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New Chrysotoxum species, dorsal view; A-C. antennalis sp. n., male; B-C. antennalis sp. n., female. C-C. clausseni sp. n., male. D-C. clausseni sp. n., female. E-C. persicum sp. n., male. F-C. persicum sp. n., female.-Scale bar = 1 mm.
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New data and records of the genus Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803 are reported, arising from taxonomic and faunistic examination of adult specimens collected from 1920 to 2011 from four northeastern provinces of Turkey (Erzurum, Bayburt, Kars, and Artvin), and from the neighboring countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Three new species are described:...
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... (Speight, 2018(Speight, , 2020. In recent years, diagnostic studies with molecular methods have been conducted, especially in problematic groups (Vujić et al, 2015(Vujić et al, , 2017Likov et al, 2020;Kočiš et al, 2018). The identification with both classical methods and molecular methods takes a long time. ...
Syrphidae is essential in pollinating many flowering plants and cereals and is a family with high species diversity in the order Diptera. These family species are also used in biodiversity and conservation studies. This study proposes an image-based CNN model for easy, fast, and accurate identification of Syrphidae species. Seven hundred twenty-seven hoverfly images were used to train and test the developed deep-learning model. Four hundred seventy-nine of these images were allocated to the training set and two hundred forty-eight to the test dataset. There are a total of 15 species in the dataset. With the CNN-based deep learning model developed in this study, accuracy 0.96, precision 0.97, recall 0.96, and f-measure 0.96 values were obtained for the dataset. The experimental results showed that the proposed CNN-based deep learning model had a high success rate in distinguishing the Syrphidae species.
... 75.6. According to Speight (2020), within the Chrysotoxum intermedium complex, to date in Europe two species can be recognized morphologically: Chrysotoxum intermedium A and Chrysotoxum intermedium B. Vujić et al. (2017), based on Sommaggio (2001), treated Chrysotoxum lessonae (Giglio-Tos, 1890) as a valid species. Chrysotoxum lessonae refers to Chrysotoxum intermedium A as stated in Speight (2020). ...
This paper is an updated checklist of the hoverflies of Slovenia. Since the last checklist of 274 species published by de Groot & Govedič in 2008, a large number of additional specimens have been collected and studied. In the present study, 42 species are reported for the first time for the Slovenian hoverfly fauna. Sphegina sublatifrons Vujić, 1990 is deleted from the Slovenian list. In total, 362 species from 77 genera are reported. According to the IUCN European Red List of Hoverflies, 29 species are classified as Endangered, 9 as Vulnerable, 19 as Near Threatened, 302 as Least Concern and 3 as Data Deficient. The distribution of species per region in Slovenia is presented. With 243 species, Upper Carniola hosts the largest number of registered species, followed by Central Slovenia (233 spp.), Gorizia (230 spp.), Savinja and Littoral Inner-Carniola (both with 173 spp.), Coastal-Karst (133 spp.), Southeast Slovenia (71 spp.), Drava (60 spp.), Carinthia (56 spp.), Lower Sava (52 spp.), Mura (47 spp.) and Central Sava (8 spp.). A significant increase in the number of new records has been noted in recent decades, and the possible reasons for this trend are also discussed here.
... Chrysotoxum is widespread over all biogeographic regions except for Australasia and Antarctica, but is most speciose in the Palaearctic region with 85 described species (Thompson and Rotheray 1998;Mutin and Barkalov 1999;Huo and Zheng 2004;Huo et al. 2006Nedeljković et al. 2013Nedeljković et al. , 2015Nedeljković et al. , 2018aVujić et al. 2017). In the Western Palaearctic, i.e. excluding China and the Russian Far East (Lattin 1967;Van Steenis and Lucas 2011), there are 78 species, 13 of which are present in the Iberian Peninsula (Van Eck 2011; Ricarte and Marcos-García 2017) and 18 in Turkey, including the Anatolian Peninsula (Sarıbıyık 2014;Vujić et al. 2017;Nedeljković et al. 2018a). ...
