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Chalcosyrphus eunotus

Description

Chalcosyrphus eunotus (Loew, 1873) (figs 3–4)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Ukraine: Kyiv Region: Potashnia env., 50.71 N 29.73 E, Tal River floodplain, 21.05.2015, 1 ♂ (A. Prokhorov); Irpin env., 50.51 N 30.26 E, mixed forest, 11.05.2011, 1 ♂, 28.04.2012, 1 ♂ (M. Zaika); idem, mixed forest along railway, on trunk of Quercus robur, 11.04.2017, 1 ♀ (A. Prokhorov).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Romania; in southern Europe from northern Spain, southern France, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Armenia, the Caucasus and Turkey (Holinka & Mazánek, 1997; Vujić & Milankov, 1999; Speight, 2016). Ukraine (first record). Our records are on the eastern border of the range of this endangered saproxylic European- Caucasian species.

Notes. A rare hoverfly associated with a very strict habitat niche (semi-submerged logs in woodland streams), this species is threatened in many countries in Europe (Jukes, 2010 b; Soszyńska-Maj, Soszyński & Klasa, 2009; Speight, 2016; etc.). Maibach & Goeldlin de Tiefenau (1992) reared one larva of this species from a container with wet sawdust placed beside a stream in Fraxinus woodland. According to other data the larvae made tunnels in the wood of the small Alnus and Betula logs partly submerged in water, on the margin of a small stream within riverine gallery woodland (Jukes, 2010 a, 2010 b, 2011; Speight, 2016). Soszyńska-Maj et al. (2009) advance the hypothesis that the increasing occurrence of C. eunotus in Poland is directly proportional to increasing in the number of beavers over the last 20 years.

Notes

Published as part of Prokhorov, A. V., Popov, G. V. & Zaika, M. I., 2018, New Records Of Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) From Ukraine. I. Milesiini And Rhingiini, pp. 13-20 in Vestnik Zoologii 52 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2018-0002, http://zenodo.org/record/6404156

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2011-11-05
Verbatim event date
2011-11-05/2017-11-04
Scientific name authorship
Loew
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Chalcosyrphus
Species
eunotus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chalcosyrphus eunotus (Loew, 1873) sec. Prokhorov, Popov & Zaika, 2018

References

  • Holinka, J. & Mazanek, L. 1997. Syrphidae. In: M. Chvala, ed. Check List of Diptera (Insecta) of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Karolinum Press, Charles University, Prague, 60 - 66.
  • Vujic, A. & Milankov, V. 1999. New data for the tribes Milesiini and Xylotini (Diptera, Syrphidae) on the Balkan Peninsula. Dipteron. Zeitschrift fur Dipterologie, 2 (6), 113 - 132.
  • Jukes, A. 2010 b. Chalcosyrphus eunotus (Loew, 1873) (Diptera, Syrphidae): its status, distribution, ecology and conservation. Dipterists Digest, 17, 1 - 9.
  • Soszynska-Maj, A., Soszynski, B. & Klasa, A. 2009. Distribution and ecology of the saproxylic hoverfly Chalcosyrphus eunotus (Loew, 1873) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica, 52 (2), 191 - 195.
  • Maibach, A. & Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. 1992. Description de la pupe de Chalcosyrphus (Xylotodes) eunotus (Loew) et synthese des caracteristiques morphologiques des stades immatures de plusieurs de la tribu des Xylotini (Diptera, Syrphidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 65 (1 - 2), 165 - 175.
  • Jukes, A. 2010 a. Chalcosyrphus eunotus - A Red Data Book Hoverfly. Its status, distribution, ecology and conservation. A report for Staffordshire Wildlife Trust: 1 - 27. http: // www. conopsentomology. co. uk / wp-ntent / uploads / 2013 / 11 / chalcosyrphus-eunotus _ aRedDataBookHoverfly _ ItsStatusDistributionEcology _ and _ Conservation. pdf
  • Jukes, A. 2011. Chalcosyrphus eunotus. Year 2 - Investigation into species' mobility and metapopulations. A report for: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust: 1 - 19. https: // www. staffs-wildlife. org. uk / sites / default / files / files / Publications / chalcosyrphus % 20 eunotus % 20 year % 202. pdf