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Two new enigmatic species of the genus Merodon Miegen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the north-eastern Middle East

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2. University of Novi Sad, BioSense Institute, Dr Zorana Đinđića 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 3. Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, 19395-1454, Iran
  • 4. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, 11 Frunze str., 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia

Description

Two new remarkable species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) are described from biodiversity hotspots in the Middle East: Merodon eumerusi Vujić, Radenković et Likov sp. n. and Merodon mixtum Vujić, Radenković et Likov sp. n. Although M. eumerusi, from the Mountains of Central Asia, belongs clearly to the lineage of M. avidus-nigritarsis, it possesses some unique features within the genus that are also present in other Merodontini genera. M. mixtum, from the Irano-Anatolian mountains, has typical characters of different species groups within the M. albifrons lineage. Here, we discuss the unusual apomorphic characters of these newly discovered taxa and highlight the need for further analyses to ascertain the phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Merodontini and the genus Merodon.

Notes

This research has been co-financed by the Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research APV (2016-2019, 114-451-2169/2016) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

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Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
Conservation strategy for protected and strictly protected hoverflies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) species in Serbia – Case study 173002
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
Biosensing Technologies and Global System for Long-Term Research and Integrated Management of Ecosystems 43002