Diversity of Hover flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) with 3 New Record From High Hill Zone of Himachal Pradesh, India
Diversity of Hover flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) with 3 New Record From High Hill Zone
Abstract
The present study of High hill zone, Himachal Pradesh is an inimitable example of establishment of alternative pollinators as a main pollination service renderer. Present study is imperious at this juncture to explore the present status of syrphid fauna prevalent in this important high hill zone ecosystem, not only to provide a baseline data for future entomo faunal studies but also to discuss the potential role of hoverflies as pollinator in this ecosystem. Altogether, 19 species under 13 genera over 2 subfamilies have been reported from High hill zone of Himachal Pradesh. 3 species namely Syrphus (Syrphus) vitripennis Megen,1822, Eristalis (Eristalis) tenax (Linnaeus,1758) and Eristalinus (Eristalinus) arvorum (Fabricius, 1787) are reported for the first time from this High hill 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 High hill zone of Himachal Pradesh.
Keywords:
Hover flies, New Record, High hill zone, Syrphidae, Taxonomy.
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Mani, M. S. (2013). Ecology and biogeography of high altitude insects (Vol. 4). Springer Science & Business Media.
Maity A., Naskar A., Hazra S., Sengupta J., Parui P., Homechaudhuri S. & Banerjee D. 2016. New distributional records of Tabanidae (Insecta: Diptera) from different geo-climatic regions of West Bengal, India. J. Entomol. Zool. Stud., 4:1291-1298.
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Naskar A., Maity A., Homechaudhuri S. & Banerjee D. 2019. New Distributional Records of Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) From The Darjeeling Himalaya of West Bengal. Mun. Ent. Zool, 14(2):412-426.
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Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Maity, A., Hazra, S., & Banerjee, D. (2016b). New Distributional Records and Annotated Keys of Hover Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India. J. Adv. Zool, 37(1), 31-54.
Sengupta, J., A. Naskar, A. Maity, S. chaudhuri, and D. Banerjee. “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. https://doi.org/10.31632/ijalsr.2018v01i04.003
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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
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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
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Sengupta, J., Naskar, A., Homechaudhuri, S., & Banerjee, D. (2019). Diversity of Hover flies (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) with 3 New Record From High Hill Zone of Himachal Pradesh, India. International Journal of Advancement in Life Sciences Research, 2(4), 21-37. Retrieved from https://ijalsr.org/index.php/journal/article/view/69
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