandrium, ventral view F Merodon sacki, hypandrium, lateral view G Merodon sophron, epandrium, lateral view H Merodon sophron, epandrium, ventral view I Merodon sophron, hypandrium, lateral view J Merodon bequaerti, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view K Merodon sophron, anterior surstyle lobe, lateral view. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstyle lobe, bp-basolateral protrusion, l-lingula, pl-posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377370" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">9I</figureCitation>
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: l).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Female.</emphasis>
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Similar to the male except for normal sexual dimorphism and for the following characteristics: antennae with rounded tip, basoflagellomere ca. two times longer than wide (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Antenna. A Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, male B Merodon bequaerti, inner side, lateral view, male C Merodon bequaerti, outer side, lateral view, female D Merodon sacki, outer side, lateral view, male E Merodon sacki, inner side, lateral view, male F Merodon sacki, dorsal view, male G Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, male H Merodon sophron, inner side, lateral view, male I Merodon sophron, outer side, lateral view, female. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377372" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">11I</figureCitation>
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); frons with broad microtrichose vittae along eye margins; frons covered with variable pilosity, from mostly gray-yellow until predominantly black; ocellar triangle covered with black pile; lateral side of terga, anterior two thirds of tergum 2 and all of tergum 5 with yellow pile; terga 2-4 with short adpressed black pile.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon sophron" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sophron">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Merodon sophron</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is distributed in north-western Africa (Morocco) (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Distribution map of Merodon serrulatus species group." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377368" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">7</figureCitation>
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
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Preferred environment: forest/open ground; open areas in evergreen oak maquis, dry
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<taxonomicName class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pinus" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Pinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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forest; unimproved grassland and tracksides (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Different types of habitats of Merodon serrulatus species group. A Lesvos (Greece), habitat of Merodon opacus sp. nov., Photograph by Ante Vujic B Siberia, Teletskoye Lake (Russia), habitat of Merodon serrulatus, Photograph by Jeroen van Steenis C Morocco, habitat of Merodon sophron, Photograph by Ante Vujic D Tajikistan, habitat of Merodon nigrocapillatus sp. nov., Photograph by Anatolij Barkalov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.909.46838.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/377396" pageId="0" pageNumber="79">35C</figureCitation>
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). Flowers visited: no data. Flight period: May-June.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
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Holotype [original designation by
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<bibRefCitation author="Hurkmans, W" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="79" pagination="147 - 234" refId="B20" 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>
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: 168)]. Morocco • ♂; Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="33.416668">33°25'00"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="5" direction="west" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="-5.3333335">5°20'00"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 29 May 1925; E. Hartert leg.; NHMUK (studied).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="79" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">Other material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="79">
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Morocco • 1 ♂; Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="30.666666">30°40'00"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="7" direction="west" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="-7.5">7°30'00"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 31 May 1953; G. L. Spoek leg.; NBCN • 2 ♂♂; Moyen Atlas, Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="30.666666">30°40'00"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="7" direction="west" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="-7.5">7°30'00"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 19 Jun. 1928; R. Benoist leg.; MNHN PM0344, PM0350 • 1 ♀; Moyen Atlas, Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="30.666666">30°40'00"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="7" direction="west" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="-7.5">7°30'00"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 16 Jun. 1928; R. Benoist leg.; MNHN PM0371 • 1 ♀; Middle Atlas, Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="24" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="51" value="33.41417">33°24'51"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="5" direction="west" minutes="11" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="36" value="-5.1933336">5°11'36"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 1789 m a.s.l.; 25-26 Jun. 2014; A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
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, S.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
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, J.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ačanski">Acanski</normalizedToken>
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, S.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Veselić">Veselic</normalizedToken>
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leg.; FSUNS 07044 • 1 ♂; Moyen Atlas, Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="33.43">33°25'48"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="5" direction="west" minutes="12" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="36" value="-5.21">5°12'36"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 16 Jun. 1928, R. Benoist leg.; MNHN 22624 • 1 ♂; Middle Atlas, Maknes, Azrou;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="33.43">33°25'48"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="5" direction="west" minutes="12" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="36" value="-5.21">5°12'36"W</geoCoordinate>
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; 1800 m a.s.l.; 25 May 1995; C. Kassebeer leg.; FSUNS 02496.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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