... Chrysotoxum is widespread over all biogeographic regions except for Australasia and Antarctica, but is most speciose in the Palaearctic region with 85 described species (Thompson and Rotheray 1998;Mutin and Barkalov 1999;Huo and Zheng 2004;Huo et al. 2006Nedeljković et al. 2013Nedeljković et al. , 2015Nedeljković et al. , 2018aVujić et al. 2017). In the Western Palaearctic, i.e. excluding China and the Russian Far East (Lattin 1967;Van Steenis and Lucas 2011), there are 78 species, 13 of which are present in the Iberian Peninsula (Van Eck 2011; Ricarte and Marcos-García 2017) and 18 in Turkey, including the Anatolian Peninsula (Sarıbıyık 2014;Vujić et al. 2017;Nedeljković et al. 2018a). Iberian species of Chrysotoxum have not been revised yet, while those of the Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas have experienced scrutiny in recent years, with seven new species erected (Nedeljković et al. 2013(Nedeljković et al. , 2015(Nedeljković et al. , 2018aVujić et al. 2017). ...
... In the Western Palaearctic, i.e. excluding China and the Russian Far East (Lattin 1967;Van Steenis and Lucas 2011), there are 78 species, 13 of which are present in the Iberian Peninsula (Van Eck 2011; Ricarte and Marcos-García 2017) and 18 in Turkey, including the Anatolian Peninsula (Sarıbıyık 2014;Vujić et al. 2017;Nedeljković et al. 2018a). Iberian species of Chrysotoxum have not been revised yet, while those of the Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas have experienced scrutiny in recent years, with seven new species erected (Nedeljković et al. 2013(Nedeljković et al. , 2015(Nedeljković et al. , 2018aVujić et al. 2017). ...
The taxonomy of the syrphid genus Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Syrphidae), is complex and currently under scrutiny. Two new species allied with Chrysotoxum vernale, one from the Western Mediterranean, Chrysotoxum hispanicum sp. n. and the other from the Eastern Mediterranean, Chysotoxum anatolicum sp. n., are described and illustrated. Chrysotoxum hispanicum sp. n. is distinguished from the similar C. vernale Loew by the size of the yellow abdominal fasciae and shape of surstyli. Chrysotoxum anatolicum sp. n., known only from females, possesses an almost entirely yellow-pigmented wing, unusual amongst the other studied species of the C. vernale group. Additionally, C. hispanicum sp. n. and C. anatolicum sp. n. are separated from each other, as well as from other species of the C. vernale group by COI and ITS2 gene markers. An identification key to the West Palaearctic species of the C. vernale group is provided.
... The genus Chrysotoxum has been studied intensively during the past decade and several cryptic species have been described (e.g., Nedeljković et al. 2013Nedeljković et al. , 2015Vujić et al. 2017), with focus on the Balkan Peninsula and the Middle East fauna. These studies revealed a reality that some taxonomists knew beforehand (e.g., Sommaggio 2001): there are species complexes within Chrysotoxum. ...
The first European records of Chrysotoxum volaticum Séguy, 1961 from Spain and France, and Platycheirus marokkanus Kassebeer, 1998 from Spain are provided. These are further examples of North African species also present in the Iberian Peninsula. Diagnostic characters are given to separate C. volaticum and the similar Chrysotoxum bicinctum
(Linnaeus, 1758), and additional records of other Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803 hoverflies from Spain are also reported. We also provide DNA barcodes for C. volaticum and discuss the utility of DNA barcoding to identify species in the genus Chrysotoxum.
... General works with identification keys were used for generic level, i.e., Thompson and Rotheray (1998), Van Veen (2010), Speight (2018b). More specific works were used to species identifications, for instance Speight and Sarthou (2017) for several genera, Barkalov (1993) for Cheilosia Meigen, 1822; Stuke and Nielsen (2002) and Barkalov and Nielsen (2007) for Platycheirus Le Peletier and Audinet-Serville, 1828; Doczkal (2002) for Leucozona Schiner, 1860; Van Steenis and Lucas (2011) for Pipizella Ron- Hayat and Claußen (1997) and Sorokina (2009) for Paragus Latreille, 1804; Lyneborg and Barkemeyer (2005) for Syritta Le Peletier and Audinet-Serville, 1828; Violovitsh (1974), Vujić et al. (2017) and Kazerani et al. (2017) for Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803; Reemer et al. (2005) for Myolepta Newman, 1838;Stackelberg (1958) and Van Steenis (2000) for Spilomyia Meigen, 1803; Krivosheina (2002Krivosheina ( , 2004Krivosheina ( , 2005 for Temnostoma Le Peletier and Audinet-Serville, 1828; and Hippa (1968) for Xylota Meigen, 1822. The subgenus for each species, when this applies, has been indicated with the exception of the genus Eristalinus, as current subdivision of this genus based on morphological characteristics of the eyes in males (Thompson and Rotheray 1998) is not supported by molecular analyses (Pérez-Bañón et al. 2003b;Sonet et al. 2019). ...
