Hoverflies of the Guelma district,with species new to Algeria and North Africa (Diptera: Syrphidae) |
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| Authors: | Besma Haffaressas Sihem Djellab Farrah Samraoui Ahmed H Alfarhan Francis Gilbert Antonio Ricarte |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, University of Guelma, Guelma, Algeria;2. Department of Biology, University of Tebessa, Tebessa, Algeria;3. Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;4. School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK;5. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante 03690, Spain |
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| Abstract: | A survey of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the region of Guelma, northeast Algeria, was carried out from August 2011 to July 2013. A total of 31 species was recorded with six (Scaeva mecogramma, Epistrophe melanostoma, Syrphus vitripennis, Brachypalpus valgus, Merodon calcaratus and M. chalybeus) new to Algeria. Of these, three species (E. melanostoma, M. calcaratus and M. chalybeus) are also new additions to the entomofauna of North Africa. The results complement those of a previous study covering Numidia and Tebessa and provide a more comprehensive view of the phenology and distribution of Syrphidae across northeast Algeria. An improved knowledge of the distribution of North African hoverflies will contribute to a better assessment of the status of each taxon and inform conservation efforts. |
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| Keywords: | biodiversity Malaise trap faunistics species richness |
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