Geographical patterns of hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) functional groups in Europe: inconsistency in environmental correlates and latitudinal trends

Abstract

Latitudinal gradient in species richness is not uniform across different functional groups in hoverflies; its shape and direction depends on feeding strategy

Keywords

• Europe
• environmental correlates
• functional groups
• latitudinal gradient
• species richness
• Syrphidae