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Merodon triangulum Vujic, Radenkovic & Hurkmans 2020
Authors/Creators
- 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 triangulum Vujić, Radenković & Hurkmans, 2020
Fig. 17A, B
Distribution. Central Europe eastward to Ukraine (Vujić et al. 2020b; Janković & Radenković 2021; Aracil et al. 2022b, 2024). Altitude: 3–776 m asl.
Host plant. Leucojum vernum (Fig. 17A).
Examined material. UKRAINE: 1♂ (1 P) from 1 L3 (CEUA). SERBIA: 3♀♀ (3 P) from 6 L3 (FSUNS) (see Aracil et al. 2024). Sampling method 2.
Notes. As mentioned in the Introduction, M. equestris damages the underground organs of many ornamental plants mainly from Amaryllidaceae, in particular snowdrops and snowflakes. However, host plants for M. equestris have not been found in the wild (Andrić et al. 2014). During field research in 2019–2020, we found larvae of M. equestris in Leucojum vernum bulbs (two points in the Western Ukraine: Antalovetska Polyana (48.675417° N, 22.49325° E), R. Mishustin leg.; Starunya (48.7083071° N, 24.4664652° E), V. Shparyk leg.).
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 180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19178403
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- P, CEUA , P, FSUNS
- Material sample ID
- L3
- Scientific name authorship
- Vujic, Radenkovic & Hurkmans
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Merodon
- Species
- triangulum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Merodon triangulum Vujic, 2020 sec. Popov, Mishustin, Vujić, Shparyk, Radenković, Pérez-Bañón, Aracil, Korneyev, Likov, Zamoroka & Rojo, 2026
References
- 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
- Jankovic, M. & Radenkovic, S. (2021) Merodon triangulum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, e. T 172768543 A 172768546. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172768543A172768546.en.
- Aracil, A., Andric, A., Perez-Banon, C., Radenkovic, S., Vujic, A. & Rojo, S. (2022 b) Preimaginal morphology of the European endemic species Merodon triangulum Vujic, Radenkovic & Hurkmans, 2020 of the Merodon constans group (Diptera: Syrphidae). In: 11 th International Symposium on Syrphidae, 5-10 September 2022. Book of abstracts. IMBE [Institut Mediterraneen de Biodiversite et d'Ecologie], Barcelonnette, Alpes de Haute-Provence, pp. 27.
- Aracil, A., Andric, A., Rojo, S., Shparyk, V., Mishustin, R., Popov, G., Radenkovic, S., Vujic & Perez-Banon, C. (2024) Insights from the preimaginal morphology of the constans species-group, to reveal novel morphological patterns of the Merodon albifrons - evolutionary lineage (Diptera, Syrphidae). Zoomorphology, 143, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-023-00635-2
- Andric, A., Sikoparija, B., Obreht, D., Dan, M., Preradovic, J., Radenkovic, S., Perez-Banon, C. & Vujic, A. (2014) DNA barcoding applied: identifying the larva of Merodon avidus (Diptera: Syrphidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 54 (2), 741-757.