Revision of the Merodon serrulatus group (Diptera, Syrphidae)

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Vujic A., Likov L., Radenkovic S., Tubic N. K., Djan M., Sebic A., ...Daha Fazla

ZOOKEYS, cilt.2020, sa.909, ss.79-158, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2020 Sayı: 909
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3897/zookeys.909.46838
  • Dergi Adı: ZOOKEYS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.79-158
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: 28S rRNA, COI, immature stages, lectotype, morphology, new species, new synonyms, taxonomy, MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT, AVIDUS COMPLEX DIPTERA, PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS, INCLUDING DESCRIPTION, INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY, SPECIES DIPTERA, MEIGEN, DELIMITATION, TAXA
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The phytophagous hoverfly genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Syrphidae), which comprises more than 160 species distributed in Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions, can be differentiated into multiple groups of species that harbor high levels of hidden diversity. In this work, the serrulatus species group of Merodon is revised, providing an illustrated key to species, a detailed discussion on the taxonomic characters and a morphological diagnosis, including also the first data about the preimaginal morphology of this species group. The study includes characteristics of the 13 species of the M. serrulatus group, along with the available distributional data. Moreover, descriptions are provided for seven new species, namely M. defectus Vujic, Likov & Radenkovic sp. nov., M. disjunctus Vujic, Likov & Radenkovic sp. nov., M. medium Vujic, Likov & Radenkovic sp. nov., M. nigrocapillatus Vujic, Likov & Radenkovk sp. nov., M. nigropunctum Vujic, Likov & Radenkovic sp. nov., M. opacus Vujic, Likov & Radenkovk sp. nov., and M. trianguloculus Vujic, Likov & Radenkovk sp. nov. In addition, the taxa M. serrulatus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822), M. bequaerti Hurkmans, 1993, M. birsutus Sack, 1913, M. kawamurae Matsumura, 1916, M. sacki (Paramonov, 1936) and M. sophron Hurkmans, 1993 are redefined and redescribed. Following a detailed study of the type material sourced from different entomological collections, the status of all available taxa related to M. serrulatus is revised and a new synonymy is proposed: M. tener Sack, 1913 syn. nov. (junior synonym of M. serrulatus). The identity of M. trizonus (Szilady, 1940) could not be assessed as the type specimens are lost. Thus, the name M. trizonus is considered as nomen dubium. The monophyly and composition of this species group are assessed through Maximum Parsimony and Maximum Likelihood analyses of the mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA gene sequences.