Milić, Dubravka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8828-1489
Radenković, Snežana
Ačanski, Jelena
Vujić, Ante
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja (OI173002, III43002)
Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development (142-451-2591/2017)
Article History
Received: 23 June 2018
Accepted: 23 November 2018
First Online: 10 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: None of the collected hoverfly species are red listed, endangered, threatened or considered to be endangered in Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Austria, France or Switzerland. Similarly, no species collected in the present study are ranked in any IUCN list or protected by CITES. All the specimens were collected in state-owned properties. The collection of these species is not subjected to restriction by law and does not require collecting permits in these countries. Permission to collect biological specimens in protected areas was provided by the competent authorities. In Serbia our research was part of an ongoing project supported by Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (353-01-1345/2010-03) and Institute of Nature Protection (04-421/28.6.2010.), in Montenegro we contacted the Agency for Environment Protection (officially Agencija za zaštitu životne sredine). The Greek material was collected under a permit issued by Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate change (130276/1222).