Published February 10, 2020 | Version v1

CHEILOSIA HERCULANA BRĂDESCU, 1982, A NEW HOVERFLY (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) SPECIES FOR THE FAUNA OF SERBIA

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  • 1. HabiProt, Janka Čmelika 28a 3/25, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Description

Cheilosia Meigen, 1822 represents a large genus of blackish hoverflies, with nearly 300 species in the Palaearctic. In Europe, about 175 species occur (78 of them is registered in the Balkans), making it Europe’s largest genus (Peck, 1988; Vujić, 1996; van Veen, 2004; Speight, 2018). During a survey of hoverflies on Mt. Jadovnik, one female individual was collected by a standard sweeping net method. Identification was based on the key in Ståhls & Barkalov (2017). The prepared individua lof  Cheilosia herculana Brădescu, 1982 is deposited in the author’s private collection.

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References

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