A preliminary list of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with a new locality records from swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern Pakistan

Abstract

The current study was conducted to provide a preliminary check-list of Syrphidae for district Swat (Miandam), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A list of 23 hoverfly species under 19 genera is given here as a result of extensive survey from the study area during 2015-16. Of these 10 species viz.; Eoseristalis arbustorum, Eoseristalis cerealis, Eristalis tenax, Eristalodes taeniops, Lathyrophthalmus arvorum, Eupeodes bucculatus, Platycheirus albimanus, Sphaerophoria bengalensis, Syritta pipiens, and Syrphus torvus has been recorded for the first time from Swat Valley, KPK, Northern-Pakistan.