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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figs 5B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 8F-H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 10D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 13C</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">, 14D</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Abdomen 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 M. oidipous, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807912" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 20D</figureCitation>
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Hurkmans, 1993: 166. Type locality: Iran, 
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Hurkmans, 1993: 175. Type locality: Iran, 
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Iran, 
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: Original description was based on male holotype and female paratype from the localities close to the locality of holotype of 
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(
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). - 
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: IRAN • ♂; Chiraz (Shiraz); 
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29°30 
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N
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, 
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; 11 Apr. 1937; Brandt F.H. leg.; NBCN [specimen dry pinned, left metaleg, metatibia metatarsi, right metatibia and metatarsi are missing, genitalia in separate microvial]. Original labels: &quot;IRAN Chiraz / 11.IV.1937 [11.IV. written with pencil] / coll. BRANDT&quot;, &quot; 
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/ 
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♂ Sack / det. V. Doesburg&quot;, &quot;Museum Leiden / Collectie / Van Doesburg / rec. 1973&quot;, &quot;Holotype 
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&quot; [red label handwritten], 
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. - 
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: IRAN • 1 ♀; Road Chiraz (Shiraz)-Kazeroun, Fort Sine-Sefid; 19 Apr. 1937; Brandt F.H. leg.; Sack, V. Doesburg det. as 
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; NBCN.
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Abdomen of male, dorsal view. 
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. Scale bar: 1 mm.
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Hurkmans
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). This species was classified as a member of &quot; 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">alexeji</emphasis>
group&quot; by 
<bibRefCitation author="Hurkmans, W" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="147 - 234" refId="B19" refString="Hurkmans, W, 1993. A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136: 147 - 234" title="A monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part 1." volume="136" year="1993">Hurkmans (1993)</bibRefCitation>
. - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Holotype</emphasis>
: IRAN • ♂; Chiraz (Shiraz); 
<geoCoordinate degrees="26" direction="north" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="26.666666">26°40'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="52" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="52.5">52°30'E</geoCoordinate>
; 11 Apr. 1937; Brandt F.H. leg.; NBCN. Original label: &quot;Iran, Chiraz (Shiraz) (
<geoCoordinate degrees="26" direction="north" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="26.666666">26°40'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="52" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="52.5">52°30'E</geoCoordinate>
), 11.iv.1937, Coll. F. H. Brandt&quot;.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807912" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" start="Figure 20" startId="F20">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 20.</emphasis>
Abdomen of male, dorsal view. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. dumosus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="dumosus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. hypochrysos" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="hypochrysos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. latiantennatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="latiantennatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. latiantennatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Popov &amp; Prokhorov 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. oidipous" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="oidipous">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. oidipous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. turkestanicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="turkestanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="notes on synonymy">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Notes on synonymy.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Hurkmans designated 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. xanthipous" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="xanthipous">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. xanthipous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a member of &quot; 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sack" authorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group&quot;. Both taxa belong to the same species and based on prior citation of 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the same publication, 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. xanthipous" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="xanthipous">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. xanthipous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
becomes a junior synonym.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" start="Figure 21" startId="F21">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 21.</emphasis>
Abdomen of female, dorsal view. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. angustitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="angustitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. angustitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
&amp; Gilasian 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. dumosus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="dumosus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. rufitarsis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="rufitarsis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. rufitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vujić &amp; Radenković &amp; Barkalov &amp; Kočiš Tubić &amp; Likov &amp; Tot &amp; Popov &amp; Prokhorov &amp; Gilasian &amp; Anjum &amp; Djan &amp; Kakar &amp; Andrić" authorityYear="2023" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
IRAN • 1 ♂; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province, Dasht-e Arjan; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="07" value="29.551943">
29°33 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’07”">'07&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="31" value="51.941944">
51°56 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’31”">'31&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2260 m a.s.l. (+/-300 m); 4 May 2016; Kafka M. leg.; M. B. coll. • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 5 May 2016 • 3 ♂♂; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province, 15 km S of Dasht-e Arjan; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="09" value="29.5525">
29°33 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’09’’">'09''</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="56" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="22" value="51.939445">
51°56 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’22”">'22&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2261 m a.s.l.; 2-6 May 2016; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Obořil">Oboril</normalizedToken>
M. leg.; J.H. coll. 18257, 18258, 18259 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; J.H. coll. 18269, 18275 • 1 ♂; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sepidān">Sepidan</normalizedToken>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="17" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="30.286943">
30°17 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’13”">'13&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="58" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="15" value="51.970833">
