Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 61 (1), 147-154, 2009 DOI:10.2298/ABS0901147N THE FAUNA OF HOVERFLIES (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) OF VOJVODINA PROVINCE, SERBIA ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ, A. VUJIĆ, SMILJKA ŠIMIĆ, and SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Abstract — Many hoverfly species of faunal and zoogeographical interest are found in Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina due to the diversity of its biotopes. In this paper, the presence of 252 species of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from 69 genera is documented. Five species are here recorded for the first time in Serbia: Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp Pedersen, 1980; Anasimyia transfuga (Linnaeus, 1758); Eristalinus megacephalus (Rossi, 1794); Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846; and Mallota fuciformis (Fabricius, 1794). One species is recorded for the first time in Vojvodina: Cheilosia brunnipennis (Becker, 1894). The records of 12 species from Vojvodina Province are the only ones on the Balkan Peninsula, while the records of 15 species are the only ones in Serbia. Key words: Syrphidae, Vojvodina, Serbia, hoverflies, faunistic review Udc 595.773.1(497.113):574/575 INTRODUCTION Nature Reserves are protected because of their great importance for the preservation of biodiversity The family Syrphidae is widespread and distributed (Tomić et al., 2004). in different types of habitats. Members of the family are characterized by a high level of adaptive radia- Some parts of Vojvodina have been thoroughly tion, different larval development strategies, and investigated. This applies to the mountain Fruška varying biology of adults. Gora, the Vršac Mountains, Obedska Bara, the val- ley of the Tisa and the Banat region. The phenomenon of mimicry is frequently pres- ent among members of this family as a means of Fruška Gora is a low island mountain. Its high- protection from their avian predators (Glumac, est parts are wooded with dense deciduous forests, 1962). while its valleys are covered with meadows, vine- yards, and orchards. The hoverfly fauna of Fruška The province of Vojvodina is located in the Gora is well documented and consists of 210 species northern part of Serbia. This relatively small terri- (Vujić et al., 2002). tory (21.506 km2) includes many different types of biotopes, among which agrobiocenoses predom- The Vršac Mountains are also low mountains, inate. The presence of mountains (two), rivers, with numerous types of habitats where 151 hoverfly steppes, lakes, marshes, sand pits, fresh marshes, species have been recorded (Vujić and Šimić, 1994). and salt marshes makes possible the existence of large numbers of hoverflies. The marsh Obedska Bara is designated a Special Nature Reserve and Wetland of International Some of these areas (Fruška Gora National Park, Importance according to the Ramsar Convention. In the Vršac Mountains, the Palić Nature Park, and the this marsh, 93 hoverfly species have been recorded Deliblatski Pesak (sand), Ludaško Jezero (lake), Stari (Radenković et al., 2004). Begej-Carska Bara (marsh), Upper Danube Basin, Obedska Bara (marsh), Zasavica, Selevenske Pustare Along the Tisa River in Serbia, 91 species of hov- (wilderness), and Slano Kopovo (salt marsh) Special erflies have been recorded (Šimić and Vujić, 1987). 147 148 Z. NEDELJKOVIĆ et al. In the Banat region, 186 hoverfly species have for Serbia. Outside Serbia on the Balkan Peninsula, been recorded (Vujić et al., 1998b). the given species has been recorded in Romania (Dirickx, 1994) and Montenegro (Vujić, pers. The aim of this paper was to present the fauna of comm.). hoverflies in the Vojvodina Province on the basis of previously published and new data. Anasimyia transfuga (Linnaeus, 1758) New records: Vojvodina, Bezdan, 16.09.1994, MATERIAL AND METHODS 1♂, leg. D. Radnović; Žabalj, 1♀, leg. J. Prodana. The material analyzed in this study was collected Balkan Peninsula: Croatia: Strobl (1898, 1900) over the course of more than 50 years of investiga- (as Helophilus transfugus). Ro�ania: (Dirickx, tions (1955-2007). It is deposited in the collection of 1994). Bulgaria: (Dirickx, 1994). the Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). A Re�arks: This is the first record of the species part of the material analyzed in this study is depos- A. transfuga for Serbia. Based on redetermination of ited in the collection of the Natural History Museum material deposited in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade (Serbia). in Belgrade (Republic of Serbia), it is concluded that the previous record of this species by Glumac (1959) Standard methods for collecting and prepara- belongs to the species A. interpuncta (Harris, 1776). tion of hoverflies were used. Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION New records: Potisje, Žabalj, 27.04.1979, 1♂, In this paper, the presence of 252 species from 69 leg. S. Šimić. genera is documented in Vojvodina (Table 1). Balkan Peninsula: Bulgaria: Drensky (1934) The genus with most species is Cheilosia Meigen, (as Tubifera hibrida). 1822 with 43, followed by Platycheirus ������������Lepeletier�� & Serville���������������, 1828 with 10; Chrysotoxum Meigen������������������, 1803 Re�arks: The first record for Serbia. This spe- and Eumerus Meigen���������������������, 1822 with nine; and Eristalis cies was previously known only from Bulgaria Latreille, 1804, Merodon Meigen�������, 1803, Eupeodes (Drensky, 1934) on the Balkan Peninsula. Osten Sacken, 1807,���� ���and Pipiza Fallen, 1810 with���� Mallota fuciformis (Fabricius, 1794) (Fig. 1) eight species����������������������������������. Other genera have fewer species. New records: Sremski Karlovci, 02.04.2006, 1♀, Five species are here recorded for the first time leg. Z. Nedeljković. in Serbia: Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp Pedersen, 1980; Anasimyia transfuga (Linnaeus, Balkan Peninsula: Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1758); Eristalinus megacephalus (Rossi, 1794); Strobl (1898); Glumac (1972). Helophilus hybridus Loew, 1846; and Mallota fuci- formis (Fabricius, 1794). Re�arks: This is the first record in Serbia of M. fuciformis, which is a very rare and probably threat- Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp ened species in Europe. The only known data from Pedersen, 1980 the Balkan Peninsula is very old (Strobl, 1898), from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Jablanica Mountain). New records: Vojvodina, Begej, 23.05.1990, 4♂♂, leg. A. Vujić. Species with nomenclatural changes: Balkan Peninsula: ��Ro������ania: Dirickx (1994). Eristalinus megacephalus (Rossi, 1794) Re�arks: This is the first record of this species New records: Ludaško Jezero, 15.10.1983, 1♂, 149 Balkan Peninsula: Croatia: Strobl (1902) (as Cheilosia sareptana); Langhoffer (1918) (as Chilosia langhofferi); Montenegro: Vujić (1996); Macedonia: Glumac (1955) (as Cheilosia sareptana); Vujić (1996); Bulgaria: Drensky (1934) (as Chilosia barbata). Orthonevra gemmula Violovitsh, 1979 Published records: Vujić and Ši�ić (1994): Mesić, 07.06.1983, 1♂, leg. A. Vujić. Re�arks: This is the only record of the given species in Europe. It was previously known only from Novosibirsk. Fig. 1. Mallota fuciformis (Fabricius, 1794) (Photo: Zorica The records of the following 12 species from Nedeljković). Vojvodina are the only published data for the Balkan Peninsula: Chalcosyrphus rufipes (Loew, 1873) (Vujić leg. S. Šimić. and Glumac, 1994); Eristalis picea (Fallen, 1817) (Vujić and Glumac, 1994; Vujić et al., 1998a); Eumerus Serbia: Šimić and Vujić (1987) (as sinuatus Loew, 1855 (Vujić and Glumac, 1994; Vujić Lathyrophthalmus quinquelineatus). and Šimić, 1994); Eupeodes lucasi (Marcos-Garcia Balkan Peninsula: Montenegro: Šimić (1987) & Láska, 1983) (Vujić et al., 2002); Eupeodes goeld- (as Lathyrophthalmus quinquelineatus); Bulgaria: lini Mazanek, Láska & Bičik, 1999 (Radenković et al., 2004); Meligramma guttata (Fallen, 1817) Drensky����������� (1934) (as Lathyrophthalmus quinquelin- (Vujić et al., 2002); Myolepta potens (Harris, 1780) eatus). (Vujić and Glumac, 1994); Platycheirus europeus Re�arks: This species �������������������appears in the most Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990 (Vujić et al., recent literature under the name E. quiquelineatus 2002); Platycheirus occultus Goeldlin, Maibach & (Fabricius, 1781) or Lathyrophthalmus quinquelinea- Speight, 1990 (Vujić et al., 2002); Psilota innupta tus (Fabricius, 1781), but Dirickx (1998) found that Rondani, 1857 (Smit and Vujić, in press); Spazigaster E. quiquelineatus is an Afrotropical species unknown ambulans (Fabricius, 1798) (Vujić and Glumac, 1994); and Trichopsomyia lucida (Meigen, 1822) from Europe and North Africa (Speight, 2006). Also, (Vujić et al., 1998b). it was previously known in Serbia under the name Lathyrophthalmus quinquelineatus (Šimić and Vujić, The records of 15 species from Vojvodina are the 1987). This Mediterranean species is very rare on only ones in Serbia: Cheilosia alba Vujić & Claussen, the Balkan Peninsula. Besides the specimen from 2000 (Vujić and Claussen, 2000); Cheilosia flavipes Vojvodina, it has been recorded only from one more (Panzer, 1798) (Vujić and Glumac, 1994; Vujić, locality (Lake Skadar in Montenegro). 1996); Chrysotoxum lineare (Zetterstedt, 1819) (Vujić et al., 1998b); Chrysotoxum verralli Collin, 1940 One species is recorded for the first time in (Vujić et al., 1998b); Eristalis intricaria (Linnaeus, Vojvodina Province (Serbia): 1758) (Glumac, 1959); Eumerus argyropus Loew, 1848 (Vujić and Šimić, 1995-1998); Eumerus basalis Cheilosia brunnipennis