Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) pollinators in Pannonian habitats of Serbia, with a description of a new Eumerus Meigen species (Syrphidae).
The diversity of bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) pollinators from ten localities in Vojvodina, Serbia was surveyed. Among different types of Pannonian habitat (grasslands, heathland and scrub, woodland and forest habitats) all localities were categorised as forest and steppe. They were in protected areas, mostly undisturbed by human activity. Censuses of pollinators took place from 30 March to 10 October, 2014. We recorded 218 pollinator species; 135 bee species (42 Halictidae; 32 Apidae; 29 Andrenidae; 24 Megachilidae; 7 Colletidae; 1 Melittidae) and 83 species of hoverflies. We describe a new species of hoverfly, Eumerus pannonicus sp. nov., and compare it to other similar species. Based on our study, the Special Nature Reserve of Pašnjaci Velike Droplje is critical for the conservation of this new Eumerus-being only found at this locality-and other species such as Chrysotoxum lineare (Zetterstedt), which is rare in Europe and protected under Serbian legislation. The highest numbers of bee species were recorded in the Deliblato and Subotica sand areas (40 and 32, respectively), while Fruška Gora Mountain and the Vršac Mountains harboured the highest number of hoverfly species.
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Email: zlata.markov@dbe.uns.ac.rs.
Zlata
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Markov
BioSensе Institute-Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, Trg Dr Zorana Đinđića 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Email: zoricaned14@gmail.com.
Zorica
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Nedeljković
BioSensе Institute-Research Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, Trg Dr Zorana Đinđića 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. Present address: Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain; Email: ricarte24@gmail.com.
Antonio
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Ricarte
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Email: ante.vujic@dbe.uns.ac.rs.
Ante
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Vujić
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Email: snezana.jovicic@dbe.uns.ac.rs.
Snežana
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Jovičić
Rákóczi u. 5, H-7453 Mernye, Hungary.; Email: jozan.zsolt@citromail.hu.
Zsolt
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Józan
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Email: sonja.mudri-stojnic@dbe.uns.ac.rs.
Sonja
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Mudri-Stojnić
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.; Email: snezana.jovicic@dbe.uns.ac.rs.
Snežana
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Radenković
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.; Email: acetkov@bio.bg.ac.rs.
Aleksandar
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Ćetković
D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D049628:Body Size; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D054817:Pollination; D055771:Serbia