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68° 88' E, 
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NE Kalon
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68° 87' E, 
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(
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68° 84' E, 
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(
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: 
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, Dzharty–Su, 
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(
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coll.)
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, 
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, leg. 
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(
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coll.)
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.
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE5087626B331DFFEF74810" bold="true" box="[199,321,1261,1286]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Belongs to 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE5087627A631DFFCBF4813" box="[466,777,1261,1285]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Merodon avidus-nigritarsis</emphasis>
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lineage: relatively large species (
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) with white pollinose vittae on mesoscutum and white pollinose fasciae on tergites; at least tergite 2 with reddish-orange marks. Mesoscutum covered with erect, yellow pile. Anterior anepisternum bare below the postpronotum. Pile on metasternum erect, as long as those on hind coxa. Abdomen elongate, narrow and tapering, always longer than mesoscutum and scutellum together. Posterior part of mid coxa usually without long pile. First flagellomere at most twice as long as wide. Legs without thorns or other protuberances. Male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe usually of rhomboid shape, covered with dense short pile; posterior surstyle lobe usually longer than anterior one; interior accessory lobe of posterior surstyle lobe narrow and long; cercus rectangular, without prominences. Hypandrium narrow, elongate and sickle–shaped; posterior end of lateral sclerite of aedeagus tapering; hypandrium usually with a pair of lateral projections; lingula developed. For the subgroups of 
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lineage and the approximate number of taxa see 
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE5087626B3334BFD424AA4" blockId="2.[151,1437,829,1970]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE5087626B3334BFE2C4B87" box="[199,410,1657,1681]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE5087627D6334BFE574B84" box="[418,481,1657,1682]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
possesses a line of thorns on the inner side of apical quarter of metafemur (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE508762342334BFA394B84" box="[1334,1423,1657,1682]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1061,1083]" captionTargetBox="[340,1241,213,1018]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[340,1247,193,1040]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Metafemur of Merodon male. A, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n., C Merodon segetum (Fabricius), D Eumerus truncatus. A, anterior view, B, C, D antero-ventral view. it—row of inner thorns. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111534" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111534/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
), representing a unique apomorphic character that is absent in all other species of the genus. Based on the structure of the male genitalia (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE5087627FA33F3FE604BCC" box="[398,470,1729,1754]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1326,1348]" captionTargetBox="[378,1243,339,1297]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[340,1248,301,1305]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Merodon, epandrium. A, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n., C, D Merodon ottomanus. A, C lateral view, B, D ventral view. al—anterior surstyle lobe, pl—posterior surstyle lobe, c—cercus. Scale bar, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111538" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111538/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Figs 6</figureCitation>
A–B, 7A), similar with 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE50876249733F0FCC84BCF" box="[739,894,1730,1753]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">M. ottomanus</emphasis>
Hurkmans
</taxonomicName>
(
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C–D, 7B). Differs from other known species of the 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE5087627F833D4FDCF4BEB" box="[396,633,1765,1789]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="avidus-nigritarsis">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE5087627F833D4FDCF4BEB" box="[396,633,1765,1789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">M. avidus-nigritarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lineage (except 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE50876254033D4FC464BE8" authority="Loew" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1862" box="[820,1008,1765,1790]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aurifer">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE50876254033D4FC1E4BEB" box="[820,936,1765,1789]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">M. aurifer</emphasis>
Loew
</taxonomicName>
) in having 1–4 fine pile (usually one) on the posterior side of the mesocoxa. In males, the basoflagellomere is elongated with an angular apex (
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), bearing a very large outer fossette (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE50876245B321FFD314A50" box="[559,647,1837,1862]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1548,1570]" captionTargetBox="[350,1231,219,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[340,1247,193,1527]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Merodon antenna, lateral view. A Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, inner side, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, outer side, C Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, inner side, D Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, outer side, E Merodon pumilus Macquart male, outer side, F Eumerus armatus Ricarte et Rotheray male, outer side, G Eumerus truncatus Rondani male, outer side. f—fossette. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111528/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
