[Syrphidae] Re: Sympatry in Sphaerophoria

[Roger Morris]

In the UK there is quite strong regional differentiation, with S. 
philantha and fatarum being strongly northern and western but also found 
in heathlands in southern England. S. potentillae is confined to Culm 
grassland in the SW. S. taeniata and S. batava are differentiated on 
habitat with S. taeniata more closely associated with grasslands and S. 
batava with ericaceous scrub. There are few records of S. virgata but 
this too seems to be a heathland species. There remains a question mark 
for S. interrupta but my feeling is that it is more a northern and 
western species. No idea for S. bankowski!

Regards

Roger

On 13/09/2020 18:20, Menno Reemer wrote:
> In the Netherlands,  every Sphaerophoria species has its own habitat 
> requirements, but some can be found in the same areas. For details, 
> you could consult the species accounts in the book /De Nederlandse 
> zweefvliegen/:
> https://www.bestuivers.nl/publicaties/de-nederlandse-zweefvliegen
> See chapter 10 pp. 311-318 for Sphaerophoria. These species accounts 
> are based on the collective field experiences of many Dutch 
> syrphidologists._They all have English summaries!_
> Also see appendix 6, which arranges all the species according to the 
> habitats in which they occur.
> Best wishes,
> Menno
>
>
>
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> *Subject:* [Syrphidae] Re: Sympatry in Sphaerophoria
> In Poland S. virgata is forest species, and rare. S. scripta is 
> present on all possible types of meadows incl. ruderal areas, being 
> sympatric with S. taeniata  and S. batava on e.g. forest glades and 
> "good open areas", especially on coasts an along rivers - many times I 
> gathered longer series of all three. S.philantha is extremely rare. 
> S.interrupta is very rare.
>
> niedz., 13 wrz 2020, 08:12 użytkownik ximo mengual sanchis 
> <xmengual at gmail.com <mailto:xmengual at gmail.com>> napisał:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     I have a question regarding Sphaerophoria. Based on my field
>     experience, I would say that usually more than one Sphaerophoria
>     species occur in the same locality.
>
>     I am interested on S. taeniata, virgata, scripta, interrupta and
>     philantha. Can someone tell me if they are sympatric?
>
>     I collected in the same place scripta and taeniata, for example.
>     Is it the same for philantha and virgata? or taeniata and interrupta?
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Ximo
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