How altitudinal gradient affecting distributional pattern of pollinating Hover flies along the agro-climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh, India

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  • Jayita Sengupta
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Surajit Hazra
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Atanu Naskar
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Dhriti Banerjee
     Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i4/2023/172388

Keywords:

Agro Climatic Zone, Distribution, Digital Elevation Model, Hoverfly, Pollinator

Abstract

The present study over a period of 4 years has mapped down the status of pollinating hoverflies across the entire elevational stretch across the state. So for long-term monitoring, this distribution data which was not available previously, recorded during the recent study is believed to be beneficial. The study has shown that the distributional trend of the pollinating hoverflies along this wide elevational range follows the rules of monotonal declination of species richness along with increasing altitude.

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Jayita Sengupta, Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

SENIOR ZOOLOGICAL ASSISTANT AT DIPTERA SECTION, ZSI

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2024-09-26

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Sengupta, J., Hazra, S., Naskar, A., & Banerjee, D. (2024). How altitudinal gradient affecting distributional pattern of pollinating Hover flies along the agro-climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123(4), 377–389. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i4/2023/172388

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