Journal
ZOOTAXA
Volume 5182, Issue 4, Pages 301-347Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.4.1
Keywords
COI gene; endemicity; hoverfly; identification key; morphology; taxonomy
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- Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia [7737504]
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia [173002, III43002, 451-03-68/2020-14/200358, 451-03-9/2021-14/200125]
- Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia [114-451-1125/2014-03, 114-451-1702/2014-03]
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Further revision of material from the Merodon ruficornis group revealed three new species and provided an upgraded identification key and distribution maps. The descriptions of these new species expanded the range of the group and highlighted its high level of endemism.
Further revision of material from the Merodon ruficornis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) revealed three new species, M. acutus Vujic et Radenkovic sp. nov. from Russia, M. fulvitarsis Vujic et Radenkovic sp. nov. from Iran, and M. trispinus Vujic et Radenkovic sp. nov. from Turkey. We provide an upgraded and illustrated identification key for the species of the group, as well as distribution maps for the new species. Moreover, we describe the female of M. portschinskyi Stackelberg, 1924. These new descriptions extend the range of the M. ruficornis group in almost all directions and bolster the very high level of endemism previously observed within this group. Of the 21 taxa (including the three new species described herein), 15 are narrow-range endemics.
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