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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figs 1E, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 2C</figureCitation>
<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">, 5F</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">, 6G</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 9E, F</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">, 10F</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">, 15H, I</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Metatibia of male. A M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. turkestanicus. (A) lateral view, (B) medial view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807910" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 18B</figureCitation>
<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">, 20F</figureCitation>
<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>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 29" captionStartId="F29" captionText="Figure 29. A, B Head of female, frontal view. A M. angustitarsis Vujic &amp; Gilasian sp. nov., B M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., C, D Thorax of female, lateral view: C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807921" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 29D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 31" captionStartId="F31" captionText="Figure 31. Head of male, dorsal view. A M. dumosus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. hypochrysos, C M. latiantennatus Vujic, Popov &amp; Prokhorov sp. nov., D M. marginicornis, E, F M. turkestanicus, G M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807923" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 31E, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">, 35D</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Paramonov" authorityYear="1927" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon turkestanicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turkestanicus">Merodon turkestanicus</taxonomicName>
Paramonov, 1927: 77 (= 321).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Uzbekistan, Tashkent.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Holotype</emphasis>
: UZBEKISTAN • ♂. Original labels: &quot;N 339&quot;, &quot;d. Tashkent / Turkestan / 12.V.15.&quot; [yellowish black-bordered, pale violet ink], &quot; 
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/ n. sp. ♂ Typus / Paramonov. det&quot; [pink double black-bordered, violet ink], &quot;Holotypus / Merodon Merodon Par., 1927 G.V.Popov des. 2007&quot; [red].
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coll. 24945
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; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:C7E48045BCEBE7F2D0F340307693B932" country="Tajikistan" name="Barchadev">Barchadev</location>
gorge; 
<collectingDate value="2021-07-07">7 Jul. 2021</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
. - 
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<collectingCountry name="Turkmenistan">TURKMENISTAN</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality>Scharlouk</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:2880EA83BED4D9F52A2861C0DE3DA3C9" country="TURKMENISTAN" latitude="37.856388" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.194725" municipality="Scharlouk" name="Hura Houdon">Hura Houdon</location>
; 
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37°51 
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N
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, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="58" direction="east" minutes="11" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="41" value="58.194725">
58°11 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’41”">'41&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectingDate value="1996-04-26">26 Apr. 1996</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Dolin W.</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="M Hoffmann">M. H.</collectorName>
coll. 02546
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1987-05-08" collectorName="Barkalov A." country="Turkmenistan" elevation="2100" latitude="37.90139" location="Dushak Mountain" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.912224" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<locationDeviation location="Firyuza">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
W of Firyuza
</locationDeviation>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:1F8492CFDDC873F17C3EBE55044F9F0E" country="Turkmenistan" latitude="37.90139" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.912224" name="Dushak Mountain">Dushak Mountain</location>
; 
<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>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" unit="m" value="2100.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" unit="m" value="2100.0">2100 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; 
<collectingDate value="1987-05-08">8 May 1987</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Barkalov A." country="Turkmenistan" elevation="2100" latitude="37.90139" location="Dushak Mountain" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.912224" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2">
<specimenCount type="male">2 ♂♂</specimenCount>
; same data as for preceding; SZMN 05841, 05842
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Barkalov A., Dubatolov V. V." country="Turkmenistan" location="Dushak Mountain" specimenCount="84" specimenCount-female="25" specimenCount-male="59">
<specimenCount type="male">59 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">25 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:651A206B65E20693470B17344B07C766" country="Turkmenistan" name="Dushak Mountain">Dushak Mountain</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="1987-05-04" valueMax="1987-05-11" valueMin="1987-05-04">4-11 May 1987</collectingDate>
, 
