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and
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(all in
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</named-content>
) (
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).
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(designated by
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): female,
<collectingCountry id="DB2069BC8E85CCA3410E4A63C3DAEFC5" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="407980579A66F521E1142E780BF490A1" country="Turkey" name="Adiyaman">Adıyaman</collectingRegion>
(
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</named-content>
), [specimen dry pinned].
<location id="96919DAFF29DDD98F0C040D539E635B6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:AD4DD64622DD55B19578E6A6671AEE1A:96919DAFF29DDD98F0C040D539E635B6" country="Turkey" county="The" municipality="Hurkmans" name="Original" stateProvince="Adiyaman">Original</location>
labels: [
<collectingCountry id="AF448DA73C585945641337798DD60178" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="959E7156DF5D852F0CB3592B72A224BB" country="Turkey" name="Adiyaman">Adıyaman</collectingRegion>
,
<collectorName id="D2777DD2150CD5C2B72A2558966D9FC9">Nemrut Dağı</collectorName>
,
<date id="023EF0E82C781D171816F8106199FA35" value="1983-06-01">
<collectingDate id="E4188CA618890B14FD2669C547A2912F" value="1983-06-01">1. vi. 1983</collectingDate>
</date>
, leg.
<collectorName id="3327A064247140A6A4C7D33708643FF8">M. Kuhbandner</collectorName>
], [
<typeStatus id="E51CF58FB906CA38D9256FFD26B90F48" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="C5512B01D268873C56E94E57C01CABC0" italics="true">Merodon aureotibia</emphasis>
Hurkmans
</taxonomicName>
] (examined).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="13FC6B0C7818C14A8626FC73A873982A">
<emphasis id="0490FB6925D90BB1E21349974ACE9C44" bold="true">Notes.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88EEF5F55E8FE66F162A4DC671E8542A" italics="true">Merodon vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="25694D50ABE85F2C88E65563155778AA" italics="true">M. aureotibia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were described in the same publication (
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):
<taxonomicName id="D79AEEE826591DCDA98C396A8100B712" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vandergooti">
<emphasis id="2E7582380981761B4567BC58A8C199D1" italics="true">M. vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from a large number of males and
<taxonomicName id="72279A4CACB9861A937600D7CA496456" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureotibia">
<emphasis id="12A35321EC8D8996D7C06FFF07653792" italics="true">M. aureotibia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based only on females.
<bibRefCitation id="BAA9B501AC9ABAE75613007300E66471" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
considered
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<emphasis id="37E75BD87F006C019C4804B37BADDADF" italics="true">M. vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only member of the
<taxonomicName id="D1A5287061C4BD5F533E9D730D6D726E" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vandergooti">
<emphasis id="EE245002952F6322E9133BDA3F3C94D7" italics="true">vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and
<taxonomicName id="C7C57C5D31E4E2F5A98FDB423D9D66AC" authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureotibia">
<emphasis id="4D25D96990BD142D54F2D3850472D323" italics="true">M. aureotibia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as part of the
<emphasis id="DC4BD9AFE838DE48B2F39D5C5F14F96B" italics="true">alagoezicus</emphasis>
group. The
<typeStatus id="DF444DA531A587808CCF0715F5EAD9C3">type</typeStatus>
material of the two taxa belongs to the same species, and
<bibRefCitation id="488B68A074F94AE64DD2CA77CB2470A7" DOI="10.1080/00379271.2011.10697699" author="Vujić A &amp; Marcos-García MÁ &amp; Sarıbıyık S &amp; Ricarte A" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Vujic" issue="1-2" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Société Entomologique de France" pagination="78-88" refId="B76" refString="Vujić A, Marcos-García MÁ, Sarıbıyık S, Ricarte A (2011) New data on the Merodon Meigen, 1803 fauna (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Turkey, including description of a new species and changes in the nomenclatural status of several taxa. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 47 (12): 7888. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2011.10697699" title="New data on the Merodon Meigen, 1803 fauna (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Turkey, including description of a new species and changes in the nomenclatural status of several taxa." volume="47" year="2011">Vujić et al. (2011)</bibRefCitation>
retained
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<emphasis id="BC2A0CB39354B7E91CBEEA13EED04248" italics="true">M. vandergooti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C4110647656531A75C0E72304FD193FE" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="188" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993: 188</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
as the valid name for this species and designated
<taxonomicName id="CE6A96187AC1DF0AC40C540C3D760540" authority="(Hurkmans 1993: 203)" baseAuthorityName="Hurkmans" baseAuthorityPageNumber="203" baseAuthorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureotibia">
<emphasis id="6D761675E300B8656611DAB5E2BE0EBA" italics="true">M. aureotibia</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="60E34425AB9673D4010BFBD54C24B0F7" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="203" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993: 203</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B2281BC1F18C3C1EF627AA297C49FFE">
<emphasis id="7BE2B5CA5E77A89B6AF985F9230B942B" bold="true">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Tibiae and tarsi plus all femora in female (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7827B601D61A33A4085403438AAD2269" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of female, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. vandergooti. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057087">14 C</figureCitation>
) while pro- and mesofemora in males partly, orangish yellow (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E3CB9517BBDC278F7EA0003EB3006878" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Body of male A, B M. rufofemoris sp. nov. C D M. vandergooti E, F M. velox. A, C, E dorsal view B, D, F lateral view. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057093">20 C, D</figureCitation>
); male metafemur very broad (~ 2.5 × longer than wide) and strongly curved, covered with long and dense yellow pile ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6C282D5EFCD5A5CF1E751E6D7A773E01" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaleg of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. vandergooti D M. quadrinotatus E M. rufofemoris sp. nov. F M. velox G M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057077">4 C</figureCitation>
). Male genitalia in Fig.
