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{{Short description|Genus of flies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Merodon equestris01.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Merodon equestris]]'' the Narcissus bulb fly
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| taxon = Merodon
| authority = [[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1803
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| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite journal|last=Evenhuis|first=Neal L.|year=2020|title=The hazards of Nomenclatural Archaeology? The Diptera names of Theodorus van Swinderen in his 1822 ''Index Rerum Naturalium quae conservantur in Museo Academico Groningano''|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=4859|issue=3|pages=383–396|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.4}}</ref>
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* ''Lampetia'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1800</small> <ref>{{cite book|author1=Stubbs, Alan E.  |author2=Falk, Steven J. |name-list-style=amp |year=1983 |title=British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification Guide |publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society|page=253, xvpp |isbn=1-899935-05-3}}</ref>
* ''Penthesilia'' <small>Swinderen, 1822</small>
}}

'''''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 realm]]s, 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 [[larva]]e feed on the bulbs or [[rhizome]]s of [[monocotyledon]]s.
[[File:Genus Merodon.jpg|thumb|''Merodon'' sp.]]
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:
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*''[[Merodon aberrans|M. aberrans]]'' <small>[[Johann Egger|Egger]], 1860</small>
*''[[Merodon abruzzensis|M. abruzzensis]]'' <small>van der Goot, 1969</small>
*''[[Merodon adriaticus|M. adriaticus]]'' <small>Veselić, Vujić & Radenković, 2017</small>
*''[[Merodon aerarius|M. aerarius]]'' <small>[[Camillo Rondani|Rondani]], 1857</small>
*''[[Merodon analis|M. analis]]'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1822</small>
*''[[Merodon aureus|M. aureus]]'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1822</small>
*''[[Merodon affinis|M. affinis]]'' <small>Gil Collado, 1930</small>
*''[[Merodon alagoezicus|M. alagoezicus]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1925</small>
*''[[Merodon albifrons|M. albifrons]]'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1822</small>
*''[[Merodon albifasciatus|M. albifasciatus]]'' <small>[[Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart|Macquart]], 1842</small>
*''[[Merodon albonigrum|M. albonigrum]]'' <small>Vujic, Radenkovic & Simic, 1996</small>
*''[[Merodon alexandri|M. alexandri]]'' <small>Popov, 2010</small>
*''[[Merodon alexeji|M. alexeji]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1925</small>
*''[[Merodon ambiguus|M. ambiguus]]'' <small>Bradescu, 1986</small>
*''[[Merodon andalusiacus|M. andalusiacus]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1929</small>
*''[[Merodon andriotes|M. andriotes]]'' <small>Vujić, Radenković & Šašic, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon annulatus|M. annulatus]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon antonioi|M. antonioi]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles">{{cite journal |author1=Maria Angeles Marcos-García |author2=Ante Vujic |author3=Ximo Mengual |year= 2007|title= Revision of Iberian species of the genus Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae)|journal=[[European Journal of Entomology]] |volume= 104|issue= 1|pages= 531–572|url= http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/2787/1/eje_104_Marcos_et_al.pdf |access-date=2009-01-16 |issn=  1210-5759}}</ref>
*''[[Merodon armipes|M. armipes]]'' <small>[[Camillo Rondani|Rondani]], 1843</small>
*''[[Merodon arundanus|M. arundanus]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon atratus|M. atratus]]'' <small>(Oldenberg, 1919)</small>
*''[[Merodon atricapillatus|M. atricapillatus]]'' <small>Šašić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon aureus|M. aureus]]'' <small>[[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1805</small>
*''[[Merodon auripes|M. auripes]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon auripilus|M. auripilus]]'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1830</small>
*''[[Merodon avidus|M. avidus]]'' <small>(Rossi, 1790)</small>
*''[[Merodon balkanicus|M. balkanicus]]'' <small>Šašić, Ačanski & Vujić, 2016</small>
*''[[Merodon bessarabicus|M. bessarabicus]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1924</small>
*''[[Merodon biarcuatus|M. biarcuatus]]'' <small>Curran, 1939</small>
