<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Jeroen. <br></div><div><br></div><div>This is enough to make my mind about sympatry of Sphaerophoria species. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Roger, you may be right saying that the ecological separation may be at the micro-scale. Jens-Hermann also suggested that and our knowledge gap about what is relevant to the Sphaerophoria larvae (we are always talking about adults here).</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you all for your comments and sharing your knowledge. HIghly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Ximo<br></div><div><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun., 14 sept. 2020 a las 10:48, Jeroen van Steenis (<<a href="mailto:j.van.steenis@xmsnet.nl">j.van.steenis@xmsnet.nl</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Ximo<div><br></div><div>In Sweden the species are often sympatric with up to 5 species flying together at the same day in one place.</div><div>I can give you a brief overview of the species found together if you like. I think all species fly with other species, except possibly S. loewi.</div><div>I have abbreviata, bankowskae, batava, chongjini, fatarum, laurae, ruepelli, interrupta, philanthus, taeniata, virgata and scripta all flying together with several other species, but none of them with all others.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Jeroen</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Op ma 14 sep. 2020 om 10:13 schreef ximo mengual sanchis <<a href="mailto:xmengual@gmail.com" target="_blank">xmengual@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Many thanks Roger!</font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Very interesting information. Somehow, each species has different ecological requirements, but one can collect 2 or 3 species in the same locality.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Regards,</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Ximo</font><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> <br></font><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El dom., 13 sept. 2020 a las 20:13, Roger Morris (<<a href="mailto:syrphid58@gmail.com" target="_blank">syrphid58@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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!<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Roger<br>
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<div>On 13/09/2020 18:20, Menno Reemer
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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
<i>De Nederlandse zweefvliegen</i>:</div>
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<a href="https://www.bestuivers.nl/publicaties/de-nederlandse-zweefvliegen" id="gmail-m_-1542685926632888533gmail-m_4401047130348890672gmail-m_-4202525432556369148LPlnk" target="_blank">https://www.bestuivers.nl/publicaties/de-nederlandse-zweefvliegen</a><br>
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See chapter 10 pp. 311-318 for Sphaerophoria. These species
accounts are based on the collective field experiences of many
Dutch syrphidologists.<u> They all have English summaries!</u></div>
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Also see appendix 6, which arranges all the species according to
the habitats in which they occur. </div>
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Best wishes,</div>
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Menno</div>
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<div dir="auto">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">niedz., 13 wrz 2020,
08:12 użytkownik ximo mengual sanchis <<a href="mailto:xmengual@gmail.com" target="_blank">xmengual@gmail.com</a>>
napisał:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Dear all,
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">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. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">I am interested on S. taeniata, virgata,
scripta, interrupta and philantha. Can someone tell me
if they are sympatric?</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">I collected in the same place scripta
and taeniata, for example. Is it the same for
philantha and virgata? or taeniata and interrupta?</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">Cheers,</div>
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<div dir="auto">Ximo</div>
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