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Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)

Abstract. Syrphidae is one of the most speciose families of true flies, with more than 6,100 described species and worldwide distribution. They are important for humans acting as crucial pollinators, biological control agents, decomposers, and bioindicators. One third of its diversity is found in th...

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Autores principales: Marín-Armijos, Diego, Quezada-Ríos, Noelia, Soto-Armijos, Carolina, Mengual, Ximo
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5672696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29200924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.691.13328
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author Marín-Armijos, Diego
Quezada-Ríos, Noelia
Soto-Armijos, Carolina
Mengual, Ximo
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description Abstract. Syrphidae is one of the most speciose families of true flies, with more than 6,100 described species and worldwide distribution. They are important for humans acting as crucial pollinators, biological control agents, decomposers, and bioindicators. One third of its diversity is found in the Neotropical Region, but the taxonomic knowledge for this region is incomplete. Thus, taxonomic revisions and species checklists of Syrphidae in the Neotropics are the highest priority for biodiversity studies. Therefore, we present the first checklist of Syrphidae for Ecuador based on literature records, and provide as well the original reference for the first time species citations for the country. A total of 201 species were recorded for Ecuador, with more than 600 records from 24 provinces and 237 localities. Tungurahua, Pastaza, and Galápagos were the best sampled provinces. Although the reported Ecuadorian syrphid fauna only comprises 11.2 % of the described Neotropical species, Ecuador has the third highest flower fly diversity density after Costa Rica and Suriname. These data indicate the high species diversity for this country in such small geographic area.
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spelling pubmed-56726962017-12-01 Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae) Marín-Armijos, Diego Quezada-Ríos, Noelia Soto-Armijos, Carolina Mengual, Ximo Zookeys Checklist Abstract. Syrphidae is one of the most speciose families of true flies, with more than 6,100 described species and worldwide distribution. They are important for humans acting as crucial pollinators, biological control agents, decomposers, and bioindicators. One third of its diversity is found in the Neotropical Region, but the taxonomic knowledge for this region is incomplete. Thus, taxonomic revisions and species checklists of Syrphidae in the Neotropics are the highest priority for biodiversity studies. Therefore, we present the first checklist of Syrphidae for Ecuador based on literature records, and provide as well the original reference for the first time species citations for the country. A total of 201 species were recorded for Ecuador, with more than 600 records from 24 provinces and 237 localities. Tungurahua, Pastaza, and Galápagos were the best sampled provinces. Although the reported Ecuadorian syrphid fauna only comprises 11.2 % of the described Neotropical species, Ecuador has the third highest flower fly diversity density after Costa Rica and Suriname. These data indicate the high species diversity for this country in such small geographic area. Pensoft Publishers 2017-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5672696/ /pubmed/29200924 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.691.13328 Text en Diego Marín-Armijos, Noelia Quezada-Ríos, Carolina Soto-Armijos, Ximo Mengual http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mengual, Ximo
Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
title Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
title_full Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
title_fullStr Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
title_full_unstemmed Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
title_short Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
title_sort checklist of the flower flies of ecuador (diptera, syrphidae)
topic Checklist
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5672696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29200924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.691.13328
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