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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Sternum 4 of male, ventral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. tarsatus, C M. oidipous. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807895" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figs 3C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. oidipous, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807896" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 4E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 6H-K</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 11C</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">, 13D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 15B</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">, 20E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 24F, G</figureCitation>
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Hurkmans, 1993: 171. Type locality: Turkey, Hakkari province (holotype).
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Hurkmans, 1993: 171. Type locality: Iran, 
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Turkey, Hakkari province; Iran, 
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Male genitalia. 
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">I</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. marginicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. (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.
</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 authorityName="Hurkmans" authorityYear="1993" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon persicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon persicus</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;. Specimens described as 
<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>
and 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. persicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belong to one species and based on prior citation of 
<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>
in the same publication, 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. persicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="persicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. persicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
becomes a junior synonym.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-05" collectorName="Kafka M., M. B." country="IRAN" elevation="2260" latitude="29.551943" location="Dasht-e Arjan" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.941944" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<collectingCountry name="Iran">IRAN</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Fars">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:3DF687C72091774622F38201CB43C79C" country="IRAN" latitude="29.551943" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.941944" name="Dasht-e Arjan" stateProvince="Fars Province">Dasht-e Arjan</location>
; 
<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>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.26" unit="m" value="2260.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.26" unit="m" value="2260.0">2260 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2016-05-05">5 May 2016</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="M Black">M. B.</collectorName>
coll
</materialsCitation>
. • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-02" collectingDateMax="2016-05-06" collectingDateMin="2016-05-02" collectorName="Oboril M., J. H." country="Iran" elevation="2261" latitude="29.5525" location="15 km S of Dasht-e Arjan" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.939445" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Fars">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:FCF449FEBED18FA56B7B9433C6CFC2BE" country="Iran" latitude="29.5525" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.939445" name="15 km S of Dasht-e Arjan" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
S of Dasht-e Arjan
</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="33" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="09" value="29.5525">
29°33 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’09”">'09&quot;</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>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.261" unit="m" value="2261.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.261" unit="m" value="2261.0">2261 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2016-05-02" valueMax="2016-05-06" valueMin="2016-05-02">2-6 May 2016</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Obořil">Oboril</normalizedToken>
M.
</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="RJ Hijmans">J.H.</collectorName>
coll
</materialsCitation>
. • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="J. H." country="Iran" elevation="2261" latitude="29.5525" location="15 km S of Dasht-e Arjan" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.939445" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="Fars">
<specimenCount type="female">3 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding; 
<collectorName name="RJ Hijmans">J.H.</collectorName>
coll. 18265, 18273, 18275
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-05-23" collectorName="Halada J., M. B." country="Iran" elevation="1300" latitude="29.566668" location="10 km E Kazeroun" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.866665" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Fars">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:336A2BEDAA8F3D3AED021A28E9D9E429" country="Iran" latitude="29.566668" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.866665" name="10 km E Kazeroun" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
E Kazeroun
</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="34" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="29.566668">
29°34 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="00" value="51.866665">
51°52 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’00”">'00&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="m" value="1300.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="m" value="1300.0">1300 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2014-05-23">23 May 2014</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Halada J.</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="M Black">M. B.</collectorName>
coll
</materialsCitation>
. • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-04" collectingDateMax="2016-05-05" collectingDateMin="2016-05-04" collectorName="Oboril M., J. H." country="Iran" elevation="2093" latitude="29.997223" location="1 km W of Sangar" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="52.13528" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Fars">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fārs">Fars</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:8BA9CCA994D18B7D0CC5B7D66190F258" country="Iran" latitude="29.997223" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="52.13528" name="1 km W of Sangar" stateProvince="Fars Province">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="1.0">1 km</quantity>
W of Sangar
</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="29" direction="north" minutes="59" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="50" value="29.997223">
29°59 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’50”">'50&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="52" direction="east" minutes="08" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="07" value="52.13528">
52°08 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’07”">'07&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.093" unit="m" value="2093.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.093" unit="m" value="2093.0">2093 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2016-05-04" valueMax="2016-05-05" valueMin="2016-05-04">4-5 May 2016</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Obořil">Oboril</normalizedToken>
M.
