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Merodon mishustini Popov 2020

  • 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.

Description

Merodon mishustini Popov, 2020

Fig. 16A–D

Distribution. Turkey. Altitude: 150–650 m asl (Vujić et al. 2020b).

Host plants. G. bursanus (Fig. 16A); G. peshmenii; G. plicatus byzantinus; G. trojanus.

Examined material. TURKEY, Unçukuru (all from G. bursanus bulbs, R.Mishustin leg.), 16.iv.2017, 1♂ from 1 L3 (SIZK.2023.090); ibid., 13.xii.2017, 1 L3 (SIZK.2019.060); ibid., 21.iii–16.vii.2018, 3♂♂, 3♀♀ from 6 L3 (SIZK.2023.092–097); ibid., 22.iv.2018, 1 L3 (SIZK.2019.019); ibid., 02.vii.2018, 1 P from 1 L3 (SIZK.2018.036); ibid., 28.x.2018, 1 L2 (SIZK.2019.024); ibid., 15.xi.2018, 1 L3 (SIZK.2019.025); ibid., 17.xi.2018, 2 L3 (SIZK.2019.026); ibid., 10.i.2019, 1 L3 (SIZK.2022.051); ibid., 13.xi.2019, 6♂♂, 11♀♀ (SIZK.2023.062–078), 7 P (SIZK.2022.048–050,052–054) from 17 L3; ibid., 10–20.xi.2020, 5♂♂, 3♀♀ from 8 L3 (SIZK.2023.079– 086); Öyümce, 8.v.2017, R. Mishustin leg., 1♀ from 1 L3 (SIZK.2023.091, from G. plicatus byzantinus bulb); Kemer, 27.iii.2018, R. Mishustin leg., 1♂ from 1 L3 (SIZK.2023.098, from G. peshmenii bulb); Çan (all from G. trojanus bulb, R.Mishustin leg.), 10–15.iii.2019, 1♀ from 1 L3 (SIZK.2023.099); ibid., 17.i.2019, 1♀ from 1 L3 (SIZK.2023.061). Sampling methods 1a, 1b, 2.

Notes

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 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19178403

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  • Vujic, A., Radenkovic, S., Likov, L., Andric, A., Jankovic, M., Acanski, J., Popov, G., de Courcy Williams, M., Sasic Zoric, L. & Djan, M. (2020 b) Conflict and congruence between morphological and molecular data: revision of the Merodon constans group (Diptera: Syrphidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 34, 406-448. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19047