New addition to the Serbian hoverfly fauna (Diptera, Syrphidae) and annotated checklist

Abstract

In the present study as part of the revision of the hoverfly collection deposited at the Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (FSUNS) and as a result of new field investigations, seven species: Cheilosia faucis Becker, 1894; Chrysotoxum lessonae Giglio-Tos, 1890; Ferdinandea aurea Rondani, 1844; Neocnemodon verrucula (Collin, 1931); Paragus hyalopteri Marcos-García et Rojo, 1994; Paragus medeae Stănescu, 1991 and Pipizella speighti Verlinden, 1999 are recorded for the first time for the country. Among the new data, here we highlight P. medeae, which is considered very rare in Europe, with only a few records documented until now. The checklist of hoverfly fauna in Serbia has been updated and revised here. Formerly missed Paragus bradescui Stănescu, 1981 and Paragus pecchiolii (Rondani, 1857), as well as Cheilosia luteicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) should be included in the checklist, as they have also been recorded in the fauna. Eupeodes tirolensis (Dušek et Láska, 1973), Paragus punctulatus Zetterstedt, 1838, should be removed from the checklist, as their presence has not been confirmed in Serbia. Additionally, specimens previously identified as Pipiza lugubris (Fabricius, 1775), Cheilosia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838) and Merodon haemorrhoidalis Sack, 1913 from Serbia, actually belong to different taxa. The updated checklist of hoverflies now comprises 442 species from 87 genera.