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FIGURE 8 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

  • 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

FIGURE 8. Merodon resani sp. nov., hypandrium: A, epandrium, lateral view; B, surstylus, ventral view; C, hypandrium, lateral view. M. gudaurensis (after Vujić et al. 2020b): D, epandrium, lateral view; E, surstylus, ventral view; F, hypandrium, lateral view. Abbreviations: al, anterior surstylar lobe; pl, posterior surstylar lobe; c, cercus; vr, ventral margin of hypandrium theca. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

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

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