) and a second inner fossette (
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), which are absent in all other species of the genus. Medium-sized species (
<quantity id="4CAD0088FFE5087624FA3260FCBA4A7C" box="[654,780,1874,1898]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" metricValueMax="1.2" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" unit="mm" value="11.0" valueMax="12.0" valueMin="10.0">10–12 mm</quantity>
), with a vitta of black pile between wing bases. Terga dark except for triangular reddish-yellow lateral marks on tergum 2. Terga 2–4 with a pair of broad pollinose vittae, almost connected medially on terga 3 and 4 (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087726E3333EFEA34B37" bold="true" box="[151,277,1548,1570]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE408772769333EFECF4B34" box="[285,377,1548,1570]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Merodon</emphasis>
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antenna, lateral view. 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE408772410333EFDC04B37" bold="true" box="[612,630,1548,1569]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">A</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877240B333EFCF64B34" box="[639,832,1548,1570]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
male, inner side, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877224B333FFBE64B34" bold="true" box="[1087,1104,1549,1570]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">B</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877222C333EFAAE4B34" box="[1112,1304,1548,1570]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE408772355333FFAEA4B34" bold="true" box="[1313,1372,1549,1570]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE408772355333FFAEA4B34" box="[1313,1372,1549,1570]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
male, outer side, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877277C3319FEAC4B57" bold="true" box="[264,282,1579,1601]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">C</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087727553319FE564B57" box="[289,480,1579,1601]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877279C3319FD944B56" bold="true" box="[488,546,1579,1600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE40877279C3319FD944B56" box="[488,546,1579,1600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
female, inner side, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087724983319FD484B56" bold="true" box="[748,766,1579,1600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE4087725723319FC704B57" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Andrić &amp; Gilasian &amp; Barkalov, 2019" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Andrić &amp; Gilasian &amp; Barkalov" authorityYear="2019" box="[774,966,1579,1601]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eumerusi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087725723319FC704B57" box="[774,966,1579,1601]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087725B83319FBB04B56" bold="true" box="[972,1030,1579,1600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE4087725B83319FBB04B56" box="[972,1030,1579,1600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
female, outer side, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087722A53319FB544B56" bold="true" box="[1233,1250,1579,1600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE40877229D3319FF4E4B49" authority="Macquart" authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1849" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pumilus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877229D3319FA2A4B57" box="[1257,1436,1579,1601]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Merodon pumilus</emphasis>
Macquart
</taxonomicName>
male, outer side, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087727DE3378FE0F4B49" bold="true" box="[426,441,1610,1631]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE4087727B43378FC8B4B49" authority="Ricarte et Rotheray" authorityName="Ricarte et Rotheray" box="[448,829,1609,1631]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eumerus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armatus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087727B43378FDC54B49" box="[448,627,1610,1631]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Eumerus armatus</emphasis>
Ricarte et Rotheray
</taxonomicName>
male, outer side, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877259B337BFBB54B49" bold="true" box="[1007,1027,1609,1631]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">G</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE40877227D3378FA934B49" authority="Rondani" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1868" box="[1033,1317,1609,1631]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eumerus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="truncatus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877227D3378FB7F4B49" box="[1033,1225,1610,1631]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Eumerus truncatus</emphasis>
Rondani
</taxonomicName>
male, outer side. 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087726B8335AFF624B68" bold="true" box="[204,212,1640,1662]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">f</emphasis>
—fossette. Scale bar, 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C34FFEE6FFE4087126B33397FB6C4DC3" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="192" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087726B33397FE004BA8" bold="true" box="[199,438,1701,1726]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Description. MALE</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE4087727B23397FDB24BA8" bold="true" box="[454,516,1701,1726]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Head</emphasis>
(
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A–B, 2A–B). Antenna (
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A–B) dark brown; basoflagellomere about 1.4 times longer than pedicel, with acute tip; rectangular, with two fossettes: a large triangular one on the inner side and an oval one on the outer side (
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A–B); arista about 1.5 times longer than basoflagellomere. Face and frons black, densely covered with whitish pollinosity and pale pile, except for the upper and lower part of mouth edge and lunula; lateral side of mouth edge with small pollinose macula; face with pollinose vitta without pile, from lower margin of antennae to mouth edge; occiput densely covered with grey pollinosity and pale pile. Eyes covered with pale pile, longer than posterior ocellus. Eye contiguity about 14 facets long. Vertical triangle isosceles, covered with black pile (
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), shiny, except for grey pollinosity at anterior angle. Ocellar triangle equilateral (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE4087726EB32F7FF414AC8" box="[159,247,1989,2014]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1855,1877]" captionTargetBox="[348,1238,956,1830]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[340,1247,949,1834]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head of Merodon eumerusi sp. n.. A, C lateral view, B, D dorsal view. A, B male, C, D female. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111530" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111530/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE40877277832F7FED44AC8" bold="true" box="[268,354,1989,2014]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Thorax</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE40877270432F7FE0F4AC8" box="[368,441,1989,2014]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1056,1078]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[340,1247,337,1035]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Male of Merodon eumerusi sp. n.. lateral view. Scale bar, 1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111532" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111532/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">Figs 3</figureCitation>
, 
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A–B). Scutum black, with three narrow, central, pollinose vittae and two lateral, broad vittae; transverse suture conspicuously pollinose; scutum covered with pale pile, except for broad fascia of black pile between wing bases (the fascia has intermixed black and pale pile in some specimens) (
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); notopleural area covered with silverish pollinosity. Scutellum black, shiny, and covered with pale pile about as long as half of the width of scutellum (or longer); posterior margin of scutellum with pronounced rim. Wing hyaline with light brown veins, covered with microtrichia except for the basal parts of cells bm, r and r1; vein RS with a few short pile at the beginning of cell r2+3. Pleuron black and shiny, except for grey pollinosity on anepisternum, anepimeron and anterodorsal part of katepisternum; dorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum, anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron and anteroventral and posterodorsal parts of katepisternum covered with long pale pile, whereas the katatergum is covered with short sand-brown pile. Legs mostly black, except for yellow knees and basal half of tibiae; legs covered with yellow pile, except for a few black bristle-like pile on the apical part of the pro- and mesofemora; metatrochanter with small lamellar process; metafemur swollen and slightly curved, 2.5 times longer than wide; ventral margin of inner side of metafemur with a row of 4–5 robust black thorns, opposite to triangular process at apicoventral part of metafemur; a few slightly longer posteroventral and anteroventral pile on metafemur, shorter than half of the width of metafemur; ventral surface of metafemur with bare line lacking pile (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE3087027BD37BDFDA64FBE" box="[457,528,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1061,1083]" captionTargetBox="[340,1241,213,1018]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[340,1247,193,1040]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Metafemur of Merodon male. A, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n., C Merodon segetum (Fabricius), D Eumerus truncatus. A, anterior view, B, C, D antero-ventral view. it—row of inner thorns. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111534" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111534/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Figs 4</figureCitation>
A–B). 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE30870242F37BDFD7C4FBE" bold="true" box="[603,714,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE3087024AD37BDFC854FBE" box="[729,819,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1836,1858]" captionTargetBox="[369,1232,1187,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[340,1247,1164,1815]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Abdomen of Merodon eumerusi sp. n., dorsal view. A male, B female. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111536" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111536/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
). Terga black and shiny, covered with pale pile; tergum 2 with a pair of triangular orange maculae; terga 2–4 with a pair of wide pollinose fasciae, slightly separated at the middle of terga; posterior margins of terga 3–4 with narrow pollinose fasciae (on tergum 2 poorly visible); sterna dark brown, covered with pale pile; posterior margin of sternum 4 simple, straight, without incisions. 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE30870231537CEFF4A4E2E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE308702778362DFEE24E2E" box="[268,340,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1326,1348]" captionTargetBox="[378,1243,339,1297]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[340,1248,301,1305]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Merodon, epandrium. A, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n., C, D Merodon ottomanus. A, C lateral view, B, D ventral view. al—anterior surstyle lobe, pl—posterior surstyle lobe, c—cercus. Scale bar, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111538" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111538/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Figs 6</figureCitation>
A–B, 7A). Posterior surstyle lobe broad, with bulge on apical part, rectangular; anterior surstyle lobe rectangular, well developed, covered with dense short pile; cercus rectangular (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE3087022273676FB2D4E4B" box="[1107,1179,836,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1326,1348]" captionTargetBox="[378,1243,339,1297]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[340,1248,301,1305]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Merodon, epandrium. A, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n., C, D Merodon ottomanus. A, C lateral view, B, D ventral view. al—anterior surstyle lobe, pl—posterior surstyle lobe, c—cercus. Scale bar, 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111538" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111538/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Figs 6</figureCitation>
A–B). Hypandrium Ushaped, with folded thecal ridge; lateral sclerite of aedeagus triangular, knife-shaped (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE3087026E3320DFEA44A42" bold="true" box="[151,274,1855,1877]" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Head of 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE308702704320DFD994A40" box="[368,559,1855,1878]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE3087024413272FDD84A43" bold="true" box="[565,622,1856,1877]" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE3087024413272FDD84A43" box="[565,622,1856,1877]" pageId="4" pageNumber="191" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE30870240F320DFD1A4A43" bold="true" box="[635,684,1855,1877]" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">A, C</emphasis>
lateral view, 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE3087025403272FCD24A43" bold="true" box="[820,868,1856,1877]" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">B, D</emphasis>
dorsal view. A, B male, C, D female. Scale bar, 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE3087126B3324EFB6C4DC3" blockId="4.[151,1436,1916,2014]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1436,151,285]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="192" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE3087026B3324EFE894A83" bold="true" box="[199,319,1916,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">FEMALE</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE308702725324EFE214A83" box="[337,407,1916,1941]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1548,1570]" captionTargetBox="[350,1231,219,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[340,1247,193,1527]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Merodon antenna, lateral view. A Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, inner side, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, outer side, C Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, inner side, D Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, outer side, E Merodon pumilus Macquart male, outer side, F Eumerus armatus Ricarte et Rotheray male, outer side, G Eumerus truncatus Rondani male, outer side. f—fossette. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111528/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="191">Figs 1</figureCitation>
C–D, 2C–D, 5B). Similar to the male except for typical sexual dimorphism and for the following characters: basoflagellomere simple, without angular apex, oval, dark brown or reddish (in some specimens pedicel and scape are lighter brown), about 1.7 times longer than pedicel; outer fossette small, lacking inner fossette (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE20871273535A5FE364DA6" box="[321,384,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1548,1570]" captionTargetBox="[350,1231,219,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[340,1247,193,1527]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Merodon antenna, lateral view. A Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, inner side, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, outer side, C Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, inner side, D Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, outer side, E Merodon pumilus Macquart male, outer side, F Eumerus armatus Ricarte et Rotheray male, outer side, G Eumerus truncatus Rondani male, outer side. f—fossette. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111528/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
C–D); frons shiny, with broad pollinose vittae along eye margins (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE2087122F535A5FB684DA6" box="[1153,1246,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1855,1877]" captionTargetBox="[348,1238,956,1830]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[340,1247,949,1834]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head of Merodon eumerusi sp. n.. A, C lateral view, B, D dorsal view. A, B male, C, D female. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111530" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111530/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
); metatrochanter oval; terga 3–4 with mixed yellow and black pile, only yellow pile on pollinose fasciae (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE208712200358EFB7A4DC3" box="[1140,1228,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1836,1858]" captionTargetBox="[369,1232,1187,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[340,1247,1164,1815]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Abdomen of Merodon eumerusi sp. n., dorsal view. A male, B female. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111536" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111536/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34FFEE6FFE2087126B335EDFC3A4C0B" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE2087126B335EDFC3A4C0B" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,285]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126B335EDFEF84DEE" bold="true" box="[199,334,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species shares with those of the genus 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871251935D3FC674DEE" box="[877,977,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Eumerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the row of thorns along inner side of metafemur. The specific epithet ‘ 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871247E3437FDC74C0A" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Andrić &amp; Gilasian &amp; Barkalov" authorityYear="2019" box="[522,625,261,284]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eumerusi">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871247E3437FDC74C0A" box="[522,625,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
