Merodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribus: Merodontini
Genus: Merodon
Species: M. aberrans – M. abruzzensis – M. acutus – M. adriaticus – M. aenigmaticus – M. aequalis – M. alexandri – M. aureus – M. calcaratus – M. cinereus – M. clavipes – M. defectus – M. disjunctus – M. eques – M. equestris – M. eumerusi – M. funestus – M. kopensis – M. latens – M. luteofasciatus – M. medium – M. mixtum – M. murorum – M. natans – M. neofasciatus – M. neolydicus – M. neonanus – M. nigrocapillatus – M. nigropunctum – M. nisi – M. opacus – M. papillus – M. rasicus – M. robustus – M. rufofemoris – M. sapphous – M. setosus – M. trianguloculus – ...

Name

Merodon Meigen, 1803

Primary references

Meigen, J. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259–281. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Marcos-García, M.A. et al. 2011: Towards an integrated taxonomy of the Merodon equestris species complex (Diptera: Syrphidae) including description of a new species, with additional data on Iberian Merodon. Canadian entomologist, 143(4): 332–348. DOI: 10.4039/n11-013
Marcos-García, M.A.; Vujić, A.; Mengual, X. 2007: Revision of Iberian species of the genus Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). European journal of entomology, 104: 531–572. PDF
Preradović, J., Andrić, A., Radenković, S., Zorić, L.S., Pérez-Bañón, C., Campoy, A. & Vujić, A. 2018. Pupal stages of three species of the phytophagous genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 4420(2): 229–242. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.2.5 Reference page.
Radenković, S. et al. 2011: Three new cryptic species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the island of Lesvos (Greece). Zootaxa, 2735: 35–56. Preview
Veselić, S., Vujić, A. & Radenković, S. 2017. Three new Eastern-Mediterranean endemic species of the Merodon aureus group (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 4254(4): 401–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.4.1. Reference page.
Vujić, A., Radenković, S., Likov, L., Andrić, A., Gilasian, E. & Barkalov, A.V. 2019. Two new enigmatic species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the north-eastern Middle East. Zootaxa 4555(2): 187–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.2 Reference page.
Vujić, A., Radenković, S., Likov, L., Tubić, N.K., Popov, G., Gilasian, E., Djan, M., Milosavljević, M.J. & Ačanski, J. 2024. Revisions of the clavipes and pruni species groups of the genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 1203: 1–69. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.118842 Reference page.
Vujić, A., Likov, L., Radenković, S., Tubić, N.K., Djan, M., Šebić, A., Pérez-Bañón, C., Barkalov, A., Hayat, R., Rojo, S., Andrić, A. & Ståhls, G. 2020. Revision of the Merodon serrulatus group (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys, 909: 79–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.909.46838 Reference page.
Vujić, A.; Marcos-García, M.A.; Sarıbıyık, S.; Ricarte, A. 2011: New data on the Merodon Meigen 1803 fauna (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Turkey including description of a new species and changes in the nomenclatural status of several taxa. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 47(1-2): 78–88.
Vujić, A., Radenković, S. & Likov, L. 2018. Revision of the Palaearctic species of the Merodon desuturinus group (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 771: 105–138. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.771.20481 Reference page.
Vujić, A., Radenković, S., Ačanski, J., Grković, A., Taylor, M., Şenol, S.G. & Hayat, R. 2015. Revision of the species of the Merodon nanus group (Diptera: Syrphidae) including three new species. Zootaxa 4006(3): 439–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.3.2 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Vujić, A., Ståhls, G., Ačanski, J., Rojo, S., Pérez-Bañón, C. & Radenković, S. 2018. Review of the Merodon albifasciatus Macquart species complex (Diptera: Syrphidae): the nomenclatural type located and its provenance discussed. Zootaxa 4374(1): 25–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.2 Reference page.
Vujić, A. et al. 2013: Three new species of the Merodon nigritarsis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Middle East. Zootaxa 3640(3): 442–464. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.3.7 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Narcissus Bulb Fly