Merodon aureus

MERODON AUREUS View in CoL GROUP SENSU

RADENKOVIĆ ET AL. (2011)

Diagnosis: Mesocoxa posteriorly with long pile. Anterior anepisternum with a pilose area ventral to postpronotum. In male genitalia, anterior surstyle lobe undeveloped ( Fig. 10A). Small-sized (8–13 mm) species with a short, rounded abdomen, a distinct spine on the metatrochanter in males ( Fig. 11B marked with white arrow) and a characteristic structure of the male genitalia: posterior surstyle lobe with parallel margins and rounded apex ( Fig. 10A) and a narrow, elongated, sickle-shaped hypandrium without lateral sclerite of aedeagus ( Fig. 10B, C).