Merodon (lat.) - a genus of fly flies from the subfamily Eristalinae . Representatives of the genus imitate bees and bumblebees. This is the second most common genus of beetles common in Europe, where their number exceeds 50 species.
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Distribution
They inhabit the Palaearctic and Afrotropics . Most species are concentrated in the Mediterranean , and are also found in Europe .
Ecology
Larvae feed on bulbs or on the rhizome of monocotyledons .
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Species of the genus:
- Merodon annulatus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Merodon clavipes (Fabricius, 1781)
- The Daffodil Beetle [2] ( Merodon equestris ) (Fabricius, 1794)
- Merodon funestus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Merodon pruni (Rossi, 1790)
- Merodon segetum (Fabricius, 1794)
Notes
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E. and Falk, Steven J. British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide. - British Entomological & Natural History Society, 1983. - P. 253, xvpp.
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 83. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .