New data on hoverfly diversity (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) of the special nature reserve the Obedska bara marsh (ramsar site in Serbia)

Abstract

Hoverflies are well-investigated insects group on Obedska bara Marsh due to long-term investigations carried out by a scientific team from Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (Vujić et al., 1998). After 15 years, monitoring of biodiversity in this Ramsar site is continued by scientific project 1770 of Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection Republic of Serbia. Based on new investigations and current nomenclature changes, the following results were obtained: record of Eupeodes goeldlini Mazánek, Láska et Bičik, 1999 is the first for Serbia, nine species were recorded for the first time for Obedska bara Marsh, seven species were replaced by recently established junior synonyms and three were excluded from the faunal list of Obedska bara Marsh. These data complete the list of 93 hoverfly species registered on Obedska bara Marsh.

Keywords

• Diptera
• Syrphidae
• hoverflies fauna
• the Obedska bara Marsh