Merodon quadrinotatus (Sack, 1931)

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Examined material. IRAN, Fars province: 2 ♀, Firouzabad, Meimand, Kuh-e Sefidar, 28°56′02.4″N 52°48′58.0″E, 2080 m, 9.iv.2006, leg. E. Gilasian.

Remarks. The females of M. quadrinotatus are distinguished from those of other Merodon species by the following combination of characters: body length at least 12 mm; antenna black; scutum with long blackish pile between wing bases; legs entirely black; mid coxa bare posteriorly; abdomen black, with blackish pile; tergites 3–4 with a pair of whitish medial patches of pile; abdominal tergites without pollinose fasciae. This species was collected on the southern slopes of Zagros Mountains. The female holotype of this species is from Iraq. Hurkmans (1993) examined a second female from Turkey. To date the male remains unknown.