Template:Taxonomy/Merodon

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because rank is principal or always_display=yes.

Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Podiata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Choanozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Protostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Panarthropoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Arthropoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Deuteropoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Mandibulata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Pancrustacea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Allotriocarida		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum:	Hexapoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Class:	Insecta		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade?:	Dicondylia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass:	Pterygota		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass:	Neoptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eumetabola		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Holometabola		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Aparaglossata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder:	Panorpida		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Antliophora		[Taxonomy; edit]
Order:	Diptera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder:	Brachycera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraorder:	Muscomorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Section:	Aschiza		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superfamily:	Syrphoidea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Family:	Syrphidae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subfamily:	Eristalinae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Tribe:	Merodontini		[Taxonomy; edit]
Genus:	Merodon		[Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent:	Merodontini [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	genus (displays as Genus)
Link:	Merodon
Extinct:	no
Always displayed:	yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:	"Merodon Meigen, 1803". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
Parent's taxonomic references:	"Merodontini Edwards, 1915". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 July 2026.