Merodon

Merodon
	Merodon equestris the Narcissus bulb fly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Eristalinae
Tribe:	Merodontini
Genus:	Merodon; Meigen, 1803
Synonyms
	Lampetia Meigen, 1800 [1];

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[2]
M. armipes Róndani, 1843
M. arundanus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[2]
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[2]
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[2]
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[2]
M. kaloceros Hurkmans, 1993
M. karadaghensis Zimina, 1989
M. kiritschenkoi (Stackelberg, 1960)
M. legionensis Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[2]
M. loewi van der Goot, 1964
M. longicornis Sack, 1913
M. longispinus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[2]
M. lusitanicus Hurkmans, 1993
M. luteihumerus Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 [2]
M. manicatus Sack, 1938
M. mariae Hurkmans, 1993
M. minutus Strobl, 1893
M. nanus Sack, 1931
M. natans (Fabricius, 1794)
M. nigritarsis Róndani, 1845
M. parietum Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822
M. planiceps Loew, 1862
M. pruni (Rossi, 1790)
M. quercetorum Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007[2]
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[3]
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

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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.
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

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[1] 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.

[Angeles-2] 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.

[3] 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.