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FIGURE 3 in 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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FIGURE 3. The basic sample methods of the research (Merodon caucasicus Portschinsky, 1877 on Galanthus woronowii, Georgia, Pirveli Maisi): A, "surface bulbs" sampling method, natural soil erosion case, the bulb without leaves is inhabited by the larva; B, the bulb with the larva entrance hole; C, "natural clumps" sampling method, the bulb with signs of the larva inhabitation (indicated by tweezers); D, the same, the cluster of both damaged (indicated by arrows) and undamaged bulbs.
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Published as part of 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, pp. 151-192 in Zootaxa 5768 (2) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19178403
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