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. 2018 Dec 3;6:e6025. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6025

Table 1. The list of species of Syrphidae collected during this study.

The number of observations and the number of plant species visited is provided for each species and sex together with mean body length for each species.

No. of observations No. of plant species visited Body length (mm) Head width (mm)
Total Females Males Total Females Males
Eristalinae
Cheilosia proxima 1 0 1 1 0 1 9.55 2.90
Cheilosia ruficollis 2 2 0 2 2 0 6.84 2.30
Chrysogaster basalis 1 1 0 1 1 0 8.56 2.68
Chrysogaster coemiteriorum 3 3 0 2 2 0 7.95 2.86
Chrysogaster solstitialis 32 20 12 4 2 3 7.39 2.39
Eristalinus sepulchralis 1 0 1 1 0 1 7.46 2.97
Eristalis arbustorum 16 5 11 4 2 3 10.53 3.73
Eristalis horticola 2 2 0 2 2 0 11.90 4.53
Eristalis intricaria 1 0 1 1 0 1 12.33 4.42
Eristalis nemorum 56 32 24 12 10 8 11.90 4.12
Eristalis pertinax 2 1 1 2 1 1 13.98 4.52
Eristalis similis 1 0 1 1 0 1 14.21 4.85
Eristalis tenax 10 8 2 9 8 2 14.52 5.30
Helophilus pendulus 3 1 2 3 1 2 12.12 3.96
Myathropa florea 5 3 2 4 2 2 12.09 4.20
Neoascia podagrica 4 4 0 2 2 0 4.83 1.31
Orthonevra nobilis 2 1 1 1 1 1 5.35 1.71
Rhingia campestris 11 4 7 6 3 6 8.79 3.04
Rhingia rostrata 2 0 2 2 0 2 7.31 2.44
Sericomyia bombiformis 2 0 2 1 0 1 15.55 4.99
Sericomyia silentis 11 6 5 4 3 3 14.75 5.10
Sphegina sp 1 1 0 1 1 0 6.54 1.34
Syritta pipiens 124 72 52 24 18 16 7.86 1.97
Volucella bombylans 4 4 0 2 2 0 13.07 4.84
Volucella pellucens 2 2 0 2 2 0 14.68 5.25
Pipizinae
Heringia pubescens 1 1 0 1 1 0 5.74 2.00
Pipiza noctiluca 5 5 0 4 4 0 8.94 2.51
Pipizella annulata 4 2 2 3 2 1 6.67 2.14
Pipizella viduata 80 39 41 16 9 10 5.62 1.79
Syrphinae
Chrysotoxum bicinctum 4 3 1 4 3 1 10.54 3.32
Chrysotoxum cautum 4 4 0 1 1 0 13.41 4.48
Chrysotoxum fasciatum 1 1 0 1 1 0 12.26 4.15
Chrysotoxum vernale 1 1 0 1 1 0 12.77 3.93
Chrysotoxum verralli 1 0 1 1 0 1 11.72 3.79
Didea alneti 4 1 3 2 1 2 12.45 3.65
Epistrophe grossulariae 1 0 1 1 0 1 13.01 3.87
Episyrphus balteatus 194 91 103 29 23 22 9.79 2.63
Eupeodes bucculatus 4 1 3 4 1 3 8.85 2.76
Lapposyrphus lapponicus 68 23 45 22 12 17 10.20 3.03
Melanostoma mellinum 18 8 10 10 6 7 6.74 1.82
Melanostoma scalare 1 0 1 1 0 1 8.26 2.02
Meliscaeva cinctella 1 0 1 1 0 1 9.17 2.54
Paragus haemorrhous 3 2 1 2 2 1 5.46 1.71
Parasyrphus lineolus 4 2 2 3 2 2 9.23 2.80
Platycheirus albimanus 6 3 3 5 3 3 7.19 2.11
Scaeva dignota 2 1 1 2 1 1 12.06 3.61
Scaeva pyrastri 4 1 3 4 1 3 13.09 5.37
Scaeva selenitica 13 4 9 6 4 3 13.75 4.11
Sphaerophoria scripta 236 142 94 47 38 34 8.89 2.04
Syrphus ribesii 32 20 12 13 9 6 11.14 3.43
Syrphus torvus 158 70 88 28 21 21 10.77 3.42
Syrphus vitripennis 44 28 16 16 14 10 10.23 3.16
Xanthogramma pedissequum 1 1 0 1 1 0 12.07 3.39