51°58 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’15”">'15&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2540 m a.s.l., 8 May 2007; Gilasian E., Nematian M. leg.; HMIM 04460 • 1 ♀; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Kermān">Kerman</normalizedToken>
Province, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Māhān">Mahan</normalizedToken>
District, Bolbolouyeh Village; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="09" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="37" value="30.160278">
30°09 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’37”">'37&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="57" direction="east" minutes="22" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="10" value="57.369442">
57°22 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’10’’">'10''</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2430 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2007; Gilasian E., Nematian, M. leg.; HMIM 04459 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Kohgiluyeh &amp; Boyer-Ahmad Province, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yāsuj">Yasuj</normalizedToken>
, Sarab-e Taveh; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="24" value="30.49">
30°29 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’24”">'24&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="39" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="29" value="51.65806">
51°39 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’29”">'29&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2390 m a.s.l.; 4 May 2016; Kafka M. leg.; M. B. coll. • 1 ♀; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Isfahān">Isfahan</normalizedToken>
Province (
<normalizedToken originalValue="Esfahān">Esfahan</normalizedToken>
Province), Semirom County, Kommeh; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="01" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="01" value="31.016945">
31°01 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’01”">'01&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="35" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="28" value="51.59111">
51°35 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’28”">'28&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2760 m a.s.l.; 12 May 2007; Gilasian E. leg.; HMIM 02543 • 1 ♀; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chāhārmahāl">Chaharmahal</normalizedToken>
&amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bakhtiāri">Bakhtiari</normalizedToken>
Province, 30 km SE of 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Lordegān">Lordegan</normalizedToken>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="31.35">
31°21 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="09" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="51.15">
51°09 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 1900 m a.s.l.; 31 May 2014; Halada J. leg.; M. B. coll. • 1 ♂; Alborz Province, Karaj County, 10 km N of Gachsar; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="36" direction="north" minutes="09" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="36.15">
36°09 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="18" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="51.3">
51°18 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 2300-2700 m a.s.l.; 7 Jun. 2014; Halada J. leg.; M. B. coll. 10433. - PAKISTAN • 1 ♀; Balochistan Province, Ziarat District, 35 km W of Ziarat; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="14" value="30.387222">
30°23 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’14”">'14&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="67" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="22" value="67.33945">
67°20 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’22”">'22&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 11 May 1984; McGinley R.J. leg.; 05117, USNM ENT00036567 (NMNH) • 2 ♂♂; Balochistan Province, Qilla Saifullah District, Kan Mehtarzai; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="44" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="35" value="30.743055">
30°44 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’35”">'35&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="67" direction="east" minutes="31" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="02" value="67.51723">
67°31 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’02”">'02&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 5 May 2017; Banafsha K. leg.; NARC 17745, 17746 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; NARC 18121 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; NARC. - TURKMENISTAN • 50 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Kopet-dag Mountain, 15 km W of Firyuza settlement, Dushak mountain; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="north" minutes="54" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="05" value="37.90139">
37°54 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’05”">'05&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="57" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="44" value="57.912224">
57°54 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’44”">'44&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 4-9 May 1987, 16-20 May 1988; Barkalov A., Dubatolov V.V. leg.; SZMN • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 2100 m a.s.l.; 7 May 1987; Barkalov A. leg.; SZMN 05843 • 14♂♂, 34♀♀; Kopet-dag Mountains, Firyuza settlement; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="north" minutes="54" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="58" value="37.91611">
37°54 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’58”">'58&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="58" direction="east" minutes="05" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="22" value="58.089443">
58°05 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’22”">'22&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 3 May 1991; Dubatolov V.V., Zinchenko V. leg.; SZMN • 1 ♂; Ahal Region, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gökdepe">Goekdepe</normalizedToken>
District, SW of Geok Tepe; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="north" minutes="04" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="52" value="38.081112">
38°04 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’52”">'52&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="57" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="48" value="57.879997">
57°52 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’48”">'48&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 9 May 1988; Barkalov A. leg.; SZMN • 18 ♂♂, 27 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 11 May 1988 • 14 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; 50 km WNW Firyuza settlement, Mirzadag Mountain; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="north" minutes="05" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="07" value="38.085278">
38°05 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’07”">'07&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="57" direction="east" minutes="34" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="27" value="57.574165">
57°34 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’27”">'27&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 16 May 1987; Dubatolov V.V. leg.; SZMN • 1 ♂; Kopet-dag Mountains, 20 km E Nokhur settlement, Karayalchi gorge; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="north" minutes="28" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="25" value="38.47361">
38°28 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’25”">'25&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="57" direction="east" minutes="09" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="09" value="57.1525">
57°09 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’09”">'09&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 28 Apr. 1991; Dubatolov V. leg.; SZMN.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Small to medium sized (7-11 mm), medium long pilose, dark species, with olive-brown reflection (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Abdomen 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 M. oidipous, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807912" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">20D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">21C</figureCitation>
); antennae reddish-brown, basoflagellomere elongated, 1.8-2.1 times as long as wide, with concave dorsal margin (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13C</figureCitation>
); femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow (Figs 
<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">14D</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16D</figureCitation>
); body pile whitish-yellow to gray. Male: 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">14D</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 2 times broader than the second tarsomere (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">14D</figureCitation>
), with ventrolateral row of strong setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8F, G</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extended in basal half (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8F</figureCitation>
); ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; sternum 4 with medium long laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">5B</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe triangular and elongated (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23G</figureCitation>
: al), while posterior surstyle lobe triangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23G, H</figureCitation>
: pl); ejaculatory apodeme longer than broad (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23I</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula short and narrow (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23I</figureCitation>
: l). Female: basoflagellomere with angular apex and large fossette (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13C</figureCitation>
); tarsi yellow-reddish (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16D</figureCitation>
), in some specimens dorsally brown to dark, especially on metaleg; basotarsomere of metaleg more or less with parallel margins from ventral view, and with a few distinct, strong spine-like setae within the ventrolateral row of setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8H</figureCitation>
); metafemur with dense long pilosity ventrally (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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Male similar to 
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, Popov &amp; Prokhorov 
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from which differs in more elongated basoflagellomere with pointed apex (Fig. 
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), which is shorter and more triangular in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. latiantennatus</emphasis>
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, Popov &amp; Prokhorov 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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); by basotarsomere of metaleg with ventral brush-like area of dense pile limited to basal half in 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
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(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8F</figureCitation>
), while in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. latiantennatus</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Popov &amp; Prokhorov 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
pile extending 3/4 of its length (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8E</figureCitation>
). Clearly differs from 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
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, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
by less distinct ventrolateral row of setae on the basotarsomere of all legs, while the setae are long and strong in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8A</figureCitation>
); by the shape of the basoflagellomere (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10 B, D</figureCitation>
); and by shape of male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe triangular and elongated and posterior surstyle lobe short and triangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23G</figureCitation>
: al, pl), while in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. dumosus</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
anterior surstyle lobe enlarged and oval and posterior surstyle lobe large and oval (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23A</figureCitation>
: l, pl). Females can be differentiated from 
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in sympatric populations by longer basoflagellomere in 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13C</figureCitation>
), while shorter, with oval apex in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. hypochrysos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13A</figureCitation>
), and broad white pollinose fascia on terga 2-4 in 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">21C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Re-description.</paragraph>
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Male. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Head</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: Antenna reddish-brown; basoflagellomere (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10D</figureCitation>
) reddish, elongated, about 1.9-2.1 times as long as wide, about 3 times as long as pedicel, concave dorsally, strongly tapering to apex, pointed apically; fossette dorsolateral and large (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807902" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">10D</figureCitation>
); arista black and thickened at basal third; face and frons black with gray microtrichia; face covered with dense whitish pile, frons with gray-yellowish pile; oral margin black, with sparse microtrichia; lunule shiny black to brown, bare; eye contiguity about 8-10 facets long; vertex isosceles, shiny black, anterior part pollinose; vertex with long, yellowish-gray pile, in some cases mixed with a few black pile on ocellar triangle; ocellar triangle equilateral; occiput with white-gray pile, ventrally covered with dense gray microtrichia; eyes covered with dense whitish-gray pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 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">31D</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: eye contiguity: frons = 2.5: 1: 2. - 
<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 yellow to white pile; scutum without less distinct pollinose vittae; anterior half of scutum from dull to shiny; posterodorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum (except anteroventral angle), anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron, and posterodorsal and anteroventral parts of katepisternum with long, dense pale yellow to gray pile; wings mostly covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypter pale yellow; halter yellow; femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow; pile on legs pale yellow; ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; metafemur moderately broad, about 3.3 times longer than wide, with long pile on ventral surface, about half width of metafemur, longer than pile on dorsal surface (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 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">14D</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia covered with long yellow pile; basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 2 times broader than second tarsomere (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">14D</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extended in basal half (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8F</figureCitation>
), with ventrolateral row of long, strong setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8G</figureCitation>
). - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Abdomen 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 M. oidipous, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807912" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">20D</figureCitation>
): About 1.4 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 each with pair of distinct, white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga gray-whitish; sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish pile; sternum 4 with medium long laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. marginicornis, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. smirnovi, F M. turkestanicus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807897" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">5B</figureCitation>
). - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe triangular and elongated, about 1.5 times longer than wide, covered with dense short pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23G</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe triangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23G</figureCitation>
: pl); cercus rectangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23G</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula short and narrow (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia. A - C M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D - F M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., G - I M. marginicornis. (A, B, D, E, G, H) epandrium, (C, F, I) hypandrium; (A, C, D, F, G, I) lateral view, (B, E, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807915" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">23I</figureCitation>
: l). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female.</emphasis>
Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and following characteristics: basoflagellomere about 1.8 times longer than wide (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Basoflagellomere of female, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. oidipous, E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807905" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">13C</figureCitation>
); frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins; frons covered with mostly gray-yellow pile; ocellar triangle covered with gray to whitish pile, in some specimens mixed with black pile; terga covered with gray-whitish to yellow pilosity; medial part of terga 2-4 usually with short adpressed black pile; pollinose fasciae on terga 2-4 distinct (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Abdomen of female, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. marginicornis, D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807913" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">21C</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus yellow-reddish (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Metaleg of female, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E M. oidipous, F M. rufitarsis. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807908" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">16D</figureCitation>
), less expanded, ventrally without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8H</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metaleg more or less with parallel margins from ventral view, with a few distinct strong spine-like setae within ventrolateral row of setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Metabasotarsomere. A - D M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., F - H M. marginicornis. (A, B, E-G) male, (C, D, H) female; (A, G) dorso-lateral view, (B, D, F) ventral view, (C, E, H) lateral view. Arrow marks length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807900" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">8H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Distribution and ecological data.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was recorded in Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and western Pakistan (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 Iranian localities are within arid and semi-arid forests ecosystem with 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus brantii" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="brantii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus brantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the dominant vegetation type, cold-desert steppe scrubland ecosystem (
<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.), cold and arid semi steppe scrubland and grasslands ecosystem (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Astragalus" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Astragalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.), and cold and humid prairies ecosystem (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Trifolium" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trifolium" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Trifolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.) (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8145-1" author="Azizi Jalilian, M" journalOrPublisher="Environmental Monitoring and Assessment" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination=": 182" refId="B4" refString="Azizi Jalilian, M, Shayesteh, K, Danehkar, A, Salmanmahiny, A, 2020. A new ecosystem-based land classification of Iran for conservation goals. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192 (3): 182, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8145-1" title="A new ecosystem-based land classification of Iran for conservation goals." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-8145-1" volume="192" year="2020">Azizi Jalilian et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). The ecosystems belong to ecoregions: Zagros mountains forest steppe, Elburz range forest steppe, Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe, and Central Persian desert basins (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" author="Olson, DM" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" refId="B39" refString="Olson, DM, Dinerstein, E, Wikramanayake, ED, Burgess, ND, Powell, GVN, Underwood, EC, D'Amico, JA, Itoua, I, Strand, HE, Morrison, JC, Loucks, CJ, Allnutt, TF, Ricketts, TH, Kura, Y, Lamoreux, JF, Wettengel, WW, Hedao, P, Kassem, KR, 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51(11): 933-938. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" title="Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: A new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51 (11): 933 - 938." url="https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2" year="2001">Olson et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
). The Iranian collection sites of 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Zāgros">Zagros</normalizedToken>
mountain range include: 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sepidān">Sepidan</normalizedToken>
, a semi-arid and cold mountainous area, with very cold winters and moderate summers, 14.8°C average annual temperature and 695 mm annual precipitation, with 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acer monspessulanum" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="monspessulanum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Acer monspessulanum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Amygdalus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Amygdalus elaeagnifolia" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="elaeagnifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Amygdalus elaeagnifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Berberidaceae" genus="Berberis" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Berberis integerrima" order="Ranunculales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="integerrima">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Berberis integerrima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Crataegus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Crataegus azarolus subsp. var. var. aronia" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="azarolus" subSpecies="var." variety="aronia">Crataegus azarolus var. aronia</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Oleaceae" genus="Fraxinus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Fraxinus rotundifolia" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rotundifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Fraxinus rotundifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Cotoneaster" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cotoneaster persica" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="persica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Cotoneaster persica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Pyrus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pyrus" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Pyrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. as dominant plant species; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yāsuj">Yasuj</normalizedToken>
, with very cold winters and moderate summers, 15.2°C average annual temperature and 864 mm annual precipitation, with 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus persica" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="persica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus persica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the dominant plant species; Dasht-e Arjan, located in the 'Arjan Biosphere 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Reserve’">Reserve'</normalizedToken>
