Notes on the Afrotropical hover fly genus Meromacroides Curran (Syrphidae, Eristalinae)

The African endemic hover fly Meromacroides meromacriformis (Bezzi, 1915) (Syrphidae, Eristalinae) was described more than a century ago and its monotypic status established in 1927, but subsequent collections publications are rare. Only the male has been nothing is known about biology. We re-describe male, including geographic variation, describe female for first time provide DNA barcodes species. Despite large range observed variations, there insufficient evidence to additional taxa genus. Biological observations presented, which may shed some insight into this rare enigmatic fly, whose distribution now spans Afrotropical Region.