<collectingDate value="1988-05-16" valueMax="1988-05-20" valueMin="1988-05-16">16-20 May 1988</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Dubatolov V.V.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1989-04-23" collectingDateMax="1989-04-26" collectingDateMin="1989-04-23" collectorName="Becvar S., D. D." country="Turkmenistan" latitude="37.909447" location="Firyuza-Vanovski" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.088886" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:133DA194397C77BB2B8CC71E270A2259" country="Turkmenistan" latitude="37.909447" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.088886" name="Firyuza-Vanovski">Firyuza-Vanovski</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="north" minutes="54" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="34" value="37.909447">
37°54 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’34”">'34&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="58" direction="east" minutes="05" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="20" value="58.088886">
58°05 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’20”">'20&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectingDate value="1989-04-23" valueMax="1989-04-26" valueMin="1989-04-23">23-26 Apr. 1989</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Becvar S.</collectorName>
leg.; 
<collectorName name="D Doczkal">D.D.</collectorName>
coll
</materialsCitation>
. • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" country="Turkmenistan" elevation="652" latitude="37.91611" location="Firyuza" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.089443" municipality="Environs of Ashkhabad" specimenCount="92" specimenCount-female="22" specimenCount-male="70">
<specimenCount type="male">70 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">22♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality>Environs of Ashkhabad</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:C475E8F1C9C6539EAC68AEBC568EB279" country="Turkmenistan" latitude="37.91611" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.089443" municipality="Environs of Ashkhabad" name="Firyuza">Firyuza</location>
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>
; 
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.52" unit="m" value="652.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.52" unit="m" value="652.0">652 m</quantity>
a.s.l.
</elevation>
; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1988-04-22" collectingDateMax="1988-04-30" collectingDateMin="1988-04-22" collectorName="Barkalov A., Chekanov Yu." country="Turkmenistan" latitude="37.835556" location="District" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.602497" municipality="Ak" specimenCount="214" specimenCount-female="80" specimenCount-male="134" stateProvince="Ahal Province">
<specimenCount type="male">134 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">80♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Turkmenistan" name="Ahal Welayaty">Ahal Province</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Ak</collectingMunicipality>
bugday 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:70149C136D9C8DCE37846D576871C2B5" country="Turkmenistan" latitude="37.835556" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="58.602497" municipality="Ak" name="District" stateProvince="Ahal Province">District</location>
, 
<locationDeviation location="Annau">SEE of Annau</locationDeviation>
settlement; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="north" minutes="50" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="08" value="37.835556">
37°50 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’08”">'08&quot;</normalizedToken>
N
</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="58" direction="east" minutes="36" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="09" value="58.602497">
58°36 
<normalizedToken originalValue="’09”">'09&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectingDate value="1988-04-22" valueMax="1988-04-30" valueMin="1988-04-22">22-30 Apr. 1988</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Chekanov Yu.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1988-05-08" collectingDateMax="1988-05-11" collectingDateMin="1988-05-08" collectorName="Barkalov A., Chekanov Yu." country="Turkmenistan" latitude="38.081112" location="Goekdepe District" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.879997" specimenCount="48" specimenCount-female="17" specimenCount-male="31" stateProvince="Ahal Region">
<specimenCount type="male">31 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">17 ♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Turkmenistan" name="Ahal Welayaty">Ahal Region</collectingRegion>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:9F8E3A8E67F4CF7E8D9A32899C74776D" country="Turkmenistan" latitude="38.081112" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.879997" name="Goekdepe District" stateProvince="Ahal Region">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Gökdepe">Goekdepe</normalizedToken>
District
</location>
, 
<locationDeviation location="Geok Tepe">SW of Geok Tepe</locationDeviation>
; 
<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>
; 
<collectingDate value="1988-05-08" valueMax="1988-05-11" valueMin="1988-05-08">8-11 May 1988</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Barkalov A.</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Chekanov Yu.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1991-04-28" collectorName="Dubatolov V. V., Zinchenko V." country="Turkmenistan" latitude="38.47361" location="Karayalchi" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.1525" municipality="Kopet-dag Mountains" specimenCount="23" specimenCount-female="9" specimenCount-male="14">
<specimenCount type="male">14♂♂</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount type="female">9♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality>Kopet-dag Mountains</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<locationDeviation location="Nokhur">
<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
E Nokhur
</locationDeviation>
settlement, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FF1003222F9753DAAAE3173DFF875A7C:0F52A36A1E4AF8D44FFB907DE80D3991" country="Turkmenistan" latitude="38.47361" longLatPrecision="19" longitude="57.1525" municipality="Kopet-dag Mountains" name="Karayalchi">Karayalchi</location>
