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), broader metafemur in both sexes (Fig. 
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) and the large, rounded posterior surstyle lobe (Fig. 
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) of the male genitalia (in 
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narrow, fingerlike; Fig. 
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). 
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:v), in 
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); posterior surstyle lobe broader and shorter (Fig. 
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), narrower and more elongated in 
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:p, B:p, 10D). Fossette position medially between the base of the arista and apex of basoflagellomere distinguishes females of this species from 
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:f)). From 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">M. natans</emphasis>
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, females of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">M. pulveris</emphasis>
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can be separated by the presence of only yellow pile on the proleg tarsomeres, except in some specimens only, where the fifth tarsomere has sparse black pile (in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">M. natans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
proleg tarsomeres covered with yellow pile but also with some intermixed black pile).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Merodon pulveris</emphasis>
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. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">A</emphasis>
male on 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Drimia aphylla</emphasis>
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, in Cyprus, photo: C. Makris, 6 Oct. 2016 
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female in Cyprus, photo: C. Makris, 20 Oct. 2013 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">C</emphasis>
typical habitat in Agiassos (Lesvos, Greece) where 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">M. pulveris</emphasis>
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can be collected, photo: D. 
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
We studied the type material published in 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2735.1.5" author="Radenkovic, S" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" pagination="35 - 56" refId="B47" refString="Radenkovic, S, Vujic, A, Stahls, G, Perez-Banon, C, Rojo, S, Petanidou, T, Simic, S, 2011. Three new cryptic species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the island of Lesvos (Greece). Zootaxa 2735: 35 - 56, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2735.1.5" title="Three new cryptic species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the island of Lesvos (Greece)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2735.1.5" volume="2735" year="2011">
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et al. (2011)
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. - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Other studied material.</emphasis>
Published in 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3379973" author="Arok, M" journalOrPublisher="Acta Entomologica Serbica" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" pagination="63 - 84" refId="B3" refString="Arok, M, Acanski, J, Tot, T, Radenkovic, S, Vujic, A, 2019. Merodon natans and M. pulveris (Diptera: Syrphidae): Delimitating cryptic hoverfly species using the geometric morphometric method. Acta Entomologica Serbica 24 (2): 63 - 84, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3379973" title="Merodon natans and M. pulveris (Diptera: Syrphidae): Delimitating cryptic hoverfly species using the geometric morphometric method." url="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3379973" volume="24" year="2019">Arok et al. (2019)</bibRefCitation>
; CYPRUS: 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Limassol, Episkopi Ancient Kourion stadium; 
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, 
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; 112 m a.s.l; 7 Oct. 2017; J. van Steenis leg.; JvS coll.; published in 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125" author="van Steenis, J" journalOrPublisher="Bonn zoological Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" pagination="125 - 146" refId="B84" refString="van Steenis, J, van Zuijen, MP, van Steenis, W, Makris, C, van Eck, A, Mengual, X, 2019. Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017. Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1): 125 - 146, DOI: https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125" title="Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017." url="https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125" volume="68" year="2019">van Steenis et al. (2019)</bibRefCitation>
. - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
CYPRUS: 2 ♀♀; Limassol, Eftagonya; 550 m a.s.l.; 25 Oct. 1951; G. Mavromoustakis leg.; KBIN (R.I.Sc.N.B. 24.236) 1♂; Limassol, Episkopi, Kourion; 4 Nov. 2016; A. van Eck leg.; FSUNS ID 25390 (FSUNS) 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; FSUNS ID 25389 (FSUNS) 1 ♀; Pera Pedi; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="34.8658" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="34.8658">34.8658°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.8489" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="32.8489">32.8489°E</geoCoordinate>
; 881 m a.s.l.; 2 Oct. 2017; X. Mengual leg.; ZFMK-DIP-00028080 (ZFMK) 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 2-7 Oct. 2017; Malaise trap; ZFMK-DIP-00027945 (DNA-voucher D401) (ZFMK) 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; ZFMK-DIP-00027945 (DNA-voucher D399) (ZFMK) 1 ♀; same data as for preceding, 8-12 Oct. 2017; ZFMK-DIP-00027916 (DNA-voucher D397) (ZFMK) 1 ♂; Episkopi, near Ancient Kourion stadium, across road; 
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, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.8743" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="32.8743">32.8743°E</geoCoordinate>
; 106 m a.s.l.; 4 Oct. 2017; C. Makris leg.; ZFMK-DIP-00028071 (ZFMK) 7 ♂♂; Episkopi, near Ancient Kourion stadium; 
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, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="32.87453" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="32.87453">32.87453°E</geoCoordinate>
; 112 m a.s.l.; 7 Oct. 2017; X. Mengual leg.; ZFMK-DIP-00027868 (DNA-voucher D394), ZFMK-DIP-00028072 to ZFMK-DIP-00028074, ZFMK-DIP-00028075 (DNA-voucher D365), ZFMK-DIP-00028076, ZFMK-DIP-00028077 (ZFMK) 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; ZFMK-DIP-00028078, ZFMK-DIP-00028079 (ZFMK) 4 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 10 Oct. 2017; ZFMK-DIP-00027874 (DNA-voucher D396), ZFMK-DIP-00028081 to ZFMK-DIP-00028083 (ZFMK) 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; ZFMK-DIP-00028084, ZFMK-DIP-00028085 (ZFMK) 2 ♀♀; S of Kelefos Bridge, N of Arminou Reservoir; 
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, 
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; 460 m. a.s.l.; 11 Oct. 2017; ZFMK-DIP-00028087, ZFMK-DIP-00028086 (ZFMK). - GREECE: 1 ♂; Rhodes, Lindos; 6 Apr. 1971; V.S. van der Goot leg.; ZFMK-DIP-00076341 (ZFMK) 1 ♀; Rhodes; 18 Apr. 1970; A.C. Ellis, W.N. Ellis leg.; ZFMK-DIP-00076205 (ZFMK). - TURKEY: 1 ♀; Mugla, University campus; 
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, 
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; 720 m a.s.l.; 26 May-26 Jun. 2015; H. Kavak leg.; MT (Malaise trap); FSUNS ID 25366 (MB coll.) 4 ♂♂; Mugla, University campus; 
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, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="28.3697" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="28.3697">28.3697°E</geoCoordinate>
; 730 m a.s.l.; Nov. 2015-Apr. 2016; M. 
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, S. Kubik leg.; MT (Malaise trap); FSUNS ID 25367 to 25369, 25371 (MB coll.) 2 ♂♂; Kizilyaka; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37.0225" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="37.0225">37.0225°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="28.4383" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="28.4383">28.4383°E</geoCoordinate>
; 105 m a.s.l.; 27 Apr.-4 May 2016; M. 
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, S. Kubik leg.; FSUNS ID 25363, 25365 (MB coll.) 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; FSUNS ID 25362, 25364 (MB coll.) 1 ♀; 8km S of 
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, river bank; 
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, 
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; 68 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr.-1 May 2016; M. 
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, S. Kubik leg.; SW (Sweeping); FSUNS ID 25370 (MB coll.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Merodon pulveris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inhabits the Anatolian Peninsula, the eastern Mediterranean islands (Lesvos, Samos, Rhodes) and Cyprus, but is absent from southern and western Europe as opposed to 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">M. natans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Distribution map of the species of Merodon natans group." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.79.e65861.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/576179" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">6</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
Preferred environments (Fig. 
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) are open areas in Eastern European maquis on limestone near coniferous forests with large populations of its host plant 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Prospero autumnale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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et al. 2011
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). Flowers visited include: 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Foeniculum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Prospero autumnale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125" author="van Steenis, J" journalOrPublisher="Bonn zoological Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" pagination="125 - 146" refId="B84" refString="van Steenis, J, van Zuijen, MP, van Steenis, W, Makris, C, van Eck, A, Mengual, X, 2019. Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017. Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1): 125 - 146, DOI: https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125" title="Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017." url="https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.125" volume="68" year="2019">van Steenis et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
), 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Drimia aphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
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). Flight period is in spring (April-May) and autumn (late September/mid October). The larva described here was found in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Prospero autumnale</emphasis>
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on Lesvos island in Greece.
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