<figureCitation id="0B83158D20384A18B753E8AF58DDDFB3" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male genitalia M. vandergooti A, B epandrium, C hypandrium. A, C lateral view B ventral view. Strongly angulated ventral part of posterior surstylar lobe marked with red arrow. Abbreviations: al-anterior surstylar lobe, pl-posterior surstylar lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057083">10</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DDFD58D0EC2B0000B6B996FDDD4961C5">
<emphasis id="1E9481FF5E4AB74169D76F9E50A0FD50" bold="true">Distribution and biology.</emphasis>
The species range includes
<collectingCountry id="4251F957F90F5A1B45755A76184F91CC" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3CE034AE5D1667ED439DB1839E3AF0B1" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="7E6857B94D3346ADA9EA275C8BBD35A6" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(Fig.
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; Suppl. material
<xref id="DF5481D8192E101A353DCD44C22D8E1E" ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="S2">2</xref>
). The preferred environment of
<taxonomicName id="068F23057A25063EBC902479F7F8B858" baseAuthorityName="Hurkmans" baseAuthorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vandergooti">
<emphasis id="407F44DE8C7B3EF5BEFE5354E8DC93DE" italics="true">Merodon vandergooti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests. In
<collectingCountry id="400599232FBABAC19AD3FC83E3F3DF66" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
, this species has been registered from the Hermon and Meiron mountains where the montane forest is dominated by
<taxonomicName id="39E787EEA590F30694CCD9C0AD53C9FB" authority="(A. Kern.) Meikle" authorityName="Meikle" baseAuthorityName="A. Kern." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="infectoria" subSpecies="veneris">
<emphasis id="E0D474F67C30A19DC224BA8FFDE8E2C3" italics="true">Quercus infectoria subsp. veneris</emphasis>
(A. Kern.) Meikle
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FA7917BB48768938115459013BF30B4E" authority="G. Olivier" authorityName="G. Olivier" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="libani">
<emphasis id="EC8B5B9B5518C66648B6ED3DC7595E17" italics="true">Q. libani</emphasis>
G. Olivier
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6DE6B44ED46D7C2DC8027F44988FB9E8" authority="Labill." authorityName="Labill." class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="drupacea">
<emphasis id="4EDD73B964861EE56A8A589FE2DB3E77" italics="true">Juniperus drupacea</emphasis>
Labill.
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="81D62EEEB6151849DBF97B4B90DA5250" authority="(Boiss.) Bornm." authorityName="Bornm." baseAuthorityName="Boiss." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="monspessulanum" subSpecies="microphyllum">
<emphasis id="604A625D52670828A0B81ED483CCB5E0" italics="true">Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum</emphasis>
(Boiss.) Bornm.
</taxonomicName>
, as well as in Mediterranean maquis and semi-steppe bathas (
<bibRefCitation id="E15AD5D42D536FC1588E10977047E9AB" author="Danin" firstAuthor="Danin" journalOrPublisher="The zoogeography of Israel" pagination="251-276" refId="B10" refString="Danin A (1988) Flora and vegetation of Israel and adjacent areas. The zoogeography of Israel 30: 251276." title="Flora and vegetation of Israel and adjacent areas." volume="30" year="1988">Danin 1988</bibRefCitation>
). In
<collectingCountry id="43DD924C313FF1B4155A41F63E9DADCD" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
, the species range covers warm temperate grassland and shrubland / woodland (
<bibRefCitation id="C6E6B405FB40B17E7A8C0BC96B566570" DOI="10.3390/s8095270" author="Evrendilek and Gulbeyaz" firstAuthor="Evrendilek" issue="9" journalOrPublisher="Sensors" pagination="5270-5302" refId="B13" refString="Evrendilek F, Gulbeyaz O (2008) Deriving vegetation dynamics of natural terrestrial ecosystems from MODIS NDVI / EVI data over Turkey. Sensors 8 (9): 52705302. https://doi.org/10.3390/s8095270" title="Deriving vegetation dynamics of natural terrestrial ecosystems from MODIS NDVI / EVI data over Turkey." volume="8" year="2008">Evrendilek and Gulbeyaz 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Flight period: April / July. Developmental stages: undescribed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="66696BF29F18C5274F6D4BC6E7E99391">
<taxonomicName id="B3D4279DBC47CC93DFAE24F4ED29EB76" authority="Loew, 1869" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="E9BE75C96D6A0F4446652C51EE6B3078" bold="true">
<emphasis id="371FB9D428EB3480EB9E9B8EAE668AE7" bold="true" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="ADB856A4C9272DB736CBD36DFABC023D" author="Loew H" journalOrPublisher="Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle" refId="B37" refString="Loew H (1869) Beshreibung europaischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle, 310 pp." title="Beshreibung europäischer Dipteren." year="1869">Loew, 1869</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="377FA33A134A191D57EBF821A9B1C669">
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<treatmentCitation id="24F2A8285089D309F3DB3A7C32046796" author="Loew H" page="253" year="1869">
<taxonomicName id="11583E4F2730B3D9C024D3358CA52922" ID-CoL="8CT33" authority="Loew, 1869: 253" authorityName="Loew" authorityPageNumber="253" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="150912470819FB842B22FF4EFB54EF50" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="954144804439B7818E840077CF732074" author="Loew H" journalOrPublisher="Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle" refId="B37" refString="Loew H (1869) Beshreibung europaischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle, 310 pp." title="Beshreibung europäischer Dipteren." year="1869">Loew, 1869: 253</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3045F25F8F8123610B06DA8A3E40C4E3">
