Merodon

Ricarte, Antonio, Nedeljković, Zorica, Rotheray, Graham E., Lyszkowski, Richard M., Hancock, Geoffrey, Watt, Kenneth, Hewitt, Stephen M., Horsfield, David & Wilkinson, Geoffrey, 2012, Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3175, pp. 1-23 : 12

Merodon sp. nova 2, sensu Ståhls et al. 2009

Material examined. 1 Ƥ, riverside vegetation near Neochori, 7.vi.2010, leg. G.E. Rotheray, det. A. Vujiċ 2011 [ NMS].

Notes. Authors of this paper noted the remarkable similarity of this large specimen with M. avidus . The avidus group of species seems to be very homogeneous morphologically but highly diverse genetically, and Merodon sp. nova 2, although very similar to M. avidus , is much larger, thus making it one of the most distinctive taxa in the group (Ante Vujiċ in lit.). Larva undescribed.

Merodon sp. nov. Vuji ć et al. (in prep.)

Material examined. 1 3, Agiasos, 1.vi.2010, sweet chestnut forest, leg. S.M. Hewitt, det. A. Ricarte 2011 (confirmed by A. Vujiċ) [ NMS].

Notes. Ante Vujiċ (in lit.) confirmed this is an undescribed species belonging to the constans group and this is the first record from Lesvos. Larva undescribed.