Merodon dobrogensis, Bradescu, 1982

Zorić, Ljiljana Šašić, Ačanski, Jelena, Vujić, Ante, Ståhls, Gunilla, Djan, Mihajla & Radenković, Snežana, 2020, Resolving the taxonomy of the Merodon dobrogensis species subgroup (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of a new species, The Canadian Entomologist 152 (1), pp. 36-59 : 49

Merodon dobrogensis species subgroup sensu Šaši´c et al. (2016)

Diagnosis. Very distinctive species, clearly recognisable in the field by its mostly red terga ( Fig. 15) and reddish-orange tip of femora, tibiae, and tarsi (except two or three apical segments dark) ( Figs. 16–18). Medium-sized species with metallic blue-green mesonotum and predominantly reddish-brown, oval abdomen with purple lustre. Wings brown, darkened especially basally, anteriorly, and along the veins ( Figs. 19–20). Species subgroup restricted to southeastern Europe ( Romania, Greece) and the western part of Turkey ( Fig. 21). The M. dobrogensis species subgroup comprises the M. dobrogensis species complex and the species M. rojoi .