<taxonomicName id="083E695E79BB563B13EEE2725EB53FAF" authority="Paramonov, 1926: 149" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="149" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="velox" variety="anathema">
<emphasis id="598A15EA3FE1662194517B0756E5567C" italics="true">Merodon velox var. anathema</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926: 149
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FBAA06BD38ED0120E4C3009621171E5A">
<taxonomicName id="7091B64080DDE91CA33DE6C7D3B6E8ED" authority="Paramonov, 1926: 147" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityPageNumber="147" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="velox" variety="armeniaca">
<emphasis id="2D47EB5F78728E2AB70250CDE1E7AACB" italics="true">Merodon velox var. armeniaca</emphasis>
Paramonov, 1926: 147
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5C14ED8FB13D37566EEB50A093B3A33A">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="C5A415F08CF2E47BF897B7E6C2B86CF7">
<treatmentCitation id="8179F02C347D51CE8F38D52C0601355E" author="Peck LV" page="175" year="1988">
<taxonomicName id="01BE36D34E546B4B37406ADA8EBC6774" authority="Peck, 1988: 175" authorityName="Peck" authorityPageNumber="175" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="velox" subSpecies="anathemus">
<emphasis id="4E5EDF0ED1F08C9C54093F80E87BE9AA" italics="true">Merodon velox anathemus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1BCFAA788E067EE0C94808FDBFC4AE83" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 175</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="85AD002F360809C7989670AAF44643C7">
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<emphasis id="7E30E70412C97AC79023382DD09AA09C" italics="true">Merodon velox armeniacus</emphasis>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
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<emphasis id="9009ADCE94215AAA1FF47AE44985BDE6" bold="true">
<emphasis id="547B09F950EC699B1D2C445AE5B29985" bold="true" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7BDD4BAF44303C4508B8F54F8593774" bold="true">Type locality.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="DCB8147593F4860BFF4FB9A74CC2FCF6" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
, “
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=
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” and
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(Rhodus = Rhodos). The original description (
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) was based on
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and an unspecified number of female
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from the Vienna collection (
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).
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(designated by
<bibRefCitation id="24B9557522B44B5B7FF4FA913EB5AD15" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="183" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993: 183</bibRefCitation>
): male,
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, Rhodes (
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), [specimen dry pinned]. Original label: [Rhodus / Alte Sammlung] (examined).
</paragraph>
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<treatmentCitation id="01F1F9C077D8E6CAB3C5F69C5077D43A" author="Paramonov SJ" page="149" year="">
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<emphasis id="2FD896A725A48F6719F6C4ED4AECEB1F" bold="true">
<emphasis id="869A7ECC75BB55358FA090024D6CE362" italics="true">Merodon velox var. anathema</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C7801A4C3DE99E9316E388487B378C65" author="Paramonov SJ" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II)" pagination="143-160" refId="B46" refString="Paramonov SJ (1926 b) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon. Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II) 2 (3): 143160. [was dated 1925]" title="Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon." volume="2">Paramonov 1926 b</bibRefCitation>
: 149
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<treatmentCitation id="25D2672C8C8D3D505F64A707D76BB0D7" author="Peck LV" page="175" year="1988">
<taxonomicName id="9C5953808FB1966D6BBBBFFA1C70F3DC" authority="Peck, 1988: 175" authorityName="Peck" authorityPageNumber="175" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="velox" subSpecies="anathemus">
<emphasis id="0B76588634FBCC5BF67BCFBEE6656907" italics="true">Merodon velox anathemus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="615B2087D13860E07424F65398A10C0A" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 175</bibRefCitation>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
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(examined).
</emphasis>
Female with labels: white, handwritten, bold ink [N 340]; printed [mons Takältu / prope Kulp. / 28 ... V ....... 13.], = Tekaltı Dağı mountain, near Kulp (
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),
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;
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; pink, handwritten, pale ink, with double typographical frame [
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<emphasis id="C8922F24753C3B20BD0FD0E496B9CE58" italics="true">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="D8DF3CEA9DFF13B7047FC9D16478519C" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anathema">
<emphasis id="F9B7F1C7734001821B0B843CDA5BEC92" italics="true">anathema</emphasis>
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/ n. sp.
