A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 916: 1–123 (2020) Syrphidae of Georgia 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.916.47824 CHECKLIST http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Checklist of hover flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Republic of Georgia Ximo Mengual1, Sander Bot2, Tinatin Chkhartishvili3, André Reimann4, Jana Thormann1, Laura von der Mark1 1 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenaueral- lee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany 2 Kerklaan 30E, 9751 NN Haren, the Netherlands 3 Insititute of Zoo- logy, Ilia State University, Chavchavadze Avenue 32, 0179, Tbilisi, Georgia 4 Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, D-01109, Dresden, Germany Corresponding author: Ximo Mengual (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Kurt Jordaens | Received 30 October 2019 | Accepted 21 January 2020 | Published 2 March 2020 http://zoobank.org/ACFE751D-8496-42CB-BED2-D2C222ACEB25 Citation: Mengual X, Bot S, Chkhartishvili T, Reimann A, Thormann J, von der Mark L (2020) Checklist of hover flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Republic of Georgia. ZooKeys 916: 1–123.https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.916.47824 Abstract A checklist of the Syrphidae species of the Republic of Georgia is presented. New hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) records from Georgia are provided as a result of field work conducted in 2018. At the same time, published syrphid records for the country are here reviewed and updated. A total of 357 species of hoverflies are now documented from Georgia, 40 of which are reported for the first time. Moreover, DNA barcodes were sequenced for 238 specimens, representing 74 species from this country.