</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="RJ Hijmans">J.H.</collectorName>
coll. 18268
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-05-04" collectorName="Kafka M., M. B." country="Iran" county="Kohgiluyeh" elevation="2390" latitude="30.49" location="Sarab-e Taveh" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.65806" municipality="Yasuj" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-female="3" specimenCount-male="4" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">
<specimenCount type="male">4 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">3 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingCounty>Kohgiluyeh</collectingCounty>
&amp; 
<collectingRegion inferredBySuffix="true">Boyer-Ahmad Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yāsuj">
<collectingMunicipality>Yasuj</collectingMunicipality>
</normalizedToken>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:DC4A283162A4AC486A29F1A9990B0BF7" country="Iran" county="Kohgiluyeh" latitude="30.49" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.65806" municipality="Yasuj" name="Sarab-e Taveh" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">Sarab-e Taveh</location>
; 
<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>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3899999999999997" unit="m" value="2390.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3899999999999997" unit="m" value="2390.0">2390 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2016-05-04">4 May 2016</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Kafka M.</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="M Black">M. B.</collectorName>
coll
</materialsCitation>
. • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2015-05-30" collectorName="Banar P., J. H." country="Iran" elevation="2144" latitude="30.490557" location="Jasudz" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.6575" municipality="Kohgiluyeh" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality>Kohgiluyeh</collectingMunicipality>
&amp; 
<collectingRegion inferredBySuffix="true">Boyer-Ahmad Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<locationDeviation location="Yasuj">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
S of 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yāsuj">Yasuj</normalizedToken>
</locationDeviation>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Jásúdž">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:E5FFE00CB4AAE5A7CFFA6A4BB2427994" country="Iran" latitude="30.490557" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.6575" municipality="Kohgiluyeh" name="Jasudz" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">Jasudz</location>
</normalizedToken>
); 
<geoCoordinate degrees="30" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="26" value="30.490557">
30°29 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’26”">'26&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="51" direction="east" minutes="39" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="27" value="51.6575">
51°39 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’27”">'27&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.144" unit="m" value="2144.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.144" unit="m" value="2144.0">2144 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2015-05-30">30 May 2015</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Baňař">Banar</normalizedToken>
P.
</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="RJ Hijmans">J.H.</collectorName>
coll. 18266
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="J. H." country="Iran" elevation="2144" latitude="30.490557" location="Jasudz" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.6575" municipality="Kohgiluyeh" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Boyer-Ahmad Province">
<specimenCount type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding; 
<collectorName name="RJ Hijmans">J.H.</collectorName>
coll. 18272
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-05-12" collectorName="Gilasian E." country="Iran" county="Semirom County" elevation="2760" latitude="31.016945" location="Kommeh" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.59111" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Isfahan Province">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Esfahan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Isfahān">Isfahan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingRegion country="Iran" name="Esfahan">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Esfahān">Esfahan</normalizedToken>
Province
</collectingRegion>
), 
<collectingCounty>Semirom County</collectingCounty>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1657B83981F8574D9996249B01244B26:FCD2C4EC521A5CF28FC001C0EF0CDFFC" country="Iran" county="Semirom County" latitude="31.016945" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="51.59111" name="Kommeh" stateProvince="Isfahan Province">Kommeh</location>
; 
<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>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.76" unit="m" value="2760.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.76" unit="m" value="2760.0">2760 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="2007-05-12">12 May 2007</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Gilasian E.</collectorName>
leg.; HMIM 04462
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Medium sized (8-11 mm), long pilose, dark species with olive-brown to bluish reflection (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">20E</figureCitation>
); antennae reddish-brown to dark brown, basoflagellomere elongated, about 2 times as long as wide (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11C</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">13D</figureCitation>
); tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15B</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">16E</figureCitation>
); body pile pale yellow to gray; sterna with long white pilosity. Male: metafemur curved, broad, about 3.2 times longer than wide, covered with long pilosity (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15B</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus extremely expanded, more than 3 times broader than the second tarsomere (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6H, I</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15B</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile on basal 1/3 (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6H, I</figureCitation>
), with ventrolateral row of strong setae; sternum 4 with very long laminate extensions on posterior margin (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Sternum 4 of male, lateral view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. hypochrysos, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. oidipous, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807896" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">4E</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe enlarged and trapezoidal, posterior surstyle lobe oval (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24F, G</figureCitation>
: al, pl); ejaculatory apodeme large, about as broad as long (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25C</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula elongated and narrow (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25C</figureCitation>
: l). Female: tarsi brown, at least dorsally; in ventral view broad, medially extended, but from lateral view with sunken and twisted ventral surface (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6J, K</figureCitation>
).
