- Merodon
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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, 1803Synonyms Merodon is a large genus of bee–like hoverflies. The majority of the species are centered around 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 Afrotropic ecozones, with most European species occurring in 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. 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. and Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 253, xvpp. ISBN 1899935053.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Maria Angeles Marcos-García, Ante Vujic, Ximo Mengual (2007). "Revision of Iberian species of the genus Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae)". European Journal of Entomology 104 (1): 531–572. ISSN 1210-5759. http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/2787/1/eje_104_Marcos_et_al.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ Martin Hauser & Willem Hurkmans. (1997). "Eine neue Merodon Art aus Tunesien (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift 107 (10): 423–428. http://www.schwebfliegen.de/sonderdrucke/diversaut/1997_Merodon_stukei.pdf. 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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- Hoverflies
- Diptera of Europe
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