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Typus / Paramonov d.].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="78DA2F3C87B3B1C957159FBCAE25A52D">
<emphasis id="73B12C8868921CE3BA6A7A7BE1F6CB7E" bold="true">Notes.</emphasis>
The taxon was described as a “ var. ” from a single female, which is the
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according to article 73.1. 2 ICZN (1999). Paramonov indicated that the type is kept in his personal collection (
<bibRefCitation id="AA66F7842314A961105F02F7BFAA28BE" author="Paramonov SJ" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II)" pagination="143-160" refId="B46" refString="Paramonov SJ (1926 b) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon. Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II) 2 (3): 143160. [was dated 1925]" title="Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon." volume="2">Paramonov 1926 b</bibRefCitation>
: 149). Type locality:
<collectingCountry id="EA4872C9B977E23CF35D4826EDE0E5DA" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
. Later, S. Ya. Paramonov gave the species as “
<taxonomicName id="BC05A62EFB38358530E46B26BB6899BC" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anathema" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis id="C85DB066C9D0B2AF991BCE40812C7242" italics="true">M. anathema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8130DF13595C8DF8F30BE318DE25FFAE" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
” (
<bibRefCitation id="FF32DB4EA0E4994FFC884596FBF51EA5" author="Paramonov SJ" firstAuthor="Paramonov" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Internationale entomologische Fachzeitschrift" page="15" pagination="15-16" refId="B47" refString="Paramonov SJ (1927) Fragmente zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-fauna Armeniens. Societas entomologica. Internationale entomologische Fachzeitschrift 42 (4): 1516." title="Fragmente zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-fauna Armeniens. Societas entomologica." volume="42" year="1927">Paramonov 1927: 15</bibRefCitation>
). Until recently, the type was believed to be lost (
<bibRefCitation id="85516D9253D42B30C5E0BB8F36196AE4" author="Liepa ZR" firstAuthor="Liepa" page="4" pagination="3-22" refId="B34" refString="Liepa ZR (1969) Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W. 5: 322." title="Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W." volume="5" year="1969">Liepa 1969: 4</bibRefCitation>
, 20;
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<typeStatus id="9F9D696687985AEB311DC053D0CD67C9" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
... not examined, probably lost ”, 205 “ lost ”, 206), but it has since been found at the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="83AA11F2E0279AC0626152A477F11CEA" author="Popov" firstAuthor="Popov" refId="B49" refString="Popov GV (2011) The type specimens of Syrphidae in Ukraine. Sixth International Symposium on the Syrphidae, 57 th August 2011, the Hunterian (Zoology Museum), University of Glasgow. The book of abstracts, Glasgow, 2829." year="2011">Popov 2011</bibRefCitation>
). The name was correctly (see also
<bibRefCitation id="8BAD82554097FF552479F64B753F499A" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.9" author="Lingafelter and Nearns" firstAuthor="Lingafelter" issue="6" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="597-600" refId="B36" refString="Lingafelter SW, Nearns EH (2013) Elucidating Article 45.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: A dichotomous key for the determination of subspecific or infrasubspecific rank. Zootaxa 3709 (6): 597600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.9" title="Elucidating Article 45.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: A dichotomous key for the determination of subspecific or infrasubspecific rank." volume="3709" year="2013">Lingafelter and Nearns 2013</bibRefCitation>
) given a subspecific rank for the first time in Pecks Catalogue (1988: 175), «
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<emphasis id="673802D26C290D6F12F090CBBEA35BAC" italics="true">Merodon velox anathemus</emphasis>
Paramonov
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», according to 45 (g) (ii) ICZN (1985), now 45.6. 4 (
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1999), but the original feminine name
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<emphasis id="8764049E2F14B9AF5F72477D2C8CCD50" italics="true">anathema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was incorrectly changed contrary to article 31 (b) (ii) (
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1985), now 31.2. 1, 34.2. 1 (
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1999).