... Distribution. Europe, Turkey and Iran Vujić et al. 2017). Remarks. ...
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.
... Although comprehensive studies of the species of the C. festivum and C. vernale groups were conducted for the Balkan Peninsula (Nedeljković et al. 2013;2015), that of the C. intermedium is still under scrutiny. As a result of comprehensive faunistic and taxonomic study four new species were described from Turkey in the last two years (Vujić et al. 2017;Nedeljković et al. 2018). ...
The genus Chrysotoxum (Syrphinae: Syrphini) consists of large, wasp-mimicking species with elongated antennae, an abdomen strongly convex dorsally, with yellow fasciae on terga, and the thoracic pleurae with yellow maculae (Thompson & Rotheray 1998). Chrysotoxum species are distributed in all biogeographical regions except Australasia and Antarctica (Vockeroth 1969; Thompson, Rotheray & Zumbado 2010). In the Palaearctic, 71 species have been recorded, 21 of which are present in Europe plus Turkey (Speight 2018).
Although comprehensive studies of the species of the C. festivum and C. vernale groups were conducted for the Balkan Peninsula (Nedeljković et al. 2013; 2015), that of the C. intermedium is still under scrutiny. As a result of comprehensive faunistic and taxonomic study four new species were described from Turkey in the last two years (Vujić et al. 2017; Nedeljković et al. 2018).
Examination of about 2000 specimens of Chrysotoxum from different localities in southeastern Europe and Turkey resulted in the identification of 26 species, one of which is new to science and other three are morphologically distinctive morphotypes and, possibly new species. Chrysotoxum verae Violovitsh, 1973, an extremely rare species, known only from the type locality (Caucasus, Armenia), is new for the Turkish fauna. Relationships among the 9 studied species were analyzed and discussed based on the data of nuclear (ITS2) and mitochondrial (COI) genes sequences. Distribution maps for each species are provided.
... Although comprehensive studies of the species of the C. festivum and C. vernale groups were conducted for the Balkan Peninsula (Nedeljković et al. 2013;, that of the C. intermedium is still under scrutiny. As a result of comprehensive faunistic and taxonomic study four new species were described from Turkey in the last two years (Vujić et al. 2017;Nedeljković et al. 2018). ...
The hoverfly subfamily Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae) comprises approximately 490 described species worldwide, the majority of which live in tropical regions (Reemer 2013). The biology of the group stands out among syrphids for the close associations which these species have with ants. The larvae are usually predators of immature stages of ants, although at least one species is known to be an ectoparasitoid (Reemer 2013; Peréz Lachaud et al. 2014). Scarce biological information is available for the majority of species and their life cycles have not yet been studied. In this study, we give new taxonomic information about the Neotropical Microdon (Chymophila) bruchi Shannon, 1927 and present the first record of this species in nests of Camponotus mus Roger, 1863 built inside Vitis vinifera L. plants from Mendoza, as well as the first records from Catamarca and Entre íos Provinces (Argentina). New COI sequences (DNA barcodes) and the description of third-instar larva are also provided.
Acknowledgements: The authors thank the following collection managers for allowing us to study specimens under their care: Torsten Dikow (USNM), Philip Perkins (MCZ). We thank María ilvina Lassa (MEByM-Conicet) for providing technical assistance in SEM and Claudia Etzbauer (ZFMK) for her help in the molecular lab. We are also grateful to Alfredo Gavosto for access to the sampling site.
... Many authors have highlighted the significance of the Middle East in terms of its rich biodiversity of a broad spectrum of insect groups (Alwin-Kownacka et al. 2016;Çerçi & Koçak 2016;Liu et al. 2016;Majnon-Jahromi et al. 2017;Riedel & Aghadokht 2017). In recent years, faunistic and distribution data relating to hoverflies have greatly expanded (Popov 2009;Khaghaninia 2011;Khaghaninia & Hosseini 2013;Vujić et al. 2011Vujić et al. , 2013Vujić et al. , 2015Vujić et al. , 2017Kazerani et al. 2013;Gilasian et al. 2016;Smit et al. 2017). Most notable at this regard is the genus Merodon, whose main center of species diversity and endemism is in the Eastern Mediterranean ( Petanidou et al. 2011;Radenković et al. 2011;Vujić et al. 2011Vujić et al. , 2016Ståhls et al. 2016). ...
