Three new species of the Merodon nigritarsis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Middle East

Ante Vujić; Snežana Radenković; Laura Likov; Sonja Trifunov; Tijana Nikolić

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3640.3.7

Three new species of the Merodon nigritarsis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Middle East

Zootaxa. 2013:3640:442-64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.3.7.

Authors

Ante Vujić¹, Snežana Radenković, Laura Likov, Sonja Trifunov, Tijana Nikolić

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.

PMID: 26000427
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.3.7

Abstract

Descriptions are given of three new species of Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the nigritarsis species group from the Middle East: Merodon angustus Vujić et Radenković n. sp., Merodon hakkariensis Vujić et Radenković n. sp. and Merodon quadraticus Vujić et Radenković n. sp. In addition, diagnostic characters are given for the nigritarsis group and distribution maps are presented for the new species and closely related taxa.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animals
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Female
Male
Middle East