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Abstract
The revision of the saproxylic hoverflies collected in Serbia from 1950 to 2010 has revealed a total of 56 species, of which Sphiximorpha subsessilis (Illiger in Rossi) is new to the Balkan Peninsula and Arctophila superbiens (Muller), Blera fallax (Linnaeus), Brachyopa panzeri Goffe, Brachyopa testacea (Fallén), Brachyopa vittata Zetterstedt and Chalcosyrphus piger (Fabricius) are new to Serbia. According to “Syrph the Net, the database of European Syrphidae”, 16 of the 56 species are threatened with extinction in Europe, while 6 species are “strictly protected” and 13 are “protected” under Serbian legislation. Distribution maps for each species, as well as new data on adult habitats, are provided. The conservation status of the saproxylic hoverflies of Serbia is discussed. The present study attempts to provide a basis for the conservation of the saproxylic hoverflies of this Balkan country.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Nigel Wyatt (NHM) and Dr Graham Rotheray (NMS) for arranging the loan of a Temnostoma vespiforme specimen. We thank Jelena Ačanski for helping with the maps and Richard M. Lyszkowski for the English revision. Financial support was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia (project number OI173002), the Provincial Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Rep. of Serbia (project: Genetical resources in Vojvodina and sustainable agriculture) and the Transnational Access to Research Infrastructures activity in the 7th Framework Programme of the EC under the ExpeER project (TA visit “USB”). Thanks to the Pelham–Clinton Trust for financing A. Ricarte's fellowship.