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left the rank variety for the name. The study of the
<taxonomicName id="CD441D7EE59E3719065430E337764EB6" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="20A70F0608ECFCACA16FE5E0CFF3FFB5" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
material revealed that character of this subspecies are not outside the limits of species variability in other parts of the species range, so we consider
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<emphasis id="E9DCDAE04EBD4EB8938EF00FEC0456DC" italics="true">anathema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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for
<taxonomicName id="C91A659E494C2F4B895E169AAE886EB0" authority="Loew, 1869" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="E9622DBFF790FB8BCE494D79CCEE1E48" italics="true">M. velox</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="99B3B4958440DA26548E7CAAB3DF2F0C" author="Loew H" journalOrPublisher="Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle" refId="B37" refString="Loew H (1869) Beshreibung europaischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle, 310 pp." title="Beshreibung europäischer Dipteren." year="1869">Loew, 1869</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<treatmentCitation id="1B597FA11BC1B9BE725EADCACE6189B2" author="Paramonov SJ" page="147" year="">
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<emphasis id="6A34FB3BFAD2EC95DF74673C3D18AD09" bold="true">
<emphasis id="316F0FD61912D87ED459726749B4FD55" italics="true">Merodon velox var. armeniaca</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="646441A565EE639B80FAA025A94752A0" author="Paramonov SJ" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II)" pagination="143-160" refId="B46" refString="Paramonov SJ (1926 b) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon. Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II) 2 (3): 143160. [was dated 1925]" title="Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon." volume="2">Paramonov 1926 b</bibRefCitation>
: 147
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<treatmentCitation id="8A96A6988FCB9FC9BD9BB231FCF17914" author="Peck LV" page="175" year="1988">
<taxonomicName id="A7C214DE7F64A39D07AA593751368BBA" authority="Peck, 1988: 175" authorityName="Peck" authorityPageNumber="175" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="velox" subSpecies="armeniacus">
<emphasis id="3B5D0D072D35397EFFBC85079D76B498" italics="true">Merodon velox armeniacus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5AF7CA9AAFBAD0C514078BB7369818DC" author="Peck LV" editor="Soós Á &amp; Papp L" journalOrPublisher="8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akadémiai Kiadó, Amsterdam, Budapest" pagination="11-230" refId="B48" refString="Peck LV (1988) Family Syrphidae. In: Soos A, Papp L (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 8 (Syrphidae - Conopidae). Elsevier Science Publishers &amp; Akademiai Kiado, Amsterdam, Budapest, 11 - 230." title="Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol." year="1988">Peck, 1988: 175</bibRefCitation>
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(sic! non Paramonov), syn. nov.
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<emphasis id="15666C8404B9DCC3395ADBA10E5F8AFC" bold="true">
<typeStatus id="EECBD20430CBA5A5FB305F05C1371E47" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
(examined).
</emphasis>
Male with labels: white, handwritten, bold ink [N 341]; pale ink [
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/ Эривань / 24. v. 24.], =
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(
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),
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; pink, handwritten, pale ink, with double typographical frame [
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<emphasis id="D11C2F0D30FBDD61DBF5AEF1DF33E77D" italics="true">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
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<emphasis id="84B560835115255166B83CBFD9A3976E" italics="true">velox</emphasis>
Lw.
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/
<taxonomicName id="3172566BE2FA6C5971BCD70D489D6237" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="velox" variety="armeniaca">
var.
<emphasis id="4A00C954BAD318DDFD892ECAD7C50DB2" italics="true">armeniaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ var. nov. / Paramonov det.] (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A629C6B506904BD3964308AA9DB3949B">
<emphasis id="0C3F60808653AE6B95A8489153948B46" bold="true">
<typeStatus id="3A16B8948B2E033F92B16CB19D6E87C0" type="paralectotype">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
(examined)
</emphasis>
: female with labels: white, handwritten, bold ink [N 342]; pale ink [
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/
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/ 7. VI. 24.], =
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(
<collectingCountry id="E10C00DD6C1AE6D06E998B71504D738B" name="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</collectingCountry>
),
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; pink, handwritten, pale ink, with double typographical frame [
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<emphasis id="5B9DA7C596F8C315319B1936454FBE6B" italics="true">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="12F68555E7ACD4DDB21F316379740CF7" authority="Lw" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="F3B6EC2963DF0720B18A29460273C6D9" italics="true">velox</emphasis>
Lw
</taxonomicName>
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/
<taxonomicName id="BFDAE0F3C012FC057CC329BDC08B9145" authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="velox" variety="armeniaca">
var.
<emphasis id="187FAF10769363325ACF2085B6A345C6" italics="true">armeniaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ var. nov. / Paramonov det.].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="33F2FBD7246ADF9652F50B081C18DB54">
<emphasis id="93D1277E3E64B29015430EA24DA3C275" bold="true">Notes.</emphasis>
Paramonov indicated that the male types (
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) are kept in two localities, “ Typus in meiner Sammlung und im Museum von
<collectingCountry id="35860B2B713D1D4967A8B2599650D69F" name="Armenia">Armenien</collectingCountry>
” (
<bibRefCitation id="5C99E62162B7189A32F6EABF4A239953" author="Paramonov SJ" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II)" pagination="143-160" refId="B46" refString="Paramonov SJ (1926 b) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon. Encyclopédie Entomologique Diptera (B II) 2 (3): 143160. [was dated 1925]" title="Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Merodon." volume="2">Paramonov 1926 b</bibRefCitation>
: 148), with the only female type being kept in his personal collection (ibid.: 149). The exact location of the types was not known, and it was thought that they had possibly been lost (
<bibRefCitation id="114A19309534CF730120FDA431A2DBA5" author="Liepa ZR" firstAuthor="Liepa" page="4" pagination="3-22" refId="B34" refString="Liepa ZR (1969) Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W. 5: 322." title="Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W." volume="5" year="1969">Liepa 1969: 4</bibRefCitation>
, 20;
<bibRefCitation id="82FD9A30D313C2AAA81D649B1619EDFA" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="183" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993: 183</bibRefCitation>
<typeStatus id="5C967D67130C43DC285FB21278453B71" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
... not examined, probably lost ”, 205 “ lost ”, 206).