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>
; 
<collectingDate value="1991-04-28">28 Apr. 1991</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Dubatolov V.V.</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName>Zinchenko V.</collectorName>
leg.; SZMN
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Medium sized (9-11 mm), long pilose, dark species, with olive-brown 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">20F</figureCitation>
); antennae dark brown, basoflagellomere elongated, about 2.3 times as long as wide (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">10F</figureCitation>
); legs mostly black (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">15H, I</figureCitation>
); body pile pale yellow to gray. Male: metafemur about 4 times longer than wide, covered with long and pale 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">15H, I</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 2 times broader than the second tarsomere (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9E</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extended for 3/4 of its length (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9F</figureCitation>
); ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; sternum 4 with large 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">5F</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: anterior surstyle lobe oval (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E</figureCitation>
: al) and posterior surstyle lobe oval to triangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E</figureCitation>
: pl); ejaculatory apodeme as long as broad (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2C</figureCitation>
: ea); lingula variable, from distinct to small (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2C</figureCitation>
: l).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Differs from males of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon smirnovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<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>
and 
<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>
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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>
by dichoptic eyes or shortly connected by distance of 1-5 facets long in 
<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>
(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">31E, F</figureCitation>
), while these species have holoptic eyes, where the eye contiguity is more than 6 facets long. Similar to 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. namaghijamii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="namaghijamii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
from which differs in narrower basotarsomere of metaleg (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9E, F</figureCitation>
) compared with 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9A-C</figureCitation>
); male genitalia: ejaculatory apodeme narrower than basal width of hypandrium in lateral view in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2C</figureCitation>
: ea), while in 
<taxonomicName family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. namaghijamii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" rank="species" species="namaghijamii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">M. namaghijamii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Vujić">Vujic</normalizedToken>
, Likov &amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Radenković">Radenkovic</normalizedToken>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">sp. nov.</emphasis>
wider than basal width of hypandrium in lateral view (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2D</figureCitation>
: ea).
</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 dark 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">10F</figureCitation>
) elongated about 2.3 times as long as wide, about 2.5 times as long as pedicel, more or less straight dorsally, tapering to apex; 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">10F</figureCitation>
); arista dark 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 dichoptic or with short eye contiguity about 1-5 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 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">31E, F</figureCitation>
); vertical triangle: frons = 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 whitish-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; legs mostly black, except brown base of metatibia and tarsi ventrally in some specimens; pile on legs pale yellow to whitish; ventral margin of metatrochanter angular; metafemur moderately broad, about as 4 times longer than wide, with long pile on ventral surface, about as wide as 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">15H, I</figureCitation>
); apicomedial lamina on metatibia distinct, covered with very long yellow pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Metatibia of male. A M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., B M. turkestanicus. (A) lateral view, (B) medial view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807910" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">18B</figureCitation>
); basotarsomere of metatarsus expanded, about 2 times broader than second tarsomere (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9E</figureCitation>
), ventrally with well-defined brush-like area of dense pile extended for 3/4 of its length (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Metabasotarsomere of male. A - C M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., D M. pakistanicus Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov., E - F M. turkestanicus. (A) dorsal view, (B, D, E) lateral view, (C, F) ventral view. Arrows mark length of brush-like area of dense pile. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D, F), 0.75 mm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807901" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">9F</figureCitation>
). - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Abdomen</emphasis>
: About 1.2 times longer than mesonotum; terga dark brown to black; terga 2-4 without or with pair of narrow, white pollinose fasciae; pile on terga all yellow to gray-whitish (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">20F</figureCitation>
); sterna dark brown, covered with long whitish-yellow pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Sternum 2, lateral view. A, B M. smirnovi, C M. tarsatus, D M. turkestanicus. (A, C, D) male, (B) female. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807927" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">35D</figureCitation>
). - 
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Male genitalia</emphasis>
: Anterior surstyle lobe oval, about 1.5 times longer than wide, covered with dense short pile (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E, F</figureCitation>
: al); posterior surstyle lobe oval to triangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E</figureCitation>
: pl); cercus rectangular (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Male genitalia, epandrium. A - D M. tarsatus, E, F M. turkestanicus, G, H M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C-E, G) lateral view, (B, F, H) ventral view. Abbreviations: al - anterior surstyle lobe, c - cercus, pl - posterior surstyle lobe. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807893" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">1E</figureCitation>
: c); hypandrium sickle-shaped, without lateral projections; lingula elongated (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male genitalia, hypandrium, lateral view. A, B M. tarsatus, C M. turkestanicus, D M. namaghijamii Vujic, Likov &amp; Radenkovic sp. nov. (A, C, D) hypandrium, (B) aedeagus. Abbreviations: ea - ejaculatory apodeme, l - lingula, s - lateral sclerite of aedeagus, x - maximal width of ejaculatory apodeme, y - basal width of hypandrium. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807894" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">2C</figureCitation>
: l). - 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Female.</emphasis>
Similar to male except for normal sexual dimorphism and following characteristics: basoflagellomere with rounded apex, about 1.5 times longer than wide; frons with pollinose vittae along eye margins; 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 more distinct; basotarsomere of metatarsus less expanded, without well-defined brush-like area of dense pile ventrally.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807925" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" start="Figure 33" startId="F33">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 33.</emphasis>
Maximum-Parsimony 5′ 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">COI</emphasis>
tree 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>
species group (filled circles stand for unique changes; open circles stand for non-unique changes; bootstrap values ≥ 50 are presented near nodes). Strict consensus tree of 16 equally parsimonious trees, L = 351, Ci = 63, Ri = 75.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.81.e93570.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/807926" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" start="Figure 34" startId="F34">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Figure 34.</emphasis>
Maximum-Likelihood 5′ 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">COI</emphasis>
tree 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>
species group based on the Tamura-Nei model. Tree with highest log likelihood (-2540.4813) is shown. A discrete Gamma distribution was used to model evolutionary rate differences among sites (5 categories (+G, parameter = 0.1619)). Bootstrap values ≥ 50 are presented near nodes.
</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="Paramonov" authorityYear="1927" class="Insecta" family="Asparagaceae" genus="Merodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Merodon turkestanicus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turkestanicus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Merodon turkestanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in Tajikistan, Southeastern Kazakhstan, northeastern Uzbekistan and southern Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dag mountain range) (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 on diverse types of localities which belong to five ecoregions: Gissaro-Alai open woodlands, Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe, Central Asian northern desert, Pamir alpine desert and tundra, and Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe (
<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>
). Tall-forb vegetation of the localities of 
<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>
in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains in Tajikistan includes: forb rich mesophilous tall-forb communities of the western Pamir-Alai Mountains, scree-like tall-forb communities of the eastern Irano-Turanian region, and dry tall-forb communities of the subhumid zone of the eastern Irano-Turanian region (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" author="Nowak, A" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" pagination="191 - 217" refId="B37" refString="Nowak, A, Świerszcz, S, Nowak, S, Nobis, M, 2020a. Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia). Vegetation Classification and Survey 1: 191 - 217, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" title="Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/60848" volume="1" year="2020 a">Nowak et al. 2020a</bibRefCitation>
). Many geophytes (e.g., 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Allium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Iridaceae" genus="Iris" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Iris" order="Asparagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Iris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Eremurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are present. 