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Similar to 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon smirnovi</emphasis>
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and 
<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>
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from which differs in smaller ventral brush-like area of dense pile on basotarsomere of metaleg, limited to basal 1/3 (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6H, I</figureCitation>
), while is about 2/3 in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
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) and 3/4 in 
<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>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6L</figureCitation>
); and by shape of the male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe as long as posterior surstyle lobe in 
<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>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24F</figureCitation>
: al), while is shorter in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24A, C</figureCitation>
: al) and 
<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>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1A</figureCitation>
: al).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Re-description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Male. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Head</emphasis>
</emphasis>
: Antenna reddish-brown to dark brown; basoflagellomere (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11C</figureCitation>
) elongated about 2 times as long as wide, about 2.2 times as long as pedicel, more or less straight dorsally, tapering to apex; fossette dorsolateral and large (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Basoflagellomere of male, lateral view. A M. hypochrysos, B M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous, D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E M. rufitarsis, F M. tarsatus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807903" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">11C</figureCitation>
); arista dark and thickened at basal third; face and frons black to dark blue with gray microtrichia; face covered with dense whitish pile, frons with gray-yellowish pile; oral margin with sparse microtrichia; lunule shiny black to brown, bare; eye contiguity about 6-8 facets long; vertex isosceles, shiny black; vertex with long, pale yellow-whitish pile, in some cases mixed with a few black pile on ocellar triangle; ocellar triangle equilateral; occiput with gray-yellow pile, ventrally covered with dense gray microtrichia; eyes covered with dense whitish-gray pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 30" captionStartId="F30" captionText="Figure 30. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. rufitarsis, E M. tarsatus, F M. smirnovi. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure30" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807922" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">30B</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: eye contiguity: frons = 3: 1: 2.5. - 
<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 pile; scutum usually without pollinose vittae; anterior half of scutum from dull to shiny; posterodorsal part of anterior anepisternum, posterior anepisternum (except anteroventral angle), anterior anepimeron, dorsomedial anepimeron, and posterodorsal and anteroventral parts of katepisternum with long, dense pale yellow pile; wings mostly covered with microtrichia; wing veins brown; calypter pale yellow; halter yellow; femora mostly black, tibiae and tarsi partly reddish-yellow; pile on legs pale yellow; metafemur broad, curved about 3.2 times longer than wide, with long pile on ventral surface, about as long as width of metafemur, longer than pile on dorsal surface (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15B</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia distinct, covered with very long pale yellow pile; basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, more than 3 times broader than second tarsomere (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6H, I</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. A - I Metaleg of male, lateral view J, K metatarsus, dorsal view. A, J M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., B M. oidipous, C M. rufitarsis, D M. smirnovi, E - G M. tarsatus, H, I M. turkestanicus, K M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Abbreviation: mt - metatrochanter. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-I), 0.5 mm (J, K)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807907" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">15B</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile limited to basal 1/3 (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6H, I</figureCitation>
), with ventrolateral row of strong setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6I</figureCitation>
). - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
: About 1.3 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 each with pairs of narrow, white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga all yellow to gray-whitish, except medial part of terga 2-4 usually with short black pile (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">20E</figureCitation>
); sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish-yellow pile. - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe enlarged and trapezoidal, covered with dense, short pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24</figureCitation>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">F</emphasis>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24F</figureCitation>
: pl); cercus rectangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - C M. smirnovi, D, E M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., F, G M. oidipous. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">24F</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula elongated and narrow (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A M. smirnovi, B M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C M. oidipous. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807917" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">25C</figureCitation>
: l). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female (first description).</emphasis>
Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and following characteristics: basoflagellomere slightly tapering to apex, about 1.5 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">13D</figureCitation>
); frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins variable in shape and size; frons covered with mostly gray-yellow pile; ocellar triangle covered 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; basotarsomere of metatarsus brown (at least dorsally), from ventral view broad, medially extended, without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6J</figureCitation>
), but from lateral view with sunken and twisted ventral surface (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6K</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metaleg with a few distinct strong spine-like setae within ventrolateral row of setae (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Metabasotarsomere. A - F M. smirnovi, G M. turkestanicus, H - K M. oidipous, L - N M. tarsatus. (A, B, H, I, L, M) male, (C-G, J, K, N) female; (A, E, F, H, K, N) lateral view, (B-D, I, J, L) ventral view, (G, M) dorsal view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-L, N), 1 mm (M)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807898" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">6J, K</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807916" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" start="Figure 24" startId="F24">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 24.</emphasis>
Male genitalia, epandrium. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">A</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. smirnovi" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="smirnovi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">D</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. pakistanicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="pakistanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. pakistanicus</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">F</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">G</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>
. (A, C, D, F) lateral view, (B, E, G) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</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 oidipous" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oidipous">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon oidipous</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in southern Iran and southeastern Turkey (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Distribution map of M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., M. tarsatus, M. turkestanicus and M. oidipous. * marks overlapping locality of M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov. and M. oidipous." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807919" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">27</figureCitation>
). It was recorded 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, and 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.) (
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), at localities which belong to the Zagros mountains forest steppe ecoregion (
<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>
). Iranian collection sites of 
<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>
located in the 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Zāgros">Zagros</normalizedToken>
mountain range include: 
<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 range 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 the 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 the dominant plant species. On the basis of our data the flight period is May.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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