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Issue: Vol. 2735 No. 1: 10 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2735.1.5
Page range: 35–56
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new cryptic species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the island of Lesvos (Greece)

Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, PO Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
University Research Institute, CIBIO / Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante E-03080, Spain
University Research Institute, CIBIO / Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante E-03080, Spain
Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, GR-81100 Mytilene, Greece
Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Diptera hoverflies Merodon latifemoris Merodon pulveris Merodon puniceus Merodon dobrogensis mitochondrial COI barcode sequences

Abstract

Descriptions are given of three new cryptic species of Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the island of Lesvos (Greece): Merodon latifemoris Radenković et Vujić n. sp. from the nigritarsis species group, Merodon pulveris Vujić et Radenković n. sp. from the natans species group and Merodon puniceus Vujić, Radenković et Pérez-Bañón n. sp. from the aureus species group. In addition to classical morphological characters, mitochondrial COI barcode sequences were generated for several specimens of each taxon.

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