Review of the Merodon natans group with description of a new species, a key to the adults of known species of the natans lineage and first descriptions of some preimaginal stages

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 10 Aug 2021Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, volume 79, pages 343-378 (issn: 1863-7221, eissn: 1864-8312,

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Authors: Ante Vujić; Tamara Tot; Andrijana Andrić; Jelena Ačanski; Ljiljana Šašić Zorić; Celeste Pérez-Bañón; Andrea Aracil; +6 Authors

doi: 10.3897/asp.79.e65861

handle: 10045/117188

Review of the Merodon natans group with description of a new species, a key to the adults of known species of the natans lineage and first descriptions of some preimaginal stages

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AbstractMerodon natansgroup (Diptera, Syrphidae) taxa are reviewed using an integrative taxonomic approach combining morphological, morphometric and molecular techniques. The approach substantiates recognition of the three species:M. calcaratus(Fabricius, 1794),M. natans(Fabricius, 1794) andM. pulverisVujić & Radenković in Radenković et al. 2011, and reveals the existence of a new species,M. makrisiVujić, Radenković & Totsp. nov., which is described. It also highlights the existence of a series ofnatansgroup populations, especially on some of the Mediterranean islands, in the Levant and in the Afrotropical Region, for which more comprehensive data are required to clarify their status. A key is provided to thenatanslineage species currently recognised, and preimaginal stages of somenatans-group species are described for the first time. Redescriptions forM. calcaratusandM. natansare provided. A neotype is selected forM. natans. Lectotypes are designated forM. annulatus(Fabricius, 1794) andM. melancholicus(Fabricius, 1794).Merodon annulatusis recognised as a synonym ofM. natans.

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Keywords

Immature stages, mtDNA COI gene, Geometric morphometrics, Flower flies, Science, Q, Merodon makrisi sp. nov., Nuclear 28S rRNA gene, Distribution, immature stages, nuclear 28S rRNA gene, flower flies, distribution, Integrative taxonomy, Zoología, geometric morphometrics, integrative taxonomy

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