*''[[Merodon bolivari|M. bolivari]]'' <small>Gil Collado, 1930</small>
*''[[Merodon cabanerensis|M. cabanerensis]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon caerulescens|M. caerulescens]]'' <small>[[Hermann Loew|Loew]], 1869</small>
*''[[Merodon calidus|M. calidus]]'' <small>Vujić, Ačanski & Šašić, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon caucasicus|M. caucasicus]]'' <small>[[Josef Aloizievitsch Portschinsky|Portschinsky]], 1877</small>
*''[[Merodon chalybeatus|M. chalybeatus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon chalybeus|M. chalybeus]]'' <small>[[Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann|Wiedemann]] in Meigen, 1822</small>
*''[[Merodon cinereus|M. cinereus]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon clavipes|M. clavipes]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1781)</small>
*''[[Merodon clunipes|M. clunipes]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon confinium|M. confinium]]'' <small>Šašić & Vujić, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon confusus|M. confusus]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujić, Ricarte & Ståhls, 2011</small>
*''[[Merodon constans|M. constans]]'' <small>(Rossi, 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon crassifemoris|M. crassifemoris]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1925</small>
*''[[Merodon crymensis|M. crymensis]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1925</small>
*''[[Merodon crypticus|M. crypticus]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon desuturinus|M. desuturinus]]'' <small>Vujic, Simic & Radenkovic, 1995</small>
*''[[Merodon distinctus|M. distinctus]]'' <small>Palma, 1863</small>
*''[[Merodon dobrogensis|M. dobrogensis]]'' <small>Bradescu, 1982</small>
*''[[Merodon dzhalitae|M. dzhalitae]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1926</small>
*''[[Merodon elegans|M. elegans]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon equestris|M. equestris]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon eques|M. eques]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1805)</small>
*''[[Merodon erivanicus|M. erivanicus]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1925</small>
*''[[Merodon erymanthius|M. erymanthius]]'' <small>Vujić, Ačanski and Šašić, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon escalerai|M. escalerai]]'' <small>Gil Collado, 1929</small>
*''[[Merodon escorialensis|M. escorialensis]]'' <small>[[Gabriel Strobl|Strobl]], 1909</small>
*''[[Merodon euri|M. euri]]'' <small>Vujić & Radenković, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon femoratoides|M. femoratoides]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1925</small>
*''[[Merodon femoratus|M. femoratus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon flavus|M. flavus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon flavicornis|M. flavicornis]]'' <small>[[Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart|Macquart]], 1842</small>
*''[[Merodon fractipes|M. fractipes]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1936</small>
*''[[Merodon funestus|M. funestus]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon gallicus|M. gallicus]]'' <small>(Vujíc & Radenković, 2012)</small>
*''[[Merodon geniculatus|M. geniculatus]]'' <small>[[Gabriel Strobl|Strobl]], 1909</small>
*''[[Merodon haemorrhoidalis|M. haemorrhoidalis]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small> syn. of M. analis
*''[[Merodon hamifer|M. hamifer]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon hispanicus|M. hispanicus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1931</small>
*''[[Merodon hoplitis|M. hoplitis]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 2012</small>
*''[[Merodon hurkmansi|M. hurkmansi]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon kaloceros|M. kaloceros]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon karadaghensis|M. karadaghensis]]'' <small>Zimina, 1989</small>
*''[[Merodon kiritschenkoi|M. kiritschenkoi]]'' <small>([[Aleksandr Stackelberg|Stackelberg]], 1960)</small>
*''[[Merodon kozufensis|M. kozufensis]]'' <small>Radenković & Vujić, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon legionensis|M. legionensis]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon loewi|M. loewi]]'' <small>van der Goot, 1964</small>
*''[[Merodon longicornis|M. longicornis]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon longispinus|M. longispinus]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon lusitanicus|M. lusitanicus]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon luteihumerus|M. luteihumerus]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon luteomaculatus|M. luteomaculatus]]'' <small>Vujić, Ačanski and Šašic, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon manicatus|M. manicatus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1938</small>