’ indicates this similarity.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE2087126E33112FC294920" blockId="5.[151,927,1056,1078]" box="[151,927,1056,1078]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126E33112FEA44923" bold="true" box="[151,274,1056,1078]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Male of 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871271A3112FD9B4920" box="[366,557,1056,1078]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Merodon eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087124403112FDDB4923" bold="true" box="[564,621,1056,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE2087124403112FDDB4923" box="[564,621,1056,1077]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. lateral view. Scale bar, 1mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C34FFEE6FFE2087126B33151FD6F4B59" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE2087126B33151FA3B496A" blockId="5.[151,1436,1123,1615]" box="[199,1421,1123,1148]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126B33151FEEF496A" bold="true" box="[199,345,1123,1148]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Distribution</emphasis>
. Mountain ranges (ca. 
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a.s.l.) in 
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, 
<collectingCountry id="F342EDFDFFE20871259C3151FBD0496A" box="[1000,1126,1123,1148]" name="Uzbekistan" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Uzbekistan</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="F342EDFDFFE2087122E93156FAA8496A" box="[1181,1310,1124,1148]" name="Kyrgyzstan" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Kyrgyzstan</collectingCountry>
(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE2087126B331B4FBCD488D" blockId="5.[151,1436,1123,1615]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126B331B4FC354989" bold="true" box="[199,899,1158,1183]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Morphological characters with potential systematic value</emphasis>
. This species possesses two unique characters among all other known 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087127D83199FDA449D5" box="[428,530,1195,1219]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, which resemble morphological structures in some other genera of the tribe 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE2087126A531FCFEEB49F1" authorityName="F.W.Edwards" authorityYear="1915" box="[209,349,1230,1255]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Merodontini">Merodontini</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871271931FDFE7B49F0" authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1865" box="[365,461,1231,1254]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Azpeytia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871271931FDFE7B49F0" box="[365,461,1231,1254]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Azpeytia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE2087127AF31E2FD8949F1" box="[475,575,1232,1255]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eumerus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087127AF31E2FD8949F1" box="[475,575,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Eumerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871243931FDFD4249F1" authorityName="Doczkal &amp; Pape" authorityYear="2009" box="[589,756,1231,1255]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Lyneborgimyia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871243931FDFD4249F1" box="[589,756,1231,1255]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Lyneborgimyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871257631E2FC3049F1" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1898" box="[770,902,1232,1255]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Megatrigon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871257631E2FC3049F1" box="[770,902,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Megatrigon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE2087125B031FDFBC649F1" authorityName="Wiedemann. More" authorityYear="1830" box="[964,1136,1231,1255]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Platynochaetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087125B031FDFBC649F1" box="[964,1136,1231,1255]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Platynochaetus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
): 1) a row of thorns on the inner side of metafemur (
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) in both sexes, which are also present in all species from the genera 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871234531C6FA23481D" box="[1329,1429,1268,1291]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Eumerus</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE2087126E33025FE884839" authorityName="Doczkal &amp; Pape" authorityYear="2009" box="[151,318,1303,1327]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Lyneborgimyia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126E33025FE884839" box="[151,318,1303,1327]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Lyneborgimyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE208712739302AFE674839" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1898" box="[333,465,1304,1327]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Megatrigon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE208712739302AFE674839" box="[333,465,1304,1327]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Megatrigon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871247D3025FD034839" authorityName="Wiedemann. More" authorityYear="1830" box="[521,693,1303,1327]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Platynochaetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871247D3025FD034839" box="[521,693,1303,1327]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Platynochaetus</emphasis>
