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Windborne migration amplifies insect-mediated pollination services
eLife, 2022 Worldwide, hoverflies (Syrphidae: Diptera) provide crucial ecosystem services such as pollination and biological pest control. Although many hoverfly species exhibit migratory behavior, the spatiotemporal facets of these movement dynamics, and their ...
Huiru Jia +8 more
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Earth & Environmental Science Research & Reviews, 2023 During present investigation, a total nine localities i.e. Darlaghat (1563m), Jatoli (1464m), Kotla Panjola (1190m), Chandol (1418m), Dhar (1360 m), Alsindi (1132 m), Naldehra (2050 m), Ghanahatti (1668 metres) and Potters hill (1887 m) of Punica ...
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Ecology, environment & conservation, 2023 Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the prey consumption and functional response of the aphidophagous hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus DeGeer (Diptera: Syrphidae) to different densities of fourth instar rose aphids, Macrosiphum rosae ...
Falak Mushtaq +2 more
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Taxonomic Study of some Species of Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) at Basrah Province
Maǧallaẗ al-baṣraẗ al-ʻulūm al-zirāʻiyyaẗ, 2019 The current study were carried out to identify of five species belong to the flower fly family Syrphidae, depending on male genitilia. They included Episyrphus balteatus De Geer, 1776; Eupeodes corollae Fabricius, 1794; Sphaerophoria scripta Linnaeus ...
Abdul Rahman A. Atta +2 more
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Indian Journal of Ecology, 2022 The present study deals with genomic characterization of a hover fly using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic Episyrphus balteatus DNA. RAPD-PCR analysis was carried out to compare genomic DNA of six geographically distinct populations of from Outer and E ...
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Syrphine hoverflies are effective pollinators of commercial strawberry
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2018 Recent declines in wild pollinators represent a significant threat to the sustained provision of pollination services. Insect pollinators are responsible for an estimated 45% of strawberry crop yields, which equates to a market value of approximately £99
Dylan Hodgkiss +2 more
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Sex Ratio of Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera : Syrphidae) in the Field and Laboratory Population
International journal of zoological investigations, 2022 Adult syrphids (hover flies) are nectar and pollen feeders and most important pollinators in agroecosystem while the larval stages are predators on the aphids and are used as bioagent in their biocontrol programme.
Kumari Kimmi +3 more
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Autumnal migration patterns of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): interannual variability in timing and sex ratio [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background The migration of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) is a well-known phenomenon, with growing interest due to the ecosystem services provided by migrants.
Antonín Hlaváček +2 more
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Records of predators of the green apple aphid, Aphis pomi De Geer, from Himachal Pradesh
Environment Conservation Journal, 2019 Nine species of coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and three species of syrphid (Diptera: Syrphidae) predators of the green apple aphid, Aphis pomi De Geer, occurring in apple nurseries in Himachal Pradesh are reported.
M. Kumari
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Folia Horticulturae, 2011 During the sampling period, 243 syrphid larvae belonging to seven species were collected from M. cerasi colonies on P. avium. Episyrphus balteatus Deg. and Epistrophe eligans (Harr.) were the most numerous species amongst the materials gathered, followed
Wojciechowicz-Żytko Elżbieta
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