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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figs 1G, H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 2D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. oidipous, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807896" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 4D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 9A-C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 11B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 14E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Metatibia of male. A M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. turkestanicus. (A) lateral view, (B) medial view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807910" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 18A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 19B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Distribution map of M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. marginicornis and M. nigroalatus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807920" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 28</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 31G</figureCitation>
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IRAN: Razavi Khorasan Province, Torbat-e
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: ♂; FSUNS [specimen dry pinned, right mesoleg and metaleg except tarsi are missing taken for molecular analysis, left metatarsi are glued on triangular shaped paper pinned with the source specimen, genitalia and right metatarsi are in separate microvials]. Original labels: &quot;Iran, Bezd village, / 20km south west Torbat-e-jam /
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, 1274m / 08.05.2015. / Leg. Amirreza Bidel&quot;, &quot;Hussein Sadeghi coll. Iran&quot;,
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Male genitalia.
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. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium. (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
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Medium sized (10 mm), long pilose, dark species, with olive-brown reflection (Fig.
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); antennae dark brown, basoflagellomere elongated, 2.4 times as long as wide (Fig.
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); legs entirely black (Fig.
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); body pile pale yellow to gray. Male: eyes dichoptic, separated by distance of 2-3 facets (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
); metafemur broad, about 3.3 times longer than wide, covered with long pilosity (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">14E</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 2.5 times broader than the second tarsomere, ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extending 3/4 of its length (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9B, C</figureCitation>
); ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; sternum 4 with very long laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. oidipous, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807896" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">4D</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe rectangular and posterior surstyle lobe oval (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1G</figureCitation>
: al, pl); ejaculatory apodeme large, broader than long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2D</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula elongated and narrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2D</figureCitation>
: l).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon turkestanicus</emphasis>
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from which differs in shape and size of basotarsomere of metaleg, broader in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9A-C</figureCitation>
) and narrower in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9E, F</figureCitation>
); and by the shape of male genitalia: ventral margin of posterior surstyle lobe angular (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1G</figureCitation>
) and ejaculatory apodeme wider than basal width of hypandrium in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2D</figureCitation>
), while in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
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ventral margin of posterior surstyle lobe oval (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E</figureCitation>
) and ejaculatory apodeme narrower than basal width of hypandrium in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2C</figureCitation>
). Differs from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. pakistanicus</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by dichoptic eyes (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
), holoptic in these three species with eye contiguity more than 6 facets long (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30C, E, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Description. Male.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Head</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: Antenna dark brown to black; basoflagellomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11B</figureCitation>
) elongated about 2.4 times as long as wide, more than 2 times as long as pedicel, more or less straight dorsally, tapering to apex; fossette dorsolateral and large (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11B</figureCitation>
); arista dark and thickened at basal third; face and frons black with gray microtrichia; face covered with dense whitish-yellow pile, frons with gray-yellowish pile; oral margin black; lunule shiny black to brown, bare; eye dichoptic, separated for length of 2-3 facets (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
); vertex isosceles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
), shiny black; vertex with long, pale gray-yellowish pile, mixed with a few black pile on ocellar triangle; ocellar triangle equilateral (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
); occiput with gray-yellow pile, ventrally covered with dense gray microtrichia; eyes covered with dense whitish-gray pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">31G</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: frons = 1.2: 1. -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Thorax</emphasis>
: Scutum and scutellum black with olive-green to brown lustre, covered with dense, erect yellowish pile; scutum without pollinose vittae; anterior half of scutum from dull to shiny; posterodorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum (except anteroventral angle), anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron, and posterodorsal and anteroventral parts of katepisternum with long, dense pale yellow pile; wings mostly covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypter pale yellow; halter yellow; legs black; pile on legs pale yellow to whitish; ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; metafemur moderately broad, about 3.3 times longer than wide, with pile on ventral surface as long as width of metafemur, longer than pile on dorsal surface (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Metaleg of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. marginicornis, E M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807906" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">14E</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia distinct, covered with very long yellow pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Metatibia of male. A M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. turkestanicus. (A) lateral view, (B) medial view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807910" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">18A</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 2.5 times broader than second tarsomere (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9B</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extending 3/4 of its length (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9B, C</figureCitation>
). -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
: About 1.2 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 without white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga all yellow to gray-whitish (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Abdomen of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807911" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">19B</figureCitation>
); sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish-yellow pile. -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe rectangular, about 1.5 times longer than wide, covered with dense short pile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1G</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1G</figureCitation>
: pl); cercus rectangular (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1G</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2D</figureCitation>
); lingula elongated and narrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2D</figureCitation>
: l). -
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
The new species &quot;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">namaghijamii</emphasis>
&quot; was named after the famous Persian writer, poet: Ahmad Ibn Abolhasan
<normalizedToken originalValue="Jāmi-e">Jami-e</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Nāmaghi-e">Namaghi-e</normalizedToken>
Torshizi. He was born in Namagh, Iran (1048) and died in Torbat-e
<normalizedToken originalValue="Jām">Jam</normalizedToken>
, Iran (1141). The holotype was collected from the county named
<normalizedToken originalValue="Torbat-e-Jām">Torbat-e-Jam</normalizedToken>
, located near the border of Iran and Afghanistan. This name was proposed by Hussein Sadeghi Namaghi from Iran. A noun in the genitive case.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Distribution and ecological data.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon namaghijamii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="namaghijamii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
has only been recorded in northeastern Iran so far (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. Distribution map of M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., M. marginicornis and M. nigroalatus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807920" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">28</figureCitation>
). Its only known locality is within the cold-desert steppe scrubland ecosystem, with
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia sieberi" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sieberi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia sieberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Zygophyllaceae" genus="Zygophyllum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Zygophyllum" order="Zygophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Zygophyllum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. as dominant vegetation type (
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). It belongs to the Central Persian desert basins ecoregion (
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). The single specimen of
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. namaghijamii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="namaghijamii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
was collected using a malaise trap, placed at the edge of an alfalfa field (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Medicago" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Medicago sativa" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Medicago sativa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.) in Bezd village in the vicinity of
<normalizedToken originalValue="Torbat-e-Jām">Torbat-e-Jam</normalizedToken>
. Torbat-e
<normalizedToken originalValue="Jām">Jam</normalizedToken>
is located in northeastern Iran close to Afghanistan, with very hot summers and cold winters, with 26°C average annual temperature and 260 mm annual precipitation.
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia sieberi" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sieberi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia sieberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Tetradiclidaceae" genus="Peganum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Peganum harmala" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="harmala">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Peganum harmala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Ziziphora" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ziziphora tenuior" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tenuior">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Ziziphora tenuior</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. are the dominant plant species in this area. On the basis of our data the flight period is May.
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