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of 13 have been preserved in
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</named-content>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D869D1545EC038396F16E1925C5E05BB" author="Popov" firstAuthor="Popov" refId="B49" refString="Popov GV (2011) The type specimens of Syrphidae in Ukraine. Sixth International Symposium on the Syrphidae, 57 th August 2011, the Hunterian (Zoology Museum), University of Glasgow. The book of abstracts, Glasgow, 2829." year="2011">Popov 2011</bibRefCitation>
). It was assumed that some of the
<typeStatus id="ED4F887C80B42347812048652454843D" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
had been preserved at the current
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0ETZDI" xlink_title="Institute of Zoology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia">
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</abbrev>
(
<bibRefCitation id="BA5CD08532DDCC71D142C53483536D98" author="Liepa ZR" firstAuthor="Liepa" page="4" pagination="3-22" refId="B34" refString="Liepa ZR (1969) Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W. 5: 322." title="Lists of the scientific works and described species of the late Dr. S. J. Paramonov, with locations of types. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N. S. W." volume="5" year="1969">Liepa 1969: 4</bibRefCitation>
, 20 “ Museum of Natural History of the
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,
<collectingRegion id="9556C9EE241BF3FC016FFD018FDB3D5D" country="Armenia" name="Yerevan">Yerevan</collectingRegion>
”;
<bibRefCitation id="0696B2FFA2C2ED334555274F2B79C54D" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" page="184" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans 1993: 184</bibRefCitation>
“ possibly some of the material might be present in the collection of the Museum of
<collectingCountry id="0C3831B0045E326B22C559CB7B17239A" name="Armenia">Armenia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="16912DE20B6FC7C2A77730C0A71DC64C" country="Armenia" name="Yerevan">Erivan</collectingRegion>
”). According to personal communication with Mark G. Kalashyan (
<collectingRegion id="60DFBBCFD8D211A7E23E1003D93F8398" country="Armenia" name="Yerevan">Yerevan</collectingRegion>
), a single specimen of
<taxonomicName id="38AD819E2BB4302A1B553CF9E59A74AA" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="FB51819870392DF9D516D013EC4FBF56" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is deposited in the
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</abbrev>
collection and was examined by S. Ya. Paramonov, hosting two labels, [
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, prope Beuk-Vedi,
<date id="DDE384FD9AB671E5DC14E7A6C4E00588" value="1926-06-01">1. vi. 1926</date>
, A. Schelk.] = Vedi,
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,
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;
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, and [
<taxonomicName id="A36243876BADFEF9B7C158923A69AF0E" authority="Lw." authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="2D62A63F3D8D9E3B267934B2A399580A" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
Lw.
</taxonomicName>
,
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, Paramonov d.]. This specimen is not the type. The name was correctly given a subspecific rank for the first time in Pecks Catalogue (1988: 175) (see also
<bibRefCitation id="09A04F4E4CBEFB7508D6A8BE56D04543" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.9" author="Lingafelter and Nearns" firstAuthor="Lingafelter" issue="6" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="597-600" refId="B36" refString="Lingafelter SW, Nearns EH (2013) Elucidating Article 45.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: A dichotomous key for the determination of subspecific or infrasubspecific rank. Zootaxa 3709 (6): 597600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.9" title="Elucidating Article 45.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: A dichotomous key for the determination of subspecific or infrasubspecific rank." volume="3709" year="2013">Lingafelter and Nearns 2013</bibRefCitation>
), «
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<emphasis id="FE85A4A6F6ECDDF03C747054B3BA9D42" italics="true">Merodon velox armeniacus</emphasis>
Paramonov
</taxonomicName>
», according to article 45 (g) (ii) ICZN (1985), now corresponding to 45.6. 4 (
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, 1999).
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left the rank of variety for the name. According to article 74 ICZN (1999), we designate the male as the
<typeStatus id="0B3C56D76B802AC2C50A800635C0AAAD" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
and the female as the
<typeStatus id="4662606288F14666D97EE8E22539975D" type="paralectotype">paralectotype</typeStatus>
. Type locality:
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(76.2 ICZN 1999). Paramonov later mentioned this name (
<bibRefCitation id="DDAB58C26DFFFB9203F5B4AC4210034E" author="Paramonov SJ" firstAuthor="Paramonov" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Internationale entomologische Fachzeitschrift" page="15" pagination="15-16" refId="B47" refString="Paramonov SJ (1927) Fragmente zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-fauna Armeniens. Societas entomologica. Internationale entomologische Fachzeitschrift 42 (4): 1516." title="Fragmente zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-fauna Armeniens. Societas entomologica." volume="42" year="1927">Paramonov 1927: 15</bibRefCitation>
), but erroneously indicated the wrong year of collection for the types (1925). In fact, 1924 is specified in the original description and indicated on the type labels. The study of the
<taxonomicName id="6F4B31C98AB8005DE6C9A12258AE1A03" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1869" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">
<emphasis id="A24BEB97985D2B29C62C18ACC2E06443" italics="true">M. velox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
material revealed that characters of this subspecies are not outside the limits of the species variability in other parts of the species range, so we consider
<emphasis id="FF56AFB12AF4A6C6F1451665C596A2DF" italics="true">armeniacus</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5EBE69D9A4B2D66D28DD6178E32AE2BA">syn. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
for
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<emphasis id="72853055E1A71EFD0A4F045AF815AAF4" italics="true">M. velox</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E1EC9043B44E7840D1799E9D1C0A13E4" author="Loew H" journalOrPublisher="Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle" refId="B37" refString="Loew H (1869) Beshreibung europaischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1. Halle, 310 pp." title="Beshreibung europäischer Dipteren." year="1869">Loew, 1869</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ECDC2A1059F973EF010E9BC08DCB75A0">
<emphasis id="187BB47C11F90683D25D1218ECE4E887" bold="true">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Male: wings brown-black except extreme apical part (Figs
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,
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); female: wing in basal half with yellow, while in apical half with brown veins; wing covered along veins with dark brown microtrichia (Fig.
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). Male genitalia as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="8592EC0BDCEDEE82502A370E9B487E78" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia M. velox A, B epandrium C hypandrium. A, C lateral view B ventral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057095">22</figureCitation>
. Similar to
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<emphasis id="74A71F8F810A868F199BB3E52931AA42" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4E8E69804208470C481FE4D35E6289E8" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latens" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="7A5E07B35FBFD619C0B7CE309D53C1C6" italics="true">M. latens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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from which male differs by brown-black wing (hyaline wing in
<taxonomicName id="AB7E3A4DD5CFE5842F6E88A2E67E1B20" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="8CCD846D617284D74E1C9DE4DAC76D3B" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="F92170ABBEF9B423827E92A9F6BBCAB3" italics="true">M. latens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8316F8ED25CD9E4AF6B1873F856A7192" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
) and a narrower metafemur (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FF3E42E28FACA721AB6AEA57660BB5D3" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaleg of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. vandergooti D M. quadrinotatus E M. rufofemoris sp. nov. F M. velox G M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057077">4 F</figureCitation>
), &lt;2 × broader than the metatibia (metafemur is&gt; 2 × broader than the metatibia in
<taxonomicName id="6DDBDDADE684CB1DF1E431951735C7C6" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="128761BE2D2B5D2CFDF82BE37D918607" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="17F0F674CE385BC294A06727C618D82B" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Metaleg of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. vandergooti D M. quadrinotatus E M. rufofemoris sp. nov. F M. velox G M. aenigmaticus sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057077">4 A</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="40B865D507E92C9EB9B4042359EB1595" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latens" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="38960FFE5378AF31ED21201FB29F024A" italics="true">M. latens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E34F2CAFCF9679C9C549EA37BFEDB318" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(Fig.
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)); female differs by wing covered along veins with dark brown microtrichia (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AFD6593DE451E23E02263CB868B9E8FD" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Wing of Merodon velox, dorsal view A male B female. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057094">21 B</figureCitation>
), clear in
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<emphasis id="C4719F6672BCCAF763F08731E980E8CC" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5466A96DC1698CE9A557D78AF3F69543" authority="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski, 2024" authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Likov &amp; Tubić &amp; Popov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Djan &amp; Milosavljević &amp; Ačanski" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latens" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="159AA3902EC51EFAC985452E7A4A0B59" italics="true">M. latens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="126876FDC5013F5D39E9B7B7BE2D7B2A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EF58FFC00E1F3AC7D98CA2574772E98D">
<label id="B613CD314B88303B5FB72DD0CB1CB104">Figure 21.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="882316F5991411B7846ADCD90554A928">
Wing of
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<emphasis id="8295C0E02E5307BE2770D918D8070611" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, dorsal view
<emphasis id="66056070EABA46325FAEF0A4048572AB" bold="true">A</emphasis>
male
<emphasis id="1CEAF817092DD637195DA6425A7AA8AD" bold="true">B</emphasis>
female. Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="4BF85961A17738AD7A10621F8A927E30" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure22" ID-arpha="6F331225-522A-5C78-9D3D-42A48F9551C6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057095" startId="F22">
<paragraph id="492EC27F689703A4F6E8E71ACAE8BA44">
<label id="00E4507B1258F8769AF2A97D697530FA">Figure 22.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ED896BA292EDD2939AC24BB8AD80CF47">
Male genitalia
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<emphasis id="7179FDA3810AF15D18BC81B99521E4C6" italics="true">M. velox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="28BADC4ECA5DC72A1C3DDF2FB4D657D8" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
epandrium
<emphasis id="3EC2BDC114D77FED37E65ED63628FB44" bold="true">C</emphasis>
hypandrium.
