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(gure 5) Micromerus Mulsant and Rey, 1858 [nec Micromerus Rambur, 1842 (Neuroptera) , and Micromerus Guillebeau, 1892 (Coleoptera) (see Dvorak, 1993b)].

Type species. Litta (sic!) collaris Fabricius, 1787 , by monotypy as type species of its objective synonym Micromerus Mulsant and Rey. 17 spp.

Geographic distribution. From the Balkans and S Russia to Anatolia, Caucasus, Syria, Iraq and Iran.

References

Taxonomy. Escherich (1896a); Maran (1940, 1941a); Kaszab (1958a key and catalogue, 1963b, 1968a); Bologna (1979); Dvorak (1983, 1993b).

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Bionomics. Ozbek (1979).

Anatomy. Gupta (1971, 1978).

Pharmacology. Théodoridès (1956).

Notes

Muzimes is morphologically homogeneous. Most of the species can only be clearly distinguished by male genitalia. In several cases it appears that sister species are allopatric to one another.

Özbek (1979) recorded Anthophoridae and Andrenidae bees as hosts in Turkey.