''Merodon'' is a large genus of bee-like Hoverfly, hoverflies. The majority of the species are centered on the Mediterranean and it is the second largest hoverfly genus in Europe with more than 50 European species. It is distributed over the Palearctic realm, Palaearctic and Afrotropical realms, with most European species occurring in Southern Europe, Southern and Eastern Europe. The centre of distribution of this genus appears to be Turkey, where about 65 species have been recorded. Some species occur in Africa (Morocco through East Africa and Ghana to South Africa) and the middle East, as far as Pakistan. Given the rate at which new species have been recorded over the past decades, the worldwide number of species could exceed 200. The larvae feed on the bulbs or rhizomes of monocotyledons. Genus Merodon

One of the more common species in the genus, ''Merodon equestris'' is known as the Narcissus bulb fly, greater bulb-fly, large bulb fly or large Narcissus fly.

Systematics

Species include: *''Merodon aberrans, M. aberrans'' Johann Egger, Egger, 1860 *''Merodon abruzzensis, M. abruzzensis'' van der Goot, 1969 *''Merodon adriaticus, M. adriaticus'' Veselić, Vujić & Radenković, 2017 *''Merodon aerarius, M. aerarius'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1857 *''Merodon analis, M. analis'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1822 *''Merodon aureus, M. aureus'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1822 *''Merodon affinis, M. affinis'' Gil Collado, 1930 *''Merodon alagoezicus, M. alagoezicus'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1925 *''Merodon albifrons, M. albifrons'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1822 *''Merodon albifasciatus, M. albifasciatus'' Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart, Macquart, 1842 *''Merodon albonigrum, M. albonigrum'' Vujic, Radenkovic & Simic, 1996 *''Merodon alexandri, M. alexandri'' Popov, 2010 *''Merodon alexeji, M. alexeji'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1925 *''Merodon ambiguus, M. ambiguus'' Bradescu, 1986 *''Merodon andalusiacus, M. andalusiacus'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1929 *''Merodon andriotes, M. andriotes'' Vujić, Radenković & Šašic, 2018 *''Merodon annulatus, M. annulatus'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1794) *''Merodon antonioi, M. antonioi'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon armipes, M. armipes'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1843 *''Merodon arundanus, M. arundanus'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon atratus, M. atratus'' (Oldenberg, 1919) *''Merodon atricapillatus, M. atricapillatus'' Šašić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2018 *''Merodon aureus, M. aureus'' Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1805 *''Merodon auripes, M. auripes'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon auripilus, M. auripilus'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1830 *''Merodon avidus, M. avidus'' (Rossi, 1790) *''Merodon balkanicus, M. balkanicus'' Šašić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2016 *''Merodon bessarabicus, M. bessarabicus'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1924 *''Merodon biarcuatus, M. biarcuatus'' Curran, 1939 *''Merodon bolivari, M. bolivari'' Gil Collado, 1930 *''Merodon cabanerensis, M. cabanerensis'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon caerulescens, M. caerulescens'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1869 *''Merodon calidus, M. calidus'' Vujić, Ačanski & Šašić, 2020 *''Merodon caucasicus, M. caucasicus'' Josef Aloizievitsch Portschinsky, Portschinsky, 1877 *''Merodon chalybeatus, M. chalybeatus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon chalybeus, M. chalybeus'' Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann, Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822 *''Merodon cinereus, M. cinereus'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1794) *''Merodon clavipes, M. clavipes'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1781) *''Merodon clunipes, M. clunipes'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon confinium, M. confinium'' Šašić & Vujić, 2020 *''Merodon confusus, M. confusus'' Marcos-García, Vujić, Ricarte & Ståhls, 2011 *''Merodon constans, M. constans'' (Rossi, 1794) *''Merodon crassifemoris, M. crassifemoris'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1925 *''Merodon crymensis, M. crymensis'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1925 *''Merodon crypticus, M. crypticus'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon desuturinus, M. desuturinus'' Vujic, Simic & Radenkovic, 1995 *''Merodon distinctus, M. distinctus'' Palma, 1863 *''Merodon dobrogensis, M. dobrogensis'' Bradescu, 1982 *''Merodon dzhalitae, M. dzhalitae'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1926 *''Merodon elegans, M. elegans'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon equestris, M. equestris'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1794) *''Merodon eques, M. eques'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1805) *''Merodon erivanicus, M. erivanicus'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1925 *''Merodon erymanthius, M. erymanthius'' Vujić, Ačanski and Šašić, 2018 *''Merodon escalerai, M. escalerai'' Gil Collado, 1929 *''Merodon escorialensis, M. escorialensis'' Gabriel