*''[[Merodon mariae|M. mariae]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon medium|M. medium]]'' <small>Vujić, Likov & Radenković, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon megavidus|M. megavidus]]'' <small>Vujić & Radenković, 2016</small>
*''[[Merodon minutus|M. minutus]]'' <small>[[Gabriel Strobl|Strobl]], 1893</small>
*''[[Merodon nanus|M. nanus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1931</small>
*''[[Merodon natans|M. natans]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon naxius|M. naxius]]'' <small>Vujić & Šašić, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon nigritarsis|M. nigritarsis]]'' <small>[[Camillo Rondani|Rondani]], 1845</small>
*''[[Merodon nisi|M. nisi]]'' <small>Veselić, Vujić & Radenković, 2017</small>
*''[[Merodon nitens|M. nitens]]'' <small>Hurkmans & Vujić, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon olympius|M. olympius]]'' <small>Vujić & Radenković, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon orjensis|M. orjensis]]'' <small>Radenković & Vujić, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon parietum|M. parietum]]'' <small>[[Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann|Wiedemann]] in Meigen, 1822</small>
*''[[Merodon peloponnesius|M. peloponnesius]]'' <small>Vujić, Radenković, Ačanski and Šašic, 2018</small>
*''[[Merodon planiceps|M. planiceps]]'' <small>[[Hermann Loew|Loew]], 1862</small>
*''[[Merodon pruni|M. pruni]]'' <small>(Rossi, 1790)</small>
*''[[Merodon quercetorum|M. quercetorum]]'' <small>Marcos-García, Vujic & Mengual, 2007</small><ref name="Angeles"/>
*''[[Merodon rojoi|M. rojoi]]'' <small>Vujić & Radenković, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon rubidiventris|M. rubidiventris]]'' <small>Costa, 1884</small>
*''[[Merodon ruficornis|M. ruficornis]]'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1822</small>
*''[[Merodon rufipes|M. rufipes]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon rufus|M. rufus]]'' <small>[[Johann Wilhelm Meigen|Meigen]], 1838</small>
*''[[Merodon sacki|M. sacki]]'' <small>([[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1936)</small>
*''[[Merodon segetum|M. segetum]]'' <small>([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1794)</small>
*''[[Merodon spicatus|M. spicatus]]'' <small>[[Theodor Becker|Becker]], 1907</small>
*''[[Merodon spineus|M. spineus]]'' <small>Vujić, Šašić & Likov, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon spinitarsis|M. spinitarsis]]'' <small>[[Sergey Paramonov (entomologist)|Paramonov]], 1929</small>
*''[[Merodon splendens|M. splendens]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon strobli|M. strobli]]'' <small>Bradescu, 1986</small>
*''[[Merodon stukei|M. stukei]]'' <small>Hauser & Hurkmans, 1997</small><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Martin Hauser |author2=Willem Hurkmans. |name-list-style=amp |year=1997 |title=Eine neue ''Merodon'' Art aus Tunesien (Diptera: Syrphidae) |pages=423–428 |journal=[[Entomologische Zeitschrift]] |volume=107 |issue=10 |url=http://www.schwebfliegen.de/sonderdrucke/diversaut/1997_Merodon_stukei.pdf |access-date=2009-01-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020141632/http://www.schwebfliegen.de/sonderdrucke/diversaut/1997_Merodon_stukei.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-20 }}</ref>
*''[[Merodon tener|M. tener]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon teruelensis|M. teruelensis]]'' <small>van der Goot, 1966</small>
*''[[Merodon testaceoides|M. testaceoides]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon toscanus|M. toscanus]]'' <small>Hurkmans, 1993</small>
*''[[Merodon triangulum|M. triangulum]]'' <small>Vujić, Radenković & Hurkmans, 2020</small>
*''[[Merodon tricinctus|M. tricinctus]]'' <small>[[Pius Sack|Sack]], 1913</small>
*''[[Merodon trochantericus|M. trochantericus]]'' <small>Costa, 1884</small>
*''[[Merodon unguicornis|M. unguicornis]]'' <small>[[Gabriel Strobl|Strobl]], 1909</small>
*''[[Merodon velox|M. velox]]'' <small>[[Hermann Loew|Loew]], 1869</small>
*''[[Merodon virgatus|M. virgatus]]'' <small>Vujić & Radenković, 2016</small>
*''[[Merodon vladimiri|M. vladimiri]]'' <small>Vujić, 2018</small>
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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*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
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[[Category:Flies of Europe]]
[[Category:Eumerini]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen]]