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Bumble bee mimic species (similar to species from
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); sternum 3 medially with distinct pilosity (Fig.
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. Male genitalia in Fig.
<figureCitation id="7DF4B8C942AF6C9B735FDC0DF678BD7A" captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Male genitalia M. cupreus A, B epandrium C hypandrium A, C lateral view B ventral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057108">35</figureCitation>
. Similar to
<taxonomicName id="6756DAD6CE21192F80404E3FFAAC47AC" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="5F1BA5E626E34812A369C83C205CE369" italics="true">Merodon clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A7FCEB57989AAC1209754717DC34F22A" baseAuthorityName="Sack" baseAuthorityYear="1931" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrinotatus">
<emphasis id="3D89966E2D8566A391B55D092B007E49" italics="true">M. quadrinotatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from which it clearly differs by its short basoflagellomere, which is as long as broad (as on Fig.
<figureCitation id="AA41906812ECE624A8233EF9ECF9D1E0" captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. A D basoflagellomera, lateral view A M. aequalis sp. nov. B M. obscurus C M. pallidus D M. pruni. E, F head od M. aequalis sp. nov., frontal view A E male F female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A D); 1 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057097">24 A</figureCitation>
) (basoflagellomere&gt; 2 × longer than wide in
<taxonomicName id="2A7807CC3C5E9FA1F0FCA72D6693CFAC" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1781" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavipes">
<emphasis id="771D1725A5D2EDAD40A105BEA3072033" italics="true">M. clavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="E7EC09DFFBAA5083A383FA519665DA22" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. quadrinotatus D M. rufofemoris sp. nov. E M. vandergooti. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057075">2 A</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="F65E92A8D22661946A63312027C38199" baseAuthorityName="Sack" baseAuthorityYear="1931" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrinotatus">
<emphasis id="8BE7CDF0F90CC213DA23752D6204FB69" italics="true">M. quadrinotatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="962EDEA75C47741ABE79337DE71BA02C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view A M. clavipes B M. latens sp. nov. C M. quadrinotatus D M. rufofemoris sp. nov. E M. vandergooti. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1057075">2 C</figureCitation>
)).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EJACK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5325A0616B407CF811745982FC0A08F0">
<heading id="17AC46D2C182A8E2A1E7B593A40A8EE6" reason="title">Distribution and biology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FD58F99442D395E246D76AADC3B64501">
The species is solely distributed in
<collectingCountry id="FF16EBC4499A758D9E0DA8B68A1227BB" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
(Fig.
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; Suppl. material
<xref id="07CC2D4D6FBFB12471A095D76B7800D6" ref-type="supplementary-material" rid="S2">2</xref>
), including the eastern Pontic and Taurus mountains belonging to the Irano-Anatolian hotspot. These chains of high mountains form a natural barrier between the Mediterranean Basin and the dry plateaux of Western Asia. This topographically complex and extensive system of mountains and closed basins includes major parts of central and eastern
<collectingCountry id="F0055F4911B74E4B7FAEF9B8111C5655" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
. Historically, the mountains have served both as refuge and corridor between the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia, giving rise to multiple patches of local endemism. The principal habitat of the species inside the hotspot is mountainous forest steppe, supporting oak-dominant (
<taxonomicName id="2203E5745ADB6078EEFEF2A2AADAE48D" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B492A0B4AD63EE390A76F19A46A96837" italics="true">Quercus</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
) deciduous forests (
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). Flight period: June / August. Developmental stages: not described.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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