Two new remarkable species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) are described from biodiversity hotspots in the Middle East: Merodon eumerusi Vujić, Radenković et Likov sp. n. and Merodon mixtum Vujić, Radenković et Likov sp. n. Although M. eumerusi, from the Mountains of Central Asia, belongs clearly to the lineage of M. avidus-nigritarsis, it possesses some unique features within the genus that are also present in other Merodontini genera. M. mixtum, from the Irano-Anatolian mountains, has typical characters of different species groups within the M. albifrons lineage. Here, we discuss the unusual apomorphic characters of these newly discovered taxa and highlight the need for further analyses to ascertain the phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Merodontini and the genus Merodon.
... In the Palaearctic region, 71 species have been recorded, 26 of which are present in Europe (Violovitsh, 1974;Peck, 1988;Nedeljković, Ačanski, Đan, Obreht-Vidaković, Ricarte, & Vujić, 2015). With 17 Chrysotoxum species, Turkey is one of the most species-rich countries in the Middle East (Tóth, 2013;Sarıbıyık, 2014;Vujić, Nedeljković, Hayat, Demirözer, Mengual, & Kazerani, 2017). ...
... In an earlier paper, Vujić et al., (2017) described three Chrysotoxum species from North-East Turkey -Chrysotoxum antennalis Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017, Chrysotoxum clausseni Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017, and Chrysotoxum persicum Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017 identification key for Turkish Chrysotoxum species. The present work extends our taxonomic study of the genus Chrysotoxum in Turkey, resulting in the description of a new species. ...
... In an earlier paper, Vujić et al., (2017) described three Chrysotoxum species from North-East Turkey -Chrysotoxum antennalis Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017, Chrysotoxum clausseni Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017, and Chrysotoxum persicum Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017 identification key for Turkish Chrysotoxum species. The present work extends our taxonomic study of the genus Chrysotoxum in Turkey, resulting in the description of a new species. ...
A new species of the genus Chrysotoxum (Diptera: Syrphidae), Chrysotoxum bozdagensis Nedeljković, Vujić & Hayat sp. n., collected from Bozdağ Mt., İzmir Province, Turkey is described and illustrated. Chrysotoxum bozdagensis sp. n. can be distinguished from the similar Ch. octomaculatum Curtis, 1837 by the presence of a black pile on the mesonotum and the colour of the legs. It is also similar to Ch. elegans Loew, 1841, from which it can be distinguished by the colour of the pile on the vertical triangle and scutellum, as well from the structure of the male genitalia. Additionally, Ch. bozdagensis sp. n. can be clearly distinguished from the latter two species by DNA sequence data. This new species increases the total number of Chrysotoxum species in Turkey to 18.
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... In the Palaearctic Region, there are 87 recognized species of Chrysotoxum at present, from a total of 143 published names (Peck 1988;Ghorpadé 2012;Nedeljković et al. 2013Nedeljković et al. , 2015Thompson 2013;Vujić et al. 2017). There is currently great need for a revision of the species belonging to this genus. ...
... In Iran, Dousti & Hayat (2006) reported 12 species of Chrysotoxum in their catalogue, and more recently, Kazerani et al. (2013) added three more species. Vujić et al. (2017) described a new species from the Middle East, Chrysotoxum persicum Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017, which is also present in Iran. The present study reports a new species record of this genus for West Palaearctic, Chrysotoxum baphyrum. ...
... In Iran, Dousti & Hayat (2006) reported 12 species of Chrysotoxum in their catalogue, and more recently, Kazerani et al. (2013) added three more species. Vujić et al. (2017) described a new species from the Middle East, Chrysotoxum persicum Vujić, Nedeljković & Hayat, 2017, which is also present in Iran. The present study reports a new species record of this genus for West Palaearctic, Chrysotoxum baphyrum. ...
A new species of Syrphidae is recorded from Iran, Chrysotoxum baphyrum Walker. This record represents a new species for the Western Palaearctic Region, as C. baphyrum is predominantly distributed in India and Southeast Asia. An identification key to the recorded species of Chrysotoxum from Iran is provided, as well as newly obtained DNA sequences for C. baphyrum.
