Diversidad de sírfidos (Dipteta: Syrphidae) de la Estación Biológica de Torretes (Alicante, España)

Abstract

Hoverflies, or flowerflies, are one of the most diverse Diptera families in biological terms, so their study provides a very valuable information to be applied for habitat conservation. Adults are frequent flower visitors, giving them great potential as pollinators, and the variation of trophic regimes in their larvae makes them to participate in important ecosystem services. On the bases of any hoverfly study is the knowledge of the genera and species that make up the hoverfly community of a given ecosystem, in our case, the habitats that make up the Biological Station Torretes, located in Ibi, Alicante province. This knowledge will establish the bases and facilitate further studies on biological interactions among hoverflies, their food plants (pollination and herbivory) and their preys (biological control).