The Genus Ferdinandea Rondani, 1844 (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: First Records and New Breeding Sites

Authors

  • Antonio Ricarte CIBIO, University fo Alicante
  • Zorica Nedeljković Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
  • Javier Quinto CIBIO, University of Alicante
  • María Ángeles Marcos-García CIBIO, University of Alicante

Keywords:

Ferdinandea ruficornis, key to species, life cycle, Quercus, conservation, species distribution, Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

Following a review of all the available Iberian material belonging to the genus Ferdinandea Rondani, 1844, results show that the fauna of the Iberian Peninsula have all the four species recorded in the Palaearctic region: F. aurea Rondani 1844, F. cuprea (Scopoli, 1763), F. fumipennis Kassebeer, 1999, and F. ruficornis (Fabricius, 1775). Examined material of F. ruficornis represents the first record from the Iberian Peninsula. A revised key to the Iberian Ferdinandea species is provided, as well as updated distribution maps for each of the species. Breeding sites for F. aurea and F. ruficornis are reported, in the case of F. aurea as the first known (in Quercus faginea and Quercus pyrenaica), and in the case of F. ruficornis as the first in Q. pyrenaica. Special attention should be paid to the conservation of F. ruficornis, highly restricted in its Iberian range and threatened with extinction in different European countries.

Author Biographies

Antonio Ricarte, CIBIO, University fo Alicante

CIBIO, researcher

Zorica Nedeljković, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad

Department of Biology and Ecology, PhD scholar

Javier Quinto, CIBIO, University of Alicante

CIBIO, PhD scholar

María Ángeles Marcos-García, CIBIO, University of Alicante

CIBIO, Professor of Animal Biology

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Published

30.11.2010

How to Cite

Ricarte, A., Nedeljković, Z., Quinto, J., & Marcos-García, M. Ángeles. (2010). The Genus Ferdinandea Rondani, 1844 (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: First Records and New Breeding Sites. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 12(3), 57–69. Retrieved from https://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php/JERS/article/view/256

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Journal of the Entomological Research Society