Merodon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Eristalinae
Tribus: Eumerini
Genus: Merodon
Species:

Merodon aberrans Egger, 1860
Merodon (Merodon) abruzzensis (Goot, 1969)
Merodon adriaticus
Merodon alagoezicus Paramonov, 1926
Merodon albidus Šašić Zorić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2020
Merodon albifasciatus Macquart, 1842
Merodon albifrons Meigen, 1822
Merodon alboniger Vujić, Radenkovič & Šimič, 1996
Merodon alexandri Popov, 2010
Merodon altinosus Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon ambiguus Brǎdescu, 1986
Merodon anathema Paramonov, 1927
Merodon angustus Vujić & Radenkovič, 2013
Merodon ankylogaster Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon annulatus (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon antonioi Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon apimima Hull, 1944
Merodon armipes Rondani, 1843
Merodon arrasus Becker, 1921
Merodon arundanus Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon atratus (Oldenberg, 1919)
Merodon aureotibia Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon aureus Fabricius, 1805
Merodon auripes Sack, 1913
Merodon auripilus Meigen, 1830
Merodon auronitens Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon avidus (Rossi, 1790)
Merodon balkanicus Šašić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2017
Merodon batumicus Paramonov, 1926
Merodon bequaerti Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon bessarabicus Paramonov, 1924
Merodon biarcuatus Curran, 1939
Merodon bicolor Walker, 1852
Merodon bombiformis Hull, 1944
Merodon brevis Paramonov, 1926
Merodon cabanerensis Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon caerulescens Loew, 1869
Merodon (Merodon) calcaratus (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon calidus Šašić Zorić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2020
Merodon capensis Hurkmans, 2018
Merodon caucasicus Portschinsky, 1877
Merodon caudatus Sack, 1913
Merodon chalybeatus Sack, 1913
Merodon chalybeus Wiedemann, 1822
Merodon cinereus (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon clavipes (Fabricius, 1781)
Merodon clunipes Sack, 1913
Merodon cohurnus Vujić, Radenović & Likov
Merodon commutabilis Radenković & Vujić, 2018
Merodon confusus Marcos-García, 2011
Merodon constans (Rossi, 1794)
Merodon crassicornis Sack, 1913
Merodon crassifemoris Paramonov, 1926
Merodon (Merodon) crassipes (Schrank, 1781)
Merodon crymensis Paramonov, 1926
Merodon crypticus Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon cupreus Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon cuthbertsoni Curran, 1939
Merodon defectus Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon desuturinus Vujic, Simic & Radenkovic, 1995
Merodon dichopticus Stackelberg, 1968
Merodon disjunctus Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon (Merodon) distinctus Palma
Merodon dobrogensis Brǎdescu, 1982
Merodon drakonis Vujić & Radenković, 2018
Merodon dzhalitae Paramonov, 1926
Merodon edentulus Macquart, 1855
Merodon elegans Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon eques (Fabricius, 1805)
Merodon equestris (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon erivanicus Paramonov, 1926
Merodon escalerai Gil Collado, 1929
Merodon escorialensis Strobl, 1909
Merodon eumerusi Vujić, Radenković & Likov, 2019
Merodon euri
Merodon femoratoides Paramonov, 1926
Merodon femoratus Sack, 1913
Merodon (Platynochaetus) festae (Bezzi, 1924)
Merodon (Merodon) flaviventris (Sack, 1932)
Merodon flavocerus Hurkmans, 2018
Merodon flavus Sack, 1913
Merodon fractipes Paramonov, 1936
Merodon fulcratus (Becker, 1913)
Merodon fulvus Meigen, 1835
Merodon funestus (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon gallicus Vujić & Radenkovič, 2012
Merodon germari von Heyden, 1862
Merodon graecus Walker, 1852
Merodon gudaurensis Portschinsky, 1877
Merodon haemorrhoidalis Sack, 1913
Merodon hakkariensis Vujić & Radenkovic, 2013
Merodon hamifer Sack, 1913
Merodon hayati Hurkmans, 1997
Merodon hikmeti Hurkmans & Hayat, 1997
Merodon hirsutus Sack, 1913
Merodon (Merodon) hirtus (Sack, 1932)
Merodon hispanicus Sack, 1931
Merodon hoplitis Hurkmans, 2012
Merodon hurkmansi Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon hypochrysos Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon ilgazense Vujić, Marcos-García, Saribiyik & Ricarte, 2011
Merodon inermis Macquart, 1834
Merodon isperensis Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon italicus Rondani, 1845
Merodon kaloceros Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon karadaghensis Zimina, 1989
Merodon kawamurae Matsumura, 1916
Merodon kiritschenkoi (Stackelberg, 1960)
Merodon (Merodon) kiritshenkoi (Stackelberg, 1960)
Merodon kopensis
Merodon lammellatus Vujić & Radenkovič, 2012
