Research Article

Diversity of Hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Communities in Different Habitat Types in Zanjan Province, Iran

Table 2

List of Syrphidae species in different habitat types in Zanjan province with general trophic level of larvae.

Species Habitats
River sideWoodland Fruit garden Rice fieldLarval trophic category

Subfamily Milesiinae
Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus)2531 38 0Aquatic saprophgous
Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus)282134 0Aquatic saprophgous
Eristalis similis Fallen2 000Aquatic saprophgous
Eristalinus megacephalus (Rossi)1000Aquatic saprophgous
Eristalinus sepulchralis (Linnaeus)15000Aquatic saprophgous
Eristalinua aeneus (Scopoli)9040Aquatic saprophgous
Eristalinus taneniops (Wiedemann)2200Aquatic saprophgous
Helophilus continuus Loew1000Aquatic saprophgous
Eumerus strigatus (Fallen)4200Phytophagous
Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg5300Phytophagous
Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus) 1512170Terrestrial saprophagous
Pipizella divicoi (Goeldlin) 12020Predator
Subfamily Syrphinae
Neoascia podagrica (Fabricius)6000Semi-aquatic
Paragus quadrifasciatus Meigen0032 predator
Paragus compeditus (Wiedemann)0007Predator
Paragus abrogans (Goeldlin)0003Predator
Paragus bicolor (Fabricius)6350Predator
Paragus albifrons (Fallen)0001Predator
Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius)0007Predator
Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus)0010Predator
Scaeva albamaculata (Macquart)0200Predator
Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus)31445869Predator
Sphaerophoria turkmenica Bankowska0
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Predator
Sphaerophoria ruppelli (Wiedemann)40229Predator
Eupeodes corolla (Fabricius)2114820Predator
Eupeodes nuba (Wiedemann)01700Predator
Meliscaeva auricollis (Meigen)0100Predator
Spazigaster ambulans (Fabricius)0200Predator
Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus)80519Predator
Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer)18189 15Predator
Platycheirus sp (Lepeletier and Serville)001 0Predator