Checklist of hover flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Republic of Georgia

By

Mengual, Ximo
Bot, Sander
Chkhartishvili, Tinatin
Reimann, André
Thormann, Jana
Mark, Laura von der

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

916

Pages

1--123

Subjects

DNA barcoding , Faunistics , first record , flower flies , hover flies , new record , species list

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.916.47824

 

Abstract

A checklist of the Syrphidae species of the Republic of Georgia is presented. New hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) records from Georgia are provided as a result of field work conducted in 2018. At the same time, published syrphid records for the country are here reviewed and updated. A total of 357 species of hoverflies are now documented from Georgia, 40 of which are reported for the first time. Moreover, DNA barcodes were sequenced for 238 specimens, representing 74 species from this country.