<emphasis id="FF6AABA812B68344CA1891CE5A3CDBD3" bold="true">A, C</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="7366C46755B36FA74B41A0E09A7237C4" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ventral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="CF0B096ADE14239AD31F812AABC673CE">
<emphasis id="7640B72EAD07477F81C9C27D6F0CDDC2" bold="true">Distribution and biology.</emphasis>
The species range includes
<collectingCountry id="3F652A83C678D8FCEF9EE6C24CDFDA99" name="Armenia">Armenia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="B556FB4555216B47946BAE7C5786C597" name="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="84AEE0C32A4A608DD925049FDE65D9D2" name="Georgia">Georgia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="764B419931AC4484067D20954469953B" name="Greece">Greece</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="69B0F16295C108BF66BD26AD9656815F" name="Italy">Italy</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="F3C809023691C9DADCE78A17A702EEF1" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
.
<bibRefCitation id="68E25E3A3AA8B804043528ACE34FFBE4" author="Hurkmans W" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="147-234" refId="B25" refString="Hurkmans W (1993) A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136 (2): 147234." title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
also lists
<collectingCountry id="9281B4D2A4628D6F6E3428AE0AC76DBC" name="Serbia">Yugoslavia</collectingCountry>
, but those records could not be confirmed (Fig.
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; Suppl. material
<xref id="794746F88BF8D94277F34AFCD962C44D" ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="S2">2</xref>
). The preferred environment of
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<emphasis id="67016F852839A1F794C66057E0952B8F" italics="true">Merodon velox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is forest or open ground, typically thinly-vegetated and stony semi-arid areas, unimproved grasslands, and open areas in
<taxonomicName id="5312764617221F56CE3C86BC19FFD506" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Abies" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EFD7648546983458439E45010B0C0FAA" italics="true">Abies</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest, as well as
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<emphasis id="71D455837EA52EB42D547D988775C84E" italics="true">Castanea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forest (
<bibRefCitation id="4F69C789F966CC0ADB0C9DFC3EB7AA21" author="Speight" firstAuthor="Speight" journalOrPublisher="Syrph the Net publications, Dublin" refId="B68" refString="Speight MCD (2020) Species accounts of European Syrphidae, 2020. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Syrph the Net publications, Dublin, 314 pp." title="Species accounts of European Syrphidae, 2020. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera)." year="2020">Speight 2020</bibRefCitation>
). This species apparently resembles a small
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<emphasis id="82D5BA1E689DAA4A49BD52913F42F8A0" italics="true">Xylocopa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the field and continues to fly at temperatures above 35 ° C. Males are strongly territorial, and both sexes fly low and fast through ground vegetation (
<bibRefCitation id="EB6A8664309A1352F82B9149ACC7D956" author="Hurkmans and Hayat" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" journalOrPublisher="Dipterists Digest" pagination="62-79" refId="B26" refString="Hurkmans W, Hayat R (1997) Ethology and ecology of Merodon (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Turkey II: Descriptions of new species and notes on other syrphid flies. Dipterists Digest 3: 6279." title="Ethology and ecology of Merodon (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Turkey II: Descriptions of new species and notes on other syrphid flies." volume="3" year="1997">Hurkmans and Hayat 1997</bibRefCitation>
). The species has been found drinking at the edge of a small stream in the evening on a hot day (
<bibRefCitation id="697EC8182A0C5B5471BE2708DD0AF656" author="Reemer and Smit" firstAuthor="Reemer" journalOrPublisher="Volucella" pagination="135-146" refId="B56" refString="Reemer M, Smit JT (2007) Some hoverfly records from Turkey (Diptera, Syrphidae). Volucella 8: 135146." title="Some hoverfly records from Turkey (Diptera, Syrphidae)." volume="8" year="2007">Reemer and Smit 2007</bibRefCitation>
). Flowers visited: umbellifers;
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<emphasis id="8E7BC01FAA89E262EFEB3D8EF4C1E757" italics="true">Euphorbia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF244EEF056965B30B85D3667498CCB7" author="Zimina" firstAuthor="Zimina" issue="3" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pagination="662-665" refId="B93" refString="Zimina LV (1960) On the hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) fauna of the Transcaucasia. Entomological Review 39 (3): 662665. [In Russian]" title="On the hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) fauna of the Transcaucasia." volume="39" year="1960">Zimina 1960</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="71BB71BD4AD11B446F61479D26021104" author="Hurkmans and Hayat" firstAuthor="Hurkmans" journalOrPublisher="Dipterists Digest" pagination="62-79" refId="B26" refString="Hurkmans W, Hayat R (1997) Ethology and ecology of Merodon (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Turkey II: Descriptions of new species and notes on other syrphid flies. Dipterists Digest 3: 6279." title="Ethology and ecology of Merodon (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Turkey II: Descriptions of new species and notes on other syrphid flies." volume="3" year="1997">Hurkmans and Hayat 1997</bibRefCitation>
). Flight period: March / September. Developmental stages: not described (
<bibRefCitation id="36544488EE87A75EFEAAC55241D851AB" author="Speight" firstAuthor="Speight" journalOrPublisher="Syrph the Net publications, Dublin" refId="B68" refString="Speight MCD (2020) Species accounts of European Syrphidae, 2020. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera). Syrph the Net publications, Dublin, 314 pp." title="Species accounts of European Syrphidae, 2020. Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae (Diptera)." year="2020">Speight 2020</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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