Callicera

Abstract: The first entomological study of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Kopacki rit Nature Park was carried out during 2007 and 2008. This research was carried out in different habitats (inundated, forest, agricultural, open ground) in wetlands. The specimens were sampled with an entomological net. A total of 347 specimens were collected. From collected specimens, 39 species of hoverflies were identified, among them six species recorded for the first time in Croatia: Callicera spinolae (Rondani, 1844) (first record on the Balkan Peninsula), Xanthogramma laetum (Fabricius, 1794), Eupeodes lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838), Paragus pecchiolii (Rondani, 1857), Syrphus torvus (Osten Sacken, 1875), Chrysotoxum verralli (Collin, 1940). Because of specific ecological conditions of Kopacki rit, which provide for the development of numerous and diverse forms plant and animal life, it is realistic to expect that this is not the final number of species. Hoverflies, new recorded species, Kopacki rit

Abstract: Two new species of the genus Callicera Panzer are described from the Palaearctic region: C. exigua sp. nov. from the Russian Altay and C. scintilla sp. nov. from Jordan. A key is provided for all Callicera species of the Palaearctic Region.

Abstract: Only one species of the genus Callicera Panzer, 1806 - Callicera aenea (Fabricius, 1777) has been recorded in Serbia so far. The first documented records of the Callicera aurata (Rossi, 1790) and Callicera spinolae Rondani, 1844 are provided. Identification keys, material studied and distribution maps for each Serbian species are provided.