Strobl, Strobl, 1909 *''Merodon euri, M. euri'' Vujić & Radenković, 2018 *''Merodon femoratoides, M. femoratoides'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1925 *''Merodon femoratus, M. femoratus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon flavus, M. flavus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon flavicornis, M. flavicornis'' Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart, Macquart, 1842 *''Merodon fractipes, M. fractipes'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1936 *''Merodon funestus, M. funestus'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1794) *''Merodon gallicus, M. gallicus'' (Vujíc & Radenković, 2012) *''Merodon geniculatus, M. geniculatus'' Gabriel Strobl, Strobl, 1909 *''Merodon haemorrhoidalis, M. haemorrhoidalis'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 syn. of M. analis *''Merodon hamifer, M. hamifer'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon hispanicus, M. hispanicus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1931 *''Merodon hoplitis, M. hoplitis'' Hurkmans, 2012 *''Merodon hurkmansi, M. hurkmansi'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon kaloceros, M. kaloceros'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon karadaghensis, M. karadaghensis'' Zimina, 1989 *''Merodon kiritschenkoi, M. kiritschenkoi'' (Aleksandr Stackelberg, Stackelberg, 1960) *''Merodon kozufensis, M. kozufensis'' Radenković & Vujić, 2020 *''Merodon legionensis, M. legionensis'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon loewi, M. loewi'' van der Goot, 1964 *''Merodon longicornis, M. longicornis'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon longispinus, M. longispinus'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon lusitanicus, M. lusitanicus'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon luteihumerus, M. luteihumerus'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon luteomaculatus, M. luteomaculatus'' Vujić, Ačanski and Šašic, 2018 *''Merodon manicatus, M. manicatus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1938 *''Merodon mariae, M. mariae'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon medium, M. medium'' Vujić, Likov & Radenković, 2020 *''Merodon megavidus, M. megavidus'' Vujić & Radenković, 2016 *''Merodon minutus, M. minutus'' Gabriel Strobl, Strobl, 1893 *''Merodon nanus, M. nanus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1931 *''Merodon natans, M. natans'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1794) *''Merodon naxius, M. naxius'' Vujić & Šašić, 2018 *''Merodon nigritarsis, M. nigritarsis'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1845 *''Merodon nisi, M. nisi'' Veselić, Vujić & Radenković, 2017 *''Merodon nitens, M. nitens'' Hurkmans & Vujić, 2020 *''Merodon olympius, M. olympius'' Vujić & Radenković, 2020 *''Merodon orjensis, M. orjensis'' Radenković & Vujić, 2020 *''Merodon parietum, M. parietum'' Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann, Wiedemann in Meigen, 1822 *''Merodon peloponnesius, M. peloponnesius'' Vujić, Radenković, Ačanski and Šašic, 2018 *''Merodon planiceps, M. planiceps'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1862 *''Merodon pruni, M. pruni'' (Rossi, 1790) *''Merodon quercetorum, M. quercetorum'' Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007 *''Merodon rojoi, M. rojoi'' Vujić & Radenković, 2020 *''Merodon rubidiventris, M. rubidiventris'' Costa, 1884 *''Merodon ruficornis, M. ruficornis'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1822 *''Merodon rufipes, M. rufipes'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon rufus, M. rufus'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1838 *''Merodon sacki, M. sacki'' (Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1936) *''Merodon segetum, M. segetum'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1794) *''Merodon spicatus, M. spicatus'' Theodor Becker, Becker, 1907 *''Merodon spineus, M. spineus'' Vujić, Šašić & Likov, 2020 *''Merodon spinitarsis, M. spinitarsis'' Sergey Paramonov (entomologist), Paramonov, 1929 *''Merodon splendens, M. splendens'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon strobli, M. strobli'' Bradescu, 1986 *''Merodon stukei, M. stukei'' Hauser & Hurkmans, 1997 *''Merodon tener, M. tener'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon teruelensis, M. teruelensis'' van der Goot, 1966 *''Merodon testaceoides, M. testaceoides'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon toscanus, M. toscanus'' Hurkmans, 1993 *''Merodon triangulum, M. triangulum'' Vujić, Radenković & Hurkmans, 2020 *''Merodon tricinctus, M. tricinctus'' Pius Sack, Sack, 1913 *''Merodon trochantericus, M. trochantericus'' Costa, 1884 *''Merodon unguicornis, M. unguicornis'' Gabriel Strobl, Strobl, 1909 *''Merodon velox, M. velox'' Hermann Loew, Loew, 1869 *''Merodon virgatus, M. virgatus'' Vujić & Radenković, 2016 *''Merodon vladimiri, M. vladimiri'' Vujić, 2018

References

General References for Merodon

*Hurkmans, Willem, 1993. A Monograph of Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 136: 147-234. *Pius Sack, Sack, Pius, 1913. ''Die Gattung Merodon Meigen (Lampetia Meigen olim.). Abhandlungen des Senckenbergische Gesellschafts der Naturforscher'' 31: 427-462 {{Taxonbar, from=Q1757479 Hoverfly genera Diptera of Europe Eumerini Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen