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Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 49 (31/12/2011): 127‒144. A CHECKLIST OF THE HOVERFLIES OF PORTUGAL (DIPTERA, SYRPHIDAE) André van Eck Korte Hoefstraat 30, 5046DB Tilburg, the Netherlands ‒ [email protected] Abstract: An annotated checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of Portugal is presented. The checklist covers the Por- tuguese mainland, including the adjacent islands. Brief information on Diptera collections in Portugal is provided. Key words: Diptera, Syrphidae, faunistics, checklist, Portugal. Listado de los sírfidos de Portugal (Diptera, Syrphidae) Resumen: Se muestra un listado comentado de los sírfidos (Diptera, Syrphidae) de Portugal. El listado abarca el territorio con- tinental portugués, incluyendo las islas adyacentes. Se proporciona una breve información sobre las colecciones de Diptera en Portugal. Palabras clave: Diptera, Syrphidae, faunística, lista comentada, Portugal. Catálogo dos sirfídeos de Portugal (Diptera, Syrphidae) Resumo: É apresentada uma lista comentada de espécies dos sirfídeos (Diptera, Syrphidae) de Portugal. A lista de espécies abrange Portugal continental, bem como as ilhas adjacentes. Fornece-se também uma breve informação sobre as colecções portuguesas de Diptera. Palavras chave: Diptera, Syrphidae, faunística, lista comentada, Portugal. Dedicated to Jan Lucas (Oudewater 1926 - Rotterdam 2009) Introduction The Syrphidae fauna of the Portuguese mainland is poorly Only those photographic pictures are used of which it is known. Dirickx (1994) lists 74 species, the Iberian Diptera certain that they were taken in Portugal, and only if identifica- checklist (Marcos-García et al., 2002b) lists 86 species and 91 tion could be made with 100% certainty. Photographers have species are listed on the website of Fauna Europaea (Septem- been stimulated to collect the specimens they photographed, ber 2009). especially those possibly new to the fauna of Portugal. A first two weeks visit in 2004 resulted in finding some During all fieldtrips collecting was mainly carried out new species for the Portuguese fauna. A publication about using a handnet. On two occasions (2004 and 2006) a Malai- Syrphidae collected in Portugal by Lucas (1996), a result from se trap was used for three days maximum on each occasion. his trip to the Algarve in 1985, had been missed by Marcos- Also recent material from other people's Malaise-traps (indi- García et al. (2002b). After the publication by Lucas (1996) cated in the text) has become available for examination. In and Marcos-García et al. (2002b), additions to the Portuguese 2010 the collecting of bulbs and looking for larvae in the field mainland Syrphidae fauna remain limited. Enough motivation took place. These were reared at home. to start working on a revised checklist, of which the result is The following abbreviations for persons and collections presented in this paper. are being used: April 2006 followed the next trip, and after that, visits AB = Aat Barendregt, Voorthuizen, the Netherlands followed in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Meanwhile some AR = Antonio Ricarte Sabater, Alicante, Spain people who mainly photographed insects, were encouraged to AvE = André van Eck, Tilburg, the Netherlands collect Syrphidae for study, which has resulted in several BS = Bivar de Sousa, Lisbon, Portugal valuable additions to the checklist of Portugal. BMNH= The Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum of Natural History, NHM), London, United Kingdom CC = Claus Claussen, Flensburg, Germany Methods and sources CEUA= Colección Entomológica de la Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain The checklist by Marcos-García et al. (2002b) has been used CIBIO/UP = Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos as the primary reference for this article. The checklist below is Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal the follow-up for this publication. Additions and changes are DD = Dieter Doczkal, Malsch, Germany based upon the results of fieldwork, examination of museum DEEAN = Departamento de Entomologia da Estacao Agronómica and private collections, identification of photographic pictures Nacional (EAN), Oeiras, Portugal (now called INIA, see and on literature. The database of Fauna Europaea has been below) held aside for comparison. But only for that purpose, because FMNH = Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland FSAGx = Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gem- it lacks references to traceable sources. As for Marcos-García bloux, Gembloux, Belgium et al. (2002b), publications by Gomes (1978, 1980 and 1981) GP = Gerard Pennards, Amersfoort, the Netherlands proved very important. As much as possible the published GR = Graham Rotheray, Edinbourgh, United Kingdom specimens were traced and re-examined in case this was re- IICT = Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisbon, quired or strongly recommended. Portugal 127 INIA = Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária, Oeiras, Portugal very good state; the single box with hoverflies contains some very JA = Jorge Almeida, Viseu-Silgueiros, Portugal interesting species. JGS = José Manuel Grosso-Silva, Porto, Portugal Oeiras: INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária, Oeiras. JL = J.A.W. Lucas, Rotterdam, Netherlands Quinta do Marquês, Avª da República, 2784-505 Oeiras, Lisboa. JR = Joana I.C.C. Rosado, Évora, Portugal Tel. +351 214416855. Contact: Célia I.M. Mateus, tel. +351 MB = Museu Nacional de História Natural (MNHN), Museu 214403500 (ask to talk to 4434), [email protected]. This is the Bocage, Lisbon, Portugal collection cited as 'Estação Agronómica Nacional' (EAN) in earlier MCT = Miguel Carles-Tolrá, Barcelona, Spain publications (eg. Gomes 1978, 1981) or as 'Centro de Zoologia' MNCN = Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain (Gomes, 1980). The collection has for a major part been revised by MHNFCUP = Museu de História Natural da Faculdade de Ciências Dr. Alexandre Gomes. Together with the collection in Coimbra, this da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal is the largest hoverfly collection existing in Portugal. Specimens and MR = Menno Reemer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands administration are split up. Under each specimen there is usually just MZC = Museu Zoologica de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal one label with a number, which refers to a card-index. The nearby MZLU = Museum of Zoology Lund University, Lund, Sweden IGC (Oeiras) does not have a Diptera collection (pers. comm. A. NNKN = Natuurmuseum Brabant, Tilburg, the Netherlands Gomes). RA = Rui A.M. Andrade, Barcelos, Portugal RCF = Ricardo Cascalho Ferreira, São Mamede de Infesta, Por- Porto: CIBIO/UP, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e tugal Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto. Campus Agrário de VJ = Valter Jacinto, Faro, Portugal Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão. Tel. +351 252660428 or +351 252660400 ZMAN = Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the ext. 73, Fax: +351 252661780. Contact: J.M. Grosso-Silva, jmgrosso collection of J.A.W. Lucas has been donated to the ZMAN) [email protected]. It is a very small hoverfly collection (as well as other Diptera), which is mainly being stored on alcohol. Short notes on some Portuguese diptera collections MHNFCUP, Museu de História Natural, Reitoria da Universidade During the research for this checklist most of the existing collections de Porto, Porto. Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002, Porto. Tel. +351 within Portugal, containing or presumed to contain Syrphidae, have 223401400 or +351 223401471. Contact: Luzia Sousa. The Natural been visited. Effort has been made to verify all natural history col- History Museum of Porto. The collection holds 45 specimens of lections, with potential of having hoverflies. In order to provide hoverflies of trivial species, for educational purposes. some information for future research, a short summary of the fin- dings are presented in this paragraph, listed per location, in alpha- Viseu: Jorge Mota Almeida, private collection. Contact: jorgemo- betical order. It can also be seen as a plea for existing collections on [email protected]. A recent and small but growing Diptera the Portuguese mainland to stimulate the study of hoverflies and to collection. find ways to improve their collection's policies, especially on the subject of preserving and curating. Systematics and nomenclature Coimbra: MZC, Museu Zoologica de Coimbra. Largo Marquês de Pombal, 3000-272 Coimbra. Tel. +351 239 85 43. 50, Fax +351 239 This checklist follows the systematics used by Marcos-García 85 43 59. Contact: Maria Graça Vale ([email protected]) or José et al. (2002b). Augusto ([email protected]). Contains an important, but not well pre- Nomenclature is based on Speight (2010), except for the served collection of hoverflies. It also contains the oldest flies found genus Merodon of which the nomenclature is based on the in any collection so far. The collection has been decontaminated Iberian revision by Marcos-García et al. (2007). quite recently, but the boxes are unfit for keeping flies safe. Also the future of the collection remains uncertain, due to changing policies The checklist of the Syrphidae of the Portuguese mainland after several fusions of institutes and museums in Coimbra. In the Legend: E = endemic on the Iberian Peninsula, incl. Pyrenees. N = near future this collection will be transferred to the new Museu da new to the fauna of the Portuguese mainland. ● = see: Remarks to Ciência (Universidade de Coimbra), email geral@museudacien some species. cia.org. MICRODONTINAE Lisbon: António Bivar de Sousa,
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    Cheshire Wildlife Trust Heteroptera and Diptera surveys on the Manchester Mosses with PANTHEON analysis by Phil Brighton 32, Wadeson Way, Croft, Warrington WA3 7JS [email protected] on behalf of Lancashire and Cheshire Wildlife Trusts Version 1.0 September 2018 Lancashire Wildlife Trust Page 1 of 35 Abstract This report describes the results of a series of surveys on the Manchester mosslands covering heteroptera (shield bugs, plant bugs and allies), craneflies, hoverflies, and a number of other fly families. Sites covered are the Holcroft Moss reserve of Cheshire Wildlife Trust and the Astley, Cadishead and Little Woolden Moss reserves of Lancashire Wildlife Trust. A full list is given of the 615 species recorded and their distribution across the four sites. This species list is interpreted in terms of feeding guilds and habitat assemblages using the PANTHEON software developed by Natural England. This shows a strong representation in the sample of species associated with shaded woodland floor and tall sward and scrub. The national assemblage of peatland species is somewhat less well represented, but includes a higher proportion of rare or scarce species. A comparison is also made with PANTHEON results for similar surveys across a similar range of habitats in the Delamere Forest. This suggests that the invertebrate diversity value of the Manchester Mosses is rather less, perhaps as a result of their fragmented geography and proximity to past and present sources of transport and industrial pollution. Introduction The Manchester Mosses comprise several areas of lowland bog or mire embedded in the flat countryside between Warrington and Manchester. They include several areas designated as SSSIs in view of the highly distinctive and nationally important habitat, such as Risley Moss, Holcroft Moss, Bedford Moss, and Astley Moss.