Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017

摘要

In October 2017 an international expedition to Cyprus was made in order to collect hoverflies (Diptera: Syr-phi-dae) and to improve knowledge of the local fauna. In twelve days, numerous localities were visited in a wide range of habitats, where Syrphidae were collected by hand net. Malaise and pan traps were placed in some sam-pling localities around the Troodos Mountains. In total, 52 Syrphidae species were collected, 23 of which represent new species records for the island and another three belongto undescribed taxa. Newly obtained DNA data from the genera Merodon and Ceriana indicate a large interspecific morphological variation within Merodon sp. nov. 1 and support the recent split of C. glaebosa Van Steenis & Ricarte, 2016 from C. vespiformis(Latreille, 1809).