, with an altitude of 853-3041 m a.s.l., with wild almond trees (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Prunus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Prunus scoparia" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scoparia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Prunus scoparia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<normalizedToken originalValue="‘Arjan’">'Arjan'</normalizedToken>
in Persian) as dominant plant species; Semirom, with very cold winters and moderate summers, 335 mm annual precipitation and 12.5°C average annual temperature, with 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Astragalus verus" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="verus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Astragalus verus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Poa bulbosa" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bulbosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Poa bulbosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caryophyllaceae" genus="Bromus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Bromus tomentellus" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tomentellus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Bromus tomentellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as dominant plant species; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Lordegān">Lordegan</normalizedToken>
, with hot summers and cold winters, about 650 mm annual precipitation and 16°C average annual temperature, with 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Astragalus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Astragalus" order="Brassicales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Astragalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. and 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus brantii" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="brantii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Quercus brantii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as dominant plant species. The eastern part of the range of 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(localities in Pakistan) belongs to Baluchistan xeric woodlands. The montane vegetation of this ecoregion includes 
<taxonomicName authorityName="C.Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juniperus" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juniperus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forests (including 
<taxonomicName lsidName="J. seravschanica" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="seravschanica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">J. seravschanica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kom. and 
<taxonomicName lsidName="J. excelsa" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="excelsa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">J. excelsa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), open woodlands with 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Pistacia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pistacia atlantica" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="atlantica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Pistacia atlantica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. khinjuk" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="khinjuk">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">P. khinjuk</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Stocks, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Prunus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Prunus eburnea" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="eburnea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Prunus eburnea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Spach) Aitch., 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Berberidaceae" genus="Berberis" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Berberis" order="Ranunculales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Berberis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caprifoliaceae" genus="Lonicera" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lonicera" order="Dipsacales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Lonicera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Artemisia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Artemisia" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Artemisia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp; 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Oleaceae" genus="Olea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="europaea" subSpecies="cuspidata">Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata</taxonomicName>
(Wall. &amp; G. Don) Cif. accompanied by 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Dodonaea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Dodonaea viscosa" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viscosa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Dodonaea viscosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Jacq. as the transition between the subtropical woodlands and the alpine vegetation of sclerophyllous forest (
<bibRefCitation author="Vujic, A" journalOrPublisher="Zootoxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" publicationUrl="https://www.worldwildlife.org" refId="B71" refString="2022. . https://www.worldwildlife.org" url="https://www.worldwildlife.org" year="2022">WWF 2022</bibRefCitation>
). The climate of the collection site in Pakistan is slightly to very hot in summer and really cold in winter; temperature rises as much as 35-40°C in summer and drops to -15°C in winter; dry warm days and cool nights are common in the summertime season; most of the rain falls in winter and ranges between 50-300 mm annually. Mostly apple orchards are grown in this locality, with wheat (
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Triticum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Triticum aestivum" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aestivum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Triticum aestivum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.) and Berseem (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Trifolium" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trifolium alexandrinum" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alexandrinum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Trifolium alexandrinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.) intercropped. On the basis of our data the flight period of 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is from April to early June.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Hurkmans treated many species groups at the same time in the monograph (
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), and probably it was more difficult to have a good insight because there were many species compiled to be analyzed simultaneously, instead of more precise studies dedicated to each group separately. He assigned 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. marginicornis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="marginicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
erroneously in the 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">alexeji</emphasis>
group although stated that basitarsi 3 is swollen (but slightly, that was probably the reason why he did not put it in the 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sack" authorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group), and also stated that sternum 4 is deeply emarginate posteriorly, somewhat valuated (and for 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. xanthipous" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="xanthipous">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. xanthipous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that there are smaller appendages on sternum 4 in comparison to other species of the group). But a detailed study of the type material of both taxa conducted in the present study has unambiguously shown that they belong to the same species of the 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sack" authorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon tarsatus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
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</subSubSection>
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