Flower visitation by hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in a temperate plant-pollinator network.

ABSTRACT: Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are among the most important pollinators, although they attract less attention than bees. They are usually thought to be rather opportunistic flower visitors, although previous studied demonstrated that they show colour preferences and their nectar feeding is affected by morphological constraints related to flower morphology. Despite the growing appreciation of hoverflies and other non-bee insects as pollinators, there is a lack of community-wide studies of flower visitation by syrphids. The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of flower visitation patterns in a species rich community of syrphids in a Central European grassland and to evaluate how species traits shape the structure of the plant-hoverfly flower visitation network. We found that

SUBMITTER: Klecka J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6282941 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature