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True elves: a review of the members of the Merodon constans group (Diptera: Syrphidae) breeding in snowdrops and snowflakes (Galantheae), with description of two new Caucasian species
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- 1. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Department of Entomology and Collection Management, B. Khmelnytsky str. 15, 01030 Kyiv, Ukraine. & University of Alicante, Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences III, Campus of San Vicente, P.O. box 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain.
- 2. Falz-Fein Biosphere Reserve "Askania Nova" of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, 03143 Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 3. Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University, Department of Biology and Ecology, T. Shevchenko str., 57, 76018 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
- 4. University of Alicante, Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences III, Campus of San Vicente, P.O. box 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain.
- 5. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Department of Entomology and Collection Management, B. Khmelnytsky str. 15, 01030 Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Popov, Grigory, Mishustin, Ruslan, Vujić, Ante, Shparyk, Viktor, Radenković, Snežana, Pérez-Bañón, Celeste, Aracil, Andrea, Korneyev, Valery, Likov, Laura, Zamoroka, Andrew, Rojo, Santos (2026): True elves: a review of the members of the Merodon constans group (Diptera: Syrphidae) breeding in snowdrops and snowflakes (Galantheae), with description of two new Caucasian species. Zootaxa 5768 (2): 151-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.1
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