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; 2) male with large fossette on the outer side (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE2087122B73024FAAF4839" box="[1219,1305,1302,1327]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1548,1570]" captionTargetBox="[350,1231,219,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[340,1247,193,1527]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Merodon antenna, lateral view. A Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, inner side, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, outer side, C Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, inner side, D Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, outer side, E Merodon pumilus Macquart male, outer side, F Eumerus armatus Ricarte et Rotheray male, outer side, G Eumerus truncatus Rondani male, outer side. f—fossette. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111528/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
), similar to most species from the genera 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE208712791300EFDFF4845" box="[485,585,1340,1363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Eumerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871240B300EFCB54845" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1898" box="[639,771,1340,1363]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Megatrigon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871240B300EFCB54845" box="[639,771,1340,1363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Megatrigon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(but weakly defined in these two genera) (
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), except for the 
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<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126933052FEEC4861" box="[231,346,1375,1399]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">E. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087127C73052FE474861" box="[435,497,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC4D09CFFE208712783306CFD724861" author="Chroni, A. &amp; Dan, M. &amp; Obreht-Vidakovic, D. &amp; Petanidou, T. &amp; Vujic, A." box="[503,708,1374,1399]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" pagination="126 - 138" refId="ref8474" refString="Chroni, A., Dan, M., Obreht-Vidakovic, D., Petanidou, T. &amp; Vujic, A. (2017) Molecular species delimitation in the genus Eumerus (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 107, 126 - 138. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485316000729" type="journal article" year="2017">
Chroni 
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087124383052FDCD4861" box="[588,635,1375,1399]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">et al</emphasis>
. 2017
</bibRefCitation>
) that has a rounded centro-apical fossette (
<figureCitation id="136EB1E8FFE2087122D4306CFB424861" box="[1184,1268,1374,1399]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1548,1570]" captionTargetBox="[350,1231,219,1514]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[340,1247,193,1527]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Merodon antenna, lateral view. A Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, inner side, B Merodon eumerusi sp. n. male, outer side, C Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, inner side, D Merodon eumerusi sp. n. female, outer side, E Merodon pumilus Macquart male, outer side, F Eumerus armatus Ricarte et Rotheray male, outer side, G Eumerus truncatus Rondani male, outer side. f—fossette. Scale bar, 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10111528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10111528/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Fig. 1F</figureCitation>
); females have a dorsoapical fossette, with a shape similar to most other 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871256C30B1FCC8488D" box="[792,894,1411,1435]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871256C30B1FCC8488D" box="[792,894,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Merodon</emphasis>
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taxa (
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C–D, 1E).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE2087126B33095FDEA48F5" blockId="5.[151,1436,1123,1615]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
A unique apomorphic character among all taxa from the tribe 
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is the fossette on the inner side of the basoflagellomere in males (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEAAD6DFFE2087126B330DCFD6F4B59" blockId="5.[151,1436,1123,1615]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">
The presence of 1–4 fine pile (usually one) on the posterior side of the mesocoxa has been reported only in two taxa (
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE2087126A13321FE264B3D" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1862" box="[213,400,1555,1579]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aurifer">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087126A13321FE264B3D" box="[213,400,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">Merodon aurifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE2087127B23326FDE74B3D" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Andrić &amp; Gilasian &amp; Barkalov, 2019" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Andrić &amp; Gilasian &amp; Barkalov" authorityYear="2019" box="[454,593,1556,1579]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eumerusi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE2087127B23326FDE74B3D" box="[454,593,1556,1579]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">M. eumerusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A212CC04FFE20871242C3326FD224B3D" box="[600,660,1555,1579]" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
) of the 
<taxonomicName id="4C55D6EEFFE20871249F3326FC614B3D" box="[747,983,1555,1579]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="192" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="avidus-nigritarsis">
<emphasis id="B921717FFFE20871249F3326FC614B3D" box="[747,983,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="192">M. avidus-nigritarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lineage. Other species of this lineage do not have pile on the posterior side of the mesocoxa.
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