Merodon latifemoris Radenkovič & Vujić, 2011
Merodon legionensis Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon loewi Goot, 1964
Merodon longicornis Sack, 1913
Merodon longisetus Vujić, Radenović & Likov, 2020
Merodon longispina Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon lotus Vujic & Radenkovic, 2021
Merodon lucasi Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon luteihumerus Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon (Platynochaetus) macquarti (Loew, 1862)
Merodon makrisi Vujic, Radenkovic & Tot, 2021
Merodon (Merodon) manicatus (Sack, 1938)
Merodon marginicornis Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon mariae Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon maroccanus Gil Collado, 1929
Merodon medium Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon megavidus Vujić & Radenković, 2016
Merodon melanocerus Bezzi, 1915
Merodon (Merodon) melota (Séguy, 1941)
Merodon minutus Strobl, 1893
Merodon mixtum Vujić, Radenković & Likov, 2019
Merodon monticola Villeneuve, 1924
Merodon multifasciatus Curran, 1939
Merodon murinus Sack, 1913
Merodon murorum (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon (Merodon) nana (Sack, 1931)
Merodon (Merodon) nasicus (Bezzi, 1915)
Merodon natans (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon naxius
Merodon (Platynochaetus) neoarmipes Thompson
Merodon neofasciatus
Merodon neolydicus
Merodon neonanus
Merodon nigripodus Vujić & Hayat, 2012
Merodon nigritarsis Rondani, 1845
Merodon nigrocapillatus Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon nigropunctum Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon nisi
Merodon nitidifrons Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon obscuritarsis Strobl, 1909
Merodon obstipus Vujić, Radenović & Likov, 2020
Merodon oidipous Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon opacus Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon ortus Šašić Zorić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2020
Merodon ottomanus Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon ovaloides Vujić & Radenkovič, 2012
Merodon papillus Vujić, Pérez-Banon & Radenkovič, 2007
Merodon (Merodon) parietum Meigen
Merodon (Merodon) parietum Wiedemann
Merodon persicus Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon planiceps Loew, 1862
Merodon planifacies Bezzi, 1915
Merodon ponticus Vujić & Radenkovič, 2012
Merodon (Merodon) portschinskyi (Stackelberg, 1924)
Merodon pruni (Rossi, 1790)
Merodon pulveris Vujić & Radenkovič, 2011
Merodon pumilus Macquart, 1849
Merodon puniceus Vujić, Radenkovič & Pérez-Banon, 2011
Merodon quadraticus Vujić & Radenkovič, 2013
Merodon (Merodon) quadrinotata (Sack, 1931)
Merodon quercetorum Marcos-García, Vujić & Mengual, 2007
Merodon rasicus
Merodon robustus
Merodon rojoi Radenković & Vujić, 2019
Merodon ruficornis Meigen, 1822
Merodon rufimaculatum Huo, Ren & Zheng, 2007
Merodon rufipes Sack, 1913
Merodon rufus Macquart, 1835
Merodon (Merodon) rufus Meigen
Merodon rutitarsis Likov, Vujić & Radenović, 2020
Merodon sacki Paramonov, 1936
Merodon sapphous Vujić, Pérez-Banon & Radenkovič, 2007
Merodon satdagensis Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon schachti Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon serrulatus Wiedemann, 1822
Merodon (Platynochaetus) setosus (Fabricius, 1794)
Merodon sophron Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon spinitarsis Paramonov, 1929
Merodon splendens Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon stevensoni Curran, 1939
Merodon strobli Brǎdescu, 1986
Merodon stukei Hauser
Merodon (Merodon) submetallicus Rondani
Merodon syriacus Paramonov, 1929
Merodon tangerensis Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon taniniensis Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon tarsatus Sack, 1913
Merodon telmateia Hurkmans, 1987
Merodon (Merodon) teruelensis (Goot, 1966)
Merodon testaceoides Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon testaceus Sack, 1913
Merodon toscanus Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon trebevicensis Strobl, 1900
Merodon trianguloculatus Vujić, Likov & Radenović, 2020
Merodon trianguloculus Vujić & Likov
Merodon tricinctus Sack, 1913
Merodon (Merodon) trizona (Szilády, 1940)
Merodon trochantericus Costa, 1884
Merodon turcicus Vujić & Hayat, 2012
Merodon turkestanicus Paramonov, 1926
Merodon unguicornis Strobl, 1909
Merodon unicolor Strobl, 1909
Merodon vandergooti Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon (Merodon) varius Rondani
Merodon velox Loew, 1869
Merodon virgatus Vujić & Radenković, 2017
Merodon vittatus Vujic & Likov, 2021
Merodon warnckei Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon xanthipous Hurkmans, 1993
Merodon zebra Vujic & Radenkovic, 2021