<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. communities characterize desert vegetation of Southern Kazakhstan, and Pamir alpine zone consists of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Willdenow" authorityYear="1805" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Kobresia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Kobresia" order="Cyperales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Kobresia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. and 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Carex" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Carex" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Carex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. sedge-meadows. A variety of landscapes of Gissaro-Alai open woodlands range from foothill semideserts to alpine meadows; the steppe grasses grow alongside wild fruit and nut forests, and at the higher altitudes a mosaic of open 
<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 forms the montane belt; the valleys of mountain rivers house riparian forests (
<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 Kopet-Dag mountains are characterized by several community types: xeric shrublike woodlands (800-2500 m a.s.l.) dominated by 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acer tucomanicum" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tucomanicum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Acer tucomanicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Pojark. and 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Paliurus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Paliurus spina-christi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spina-christi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Paliurus spina-christi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mill.; 
<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>
woodlands (1300-2000 m a.s.l.); steppe vegetation (1000-2200 m a.s.l.) on mountain plateaus with 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Stipa" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Stipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. and 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Festuca" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Festuca valesiaca" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="valesiaca">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Festuca valesiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Schleich. ex Gaudin; mesophytic riparian and deciduous forest communities (1000-1500 m a.s.l.) formed by 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Juglandaceae" genus="Juglans" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Juglans regia" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="regia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Juglans regia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L., 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Oleaceae" genus="Fraxinus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. syriaca" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="angustifolia" subSpecies="syriaca">Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. syriaca</taxonomicName>
(Boiss.) Yalt., 
<taxonomicName authority="subsp. minor" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ulmaceae" genus="Ulmus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ulmus minor subsp. minor" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="minor" subSpecies="minor">Ulmus minor subsp. minor</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cornaceae" genus="Cornus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cornus meyeri" order="Cornales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="meyeri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Cornus meyeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Pojark.) Pilip. with mesophilic herbaceous layer; 
<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. communities (300-800 m a.s.l.); subtropical grasslands (800-1000 m a.s.l.) with 
<taxonomicName authority="subsp. intermedium" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Thinopyrum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Thinopyrum intermedium subsp. intermedium" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="intermedium" subSpecies="intermedium">Thinopyrum intermedium subsp. intermedium</taxonomicName>
, and meadows (700-1600 m a.s.l.) with 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Elymus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Elymus repens" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="repens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Elymus repens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Gould in the depressions of mountain plateaus or in the river valleys. On the basis of our data the flight period is from April to early July.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="201" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="201">
Original description was based on a holotype from Uzbekistan (
<bibRefCitation author="Paramonov, SY" journalOrPublisher="Vegetation Classification and Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="201" refId="B40" refString="Paramonov, SY, 1927. Dipterologіchnі fragmenti (= Dipterologische Fragmente, = Dipterological fragments). V-VII. Zbіrnik prats Zoologіchnogo muzeyu, Kiїv. (= Proceedings of the Zoological museum, Kyiv, = Travaux du Musee Zoologique, Kyiv) 2: 73-81 [= Trudi Fіzichno-Matematichnogo Vіddіlu Ukraїnskoї Akademії Nauk (= Proceedings of the Physics and Mathematics Section of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, = Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathematiques du Academie des Sciences de l'Ukraїne) 4(4): 317-325]. [In German]" title="Dipterologіchnі fragmenti (= Dipterologische Fragmente, = Dipterological fragments). V-VII. Zbіrnik prats Zoologіchnogo muzeyu, Kiїv. (= Proceedings of the Zoological museum, Kyiv, = Travaux du Musee Zoologique, Kyiv) 2: 73 - 81 [= Trudi Fіzichno-Matematichnogo Vіddіlu Ukraїnskoї Akademії Nauk (= Proceedings of the Physics and Mathematics Section of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, = Memoires de la Classe des Sciences Physiques et Mathematiques du Academie des Sciences de l'Ukraїne) 4 (4): 317 - 325]. [In German]" year="1927">Paramonov 1927</bibRefCitation>
). Type material studied. This species was revised 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>
as a member of the &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; without examination of holotype.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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