A Taxonomic Account of Hover Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) with 4 New Records from Cold Dry Zones of Himachal Pradesh, India
Abstract
Eighteen (18) species of hover flies (Insecta:Diptera:Syrphidae) under 14 genera and 2 subfamilies has been reported from the Cold dry zone of Himachal Pradesh which includes Kinnaur, Lahul & Spiti and Pangi range of Chamba districs. 4 species namely Chrysotoxum violaceum Brunetti, 1923, Sphiximorpha triangulifera (Brunetti, 1913),Mallota (Mallota) orientalis (Wiedemann, 1824), Mallota (Mallota) varicolor(Walker, 1856) has been reported from the first time from this cold and dry zone zone as well as from the state of Himachal Pradesh. Their taxonomic keys and detail diagnosis of the reported species has been discussed along with the distributional pattern of these species along the cold dry zone of Himachal Pradesh.
Keywords:
Taxonomy, Hover flies, Syrphidae, New Record, cold dry zone, Himachal Pradesh
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
References
Ankersmit, G. W., Dijkman, H., Keuning, N. J., Mertens, H., Sins, A., & Tacoma, H. M. (1986). Episyrphus balteatus as a predator of the aphid Sitobion avenae on winter wheat. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 42(3), 271-277.
Brunetti, E. (1907). Notes on the Oriental Syrphidae. Part I. Records of the Indian Museum, 1, 11-13.
Brunetti, E. (1908). Notes on Oriental Syrphidae with descriptions of new species. Part I. Records of the Indian Museum, 2, 49-96.
Brunetti, E. (1913). New and interesting Diptera from the eastern Himalayas. Records of the Indian Museum, 9(5), 255-277.
Brunetti, E. (1923). Family Syrphidae. Diptera Brachycera.. (Vol. 3). Taylor & Francis.
Brunetti, E. (1925). Some notes on Indian Syrphidae, Conopidae and Oestridae. Records of the Indian Museum, 27, 75-79.
Bulganin, M., Parui, P., Mukherjee, M., Sharma, R. M., & Mehta, H. S. (2003). Flower flies from the Pin Valley National Park, Himachal Pradesh. Bionotes, 5(4).
Ghahari, H., Hayat, R., Tabari, M., & Ostovan, H. (2008). Hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from rice fields and around grasslands of northern Iran. Munis entomology and zoology, 3(1), 275-284.
Ghorpadé, K. (2009). Some nomenclatural notes on Indian subregion Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Colemania, 15, 3-13.
Ghorpadé, K., & Shehzad, A. (2013). An annotated checklist and select bibliography of the Hoverflies (Diptera–Syrphidae) of Pakistan, Indian subcontinent. Colemania, 37, 1-26.
Graham E.Rotheray and Francis Gilbert: The Natural History of HOVERFLIES. First edition, Forrest Text Publisher, Iver (United Kingdom), 2011, 334.
Mani, M. S. (2013). Ecology and biogeography of high altitude insects (Vol. 4). Springer Science & Business Media.
Miranda, G. F. G., Young, A. D., Locke, M. M., Marshall, S. A., Skevington, J. H., & Thompson, F. C. (2013). Key to the genera of Nearctic Syrphidae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 23(1), 351.
https://doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2013.23
Mitra, B., Roy, S., Imam, I., & Ghosh, M. (2015). A review of the hover flies (Syrphidae: Diptera) from India. Int J Fauna Biol Stud, 2, 61-73.
Potts, S. G., Petanidou, T., Roberts, S., O’Toole, C., Hulbert, A., & Willmer, P. (2006). Plant-pollinator biodiversity and pollination services in a complex Mediterranean landscape. Biological conservation, 129(4), 519-529.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.019
Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Maity, A., Hazra, S., Mukhopadhyay, E., Banerjee, D., & Ghosh, S. (2016). An updated distributional account of Indian hover flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae). J Entomol Zool Stud, 4, 381-396.
Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Maity, A., Hazra, S., & Banerjee, D. (2016). NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS AND ANNOTATED KEYS OF HOVER FLIES (INSECTA: DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA. J. Adv. Zool, 37(1), 31-54.
Shah, G. M., Jan, U., & Wachkoo, A. A. (2014). A checklist of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the western Himalaya, India. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 60(4), 283-305.
Ssymank, A., Kearns, C. A., Pape, T., & Thompson, F. C. (2008). Pollinating flies (Diptera): a major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production. Biodiversity, 9(1-2), 86-89.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2008.9712892
Teskey, H.J., Vockeroth, J.R. & Wood, D.M., (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Ottawa, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph, 27.
Thompson, F. C., & Pape, T. (2018). Syrphidae. Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5. 13354 records.
Tinkeu, L. N., & Hance, T. (1998). Functional morphology of the mandibles of the larvae of Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)(Diptera: Syrphidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology, 27(2), 135-142.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7322(97)00015-9
Thompson, F. C., Vockeroth, J. R., & Speight, M. C. (1982). The Linnaean species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Vockeroth, J. R. (1969). A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 101(S62), 5-176.
Vockeroth, J. R. (1971). The identity of some holarctic and Old World species of Sphaerophoria (Diptera: Syrphidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 103(11), 1627-1635.
Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The flower flies of the subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland: Diptera, Syrphidae (Vol. 1867). Agriculture Canada.
http://publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.811395&sl=0
Vockeroth, J. R., Thompson, F. C., McAlpine, J. F., Peterson, B. V., Shewell, G. E., Teskey, H. J., & Wood, D. M. (1987). Syrphidae, pp. 713-743. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, 2.
http://www.publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.610315&sl=0
Brunetti, E. (1907). Notes on the Oriental Syrphidae. Part I. Records of the Indian Museum, 1, 11-13.
Brunetti, E. (1908). Notes on Oriental Syrphidae with descriptions of new species. Part I. Records of the Indian Museum, 2, 49-96.
Brunetti, E. (1913). New and interesting Diptera from the eastern Himalayas. Records of the Indian Museum, 9(5), 255-277.
Brunetti, E. (1923). Family Syrphidae. Diptera Brachycera.. (Vol. 3). Taylor & Francis.
Brunetti, E. (1925). Some notes on Indian Syrphidae, Conopidae and Oestridae. Records of the Indian Museum, 27, 75-79.
Bulganin, M., Parui, P., Mukherjee, M., Sharma, R. M., & Mehta, H. S. (2003). Flower flies from the Pin Valley National Park, Himachal Pradesh. Bionotes, 5(4).
Ghahari, H., Hayat, R., Tabari, M., & Ostovan, H. (2008). Hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from rice fields and around grasslands of northern Iran. Munis entomology and zoology, 3(1), 275-284.
Ghorpadé, K. (2009). Some nomenclatural notes on Indian subregion Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Colemania, 15, 3-13.
Ghorpadé, K., & Shehzad, A. (2013). An annotated checklist and select bibliography of the Hoverflies (Diptera–Syrphidae) of Pakistan, Indian subcontinent. Colemania, 37, 1-26.
Graham E.Rotheray and Francis Gilbert: The Natural History of HOVERFLIES. First edition, Forrest Text Publisher, Iver (United Kingdom), 2011, 334.
Mani, M. S. (2013). Ecology and biogeography of high altitude insects (Vol. 4). Springer Science & Business Media.
Miranda, G. F. G., Young, A. D., Locke, M. M., Marshall, S. A., Skevington, J. H., & Thompson, F. C. (2013). Key to the genera of Nearctic Syrphidae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 23(1), 351.
https://doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2013.23
Mitra, B., Roy, S., Imam, I., & Ghosh, M. (2015). A review of the hover flies (Syrphidae: Diptera) from India. Int J Fauna Biol Stud, 2, 61-73.
Potts, S. G., Petanidou, T., Roberts, S., O’Toole, C., Hulbert, A., & Willmer, P. (2006). Plant-pollinator biodiversity and pollination services in a complex Mediterranean landscape. Biological conservation, 129(4), 519-529.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.019
Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Maity, A., Hazra, S., Mukhopadhyay, E., Banerjee, D., & Ghosh, S. (2016). An updated distributional account of Indian hover flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae). J Entomol Zool Stud, 4, 381-396.
Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Maity, A., Hazra, S., & Banerjee, D. (2016). NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS AND ANNOTATED KEYS OF HOVER FLIES (INSECTA: DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA. J. Adv. Zool, 37(1), 31-54.
Shah, G. M., Jan, U., & Wachkoo, A. A. (2014). A checklist of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the western Himalaya, India. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 60(4), 283-305.
Ssymank, A., Kearns, C. A., Pape, T., & Thompson, F. C. (2008). Pollinating flies (Diptera): a major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production. Biodiversity, 9(1-2), 86-89.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2008.9712892
Teskey, H.J., Vockeroth, J.R. & Wood, D.M., (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Ottawa, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph, 27.
Thompson, F. C., & Pape, T. (2018). Syrphidae. Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5. 13354 records.
Tinkeu, L. N., & Hance, T. (1998). Functional morphology of the mandibles of the larvae of Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776)(Diptera: Syrphidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology, 27(2), 135-142.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7322(97)00015-9
Thompson, F. C., Vockeroth, J. R., & Speight, M. C. (1982). The Linnaean species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae).
Vockeroth, J. R. (1969). A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 101(S62), 5-176.
Vockeroth, J. R. (1971). The identity of some holarctic and Old World species of Sphaerophoria (Diptera: Syrphidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 103(11), 1627-1635.
Vockeroth, J. R. (1992). The flower flies of the subfamily Syrphinae of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland: Diptera, Syrphidae (Vol. 1867). Agriculture Canada.
http://publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.811395&sl=0
Vockeroth, J. R., Thompson, F. C., McAlpine, J. F., Peterson, B. V., Shewell, G. E., Teskey, H. J., & Wood, D. M. (1987). Syrphidae, pp. 713-743. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, 2.
http://www.publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.610315&sl=0
Statistics
983 Views | 893 Downloads
How to Cite
Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Maity, A., chaudhuri, S., & Banerjee, D. (2018). A Taxonomic Account of Hover Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) with 4 New Records from Cold Dry Zones of Himachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research, 1(4), 13- 30. Retrieved from https://ijalsr.org/index.php/journal/article/view/37
Section
Research Articles
.