Name

Merodon Meigen, 1803

Merodon equestris

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., Radenkovic, 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 Paywall 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., 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 Open access 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

Merodon is a large genus of bee-like hoverflies. The majority of the species are centered on the Mediterranean and it is the second largest hoverfly genus in Europe with more than 50 European species. It is distributed over the Palaearctic and Afrotropical realms, with most European species occurring in Southern and Eastern Europe. The centre of distribution of this genus appears to be Turkey, where about 65 species have been recorded. Some species occur in Africa (Morocco through East Africa and Ghana to South Africa) and the middle East, as far as Pakistan. Given the rate at which new species have been recorded over the past decades, the worldwide number of species could exceed 200. The larvae feed on the bulbs or rhizomes of monocotyledons.

One of the more common species in the genus, Merodon equestris is known as the Narcissus bulb fly, greater bulb-fly, large bulb fly or large Narcissus fly.
Systematics

Species include:

M. aberrans Egger, 1860
M. abruzzensis van der Goot, 1969
M. aeneus Meigen, 1822
M. affinis Gil Collado, 1930
M. alagoezicus Paramonov, 1925
M. albifrons Meigen, 1822
M. albonigrum Vujic, Radenkovic & Simic, 1996
M. alexeji Paramonov, 1925
M. ambiguus Bradescu, 1986
M. andalusiacus Paramonov, 1929
M. annulatus (Fabricius, 1794)
M. antonioi Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. armipes Rondani, 1843
M. arundanus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. aureus Fabricius, 1805
M. auripes Sack, 1913
M. auripilus Meigen, 1830
M. avidus (Rossi, 1790)
M. bessarabicus Paramonov, 1924
M. biarcuatus Curran, 1939
M. bolivari Gil Collado, 1930
M. cabanerensis Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. caerulescens Loew, 1869
M. caucasicus Portschinsky, 1877
M. chalybeatus Sack, 1913
M. chalybeus Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
M. cinereus (Fabricius, 1794)
M. clavipes (Fabricius, 1781)
M. clunipes Sack, 1913
M. constans (Rossi, 1794)
M. crassifemoris Paramonov, 1925
M. crymensis Paramonov, 1925
M. crypticus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. desuturinus Vujic, Simic & Radenkovic, 1995
M. distinctus Palma, 1863
M. dobrogensis Bradescu, 1982
M. dzhalitae Paramonov, 1926
M. elegans Hurkmans, 1993
M. equestris (Fabricius, 1794)
M. eques (Fabricius, 1805)
M. erivanicus Paramonov, 1925
M. escalerai Gil Collado, 1929
M. escorialensis Strobl, 1909
M. femoratoides Paramonov, 1925
M. femoratus Sack, 1913
M. flavus Sack, 1913
M. fractipes Paramonov, 1936
M. funestus (Fabricius, 1794)
M. geniculatus Strobl, 1909
M. haemorrhoidalis Sack, 1913
M. hamifer Sack, 1913
M. hispanicus Sack, 1931
M. hurkmansi Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. kaloceros Hurkmans, 1993
M. karadaghensis Zimina, 1989
M. kiritschenkoi (Stackelberg, 1960)
M. legionensis Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. loewi van der Goot, 1964
M. longicornis Sack, 1913
M. longispinus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. lusitanicus Hurkmans, 1993
M. luteihumerus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 [3]
M. manicatus Sack, 1938
M. mariae Hurkmans, 1993
M. minutus Strobl, 1893
M. nanus Sack, 1931
M. natans (Fabricius, 1794)
M. nigritarsis Rondani, 1845
M. parietum Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
M. planiceps Loew, 1862
M. pruni (Rossi, 1790)
M. quercetorum Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[3]
M. rubidiventris Costa, 1884
M. ruficornis Meigen, 1822
M. rufipes Sack, 1913
M. rufus Meigen, 1838
M. segetum (Fabricius, 1794)
M. spicatus Becker, 1907
M. spinitarsis Paramonov, 1929
M. splendens Hurkmans, 1993
M. strobli Bradescu, 1986
M. stukei Hauser & Hurkmans, 1997[4]
M. tener Sack, 1913
M. teruelensis van der Goot, 1966
M. testaceoides Hurkmans, 1993
M. toscanus Hurkmans, 1993
M. tricinctus Sack, 1913
M. trochantericus Costa, 1884
M. unguicornis Strobl, 1909
M. velox Loew, 1869

References

Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1-899935-05-3.
Evenhuis, Neal L. (2020). "The hazards of Nomenclatural Archaeology? The Diptera names of Theodorus van Swinderen in his 1822 Index Rerum Naturalium quae conservantur in Museo Academico Groningano". Zootaxa. 4859 (3): 383–396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.4.
Maria Angeles Marcos-García; Ante Vujic; Ximo Mengual (2007). "Revision of Iberian species of the genus Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 104 (1): 531–572. ISSN 1210-5759. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

Martin Hauser & Willem Hurkmans. (1997). "Eine neue Merodon Art aus Tunesien (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Entomologische Zeitschrift. 107 (10): 423–428. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

General References for Merodon

Hurkmans, Willem, 1993. A Monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 136: 147-234.
Sack, Pius, 1913. Die Gattung Merodon Meigen (Lampetia Meigen olim.). Abhandlungen des Senckenbergische Gesellschafts der Naturforscher 31: 427-462