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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Merodontini » Merodon

Genus Merodon

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Syrphid Fly - Merodon equestris - female Bee to ID - Merodon equestris Narcissus Bulb Fly - Merodon equestris Narcissus Bulb Fly? - Merodon equestris - female Fly - Syrphidae? - Merodon equestris Syrphid flies: Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris) mating - Merodon equestris - male - female Hover Fly? - Merodon equestris - male Narcissus Bulb Fly - Merodon equestris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Merodontini
Genus Merodon
Explanation of Names
Merodon Meigen 1803
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area(1); large Old World genus, with >60 spp. in Europe alone
Identification
Adults may be told from the superficially similar Mallota by the intersection of the M1 and R4+5 veins, which is a right angle in Merodon but a quite acute angle close to the wing edge in Mallota.

Merodon wing:



Mallota wing:

Range
Palaearctic & Ethiopian regions; M. equestris spread worldwide with bulb trade
See Also
Other bumblebee-like hoverflies: Mallota, some Eristalis, Volucella, and Criorhina.

Bumblebees Bombus and bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria, Mallophora)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 September, 2004 - 9:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, kbyers
Last updated 6 June, 2018 - 9:18am

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